Can’t Kick those Cravings? It’s not your fault!
We are 4 weeks into 2021, and if you are like most you are finding it difficult to keep your New Year’s resolutions alive. Your enthusiasm for eating clean and exercising daily is fading. You are falling back into your old pattern. You are finding it harder and harder...
My personal story and what it means to you.
I suffered from GI symptoms for years. I had ongoing stomach pain, heartburn, bloating, and excessive gas that left me feeling miserable, and my stomach distended day after day. When I sought medical treatment, I was first diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and...
Medications Matter
No doubt you have seen those commercials for medications when the announcer speeds through the list of side effects at the very end. Or opened up the package insert that comes along with an over-the-counter or prescription drug and saw a long list of possible side...
What Does Your Poo Say About You?
Last week I had a client who thought it was completely normal that she only had 2 bowel movements a week! She said she has had only 2 weekly bowel movements a week for most of her adult life and considers that normal for her. And not to dive too deep here, but she...
Is Your Gut Leaking?
I have spent a lot of time these past several weeks highlighting the importance of the digestive tract. I talked about how we need adequate enzymes to breakdown and digest our food, a healthy gut microbiome to absorb nutrients and support our immune system, and how we...
Healthy Digestion = Happy Holidays
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Like many of you, I couldn’t resist the abundance of delicious food placed before me! A few years back, I would have walked away from a large holiday meal feeling overly stuffed and bloated, followed by indigestion 2...
How to stay Hip and Flexible
Back in September, I woke up your butt by talking about a real phenomenon called Dead Butt Syndrome. A condition where your gluteal muscles - your butt muscles - forget what they are supposed provide strength and stability as you move. More often than not, Dead Butt...
Choose Your Supplements Wisely
Millions of us swallow down handfuls of vitamins or other supplements every day in hopes of staying healthy, preventing disease, or halting the aging process. Supplements are a big business. When you have Americans spending over 30 billion dollars a year on...
Breast Cancer, Bones, and Broccoli
October is breast cancer awareness month when people all over the world show their support for women affected by this devastating disease. Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, the first being skin cancer. It is estimated that 1 in 8...
The Body Follows the Mind
When I started out on my integrative health and wellness journey 20 years ago, one of the first books that I read was The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton. In this book, Dr. Lipton, a cell biologist, explores how the power of the mind can have a commanding...
