I know what it feels like when you can’t stop binge eating. Binge eating can feel like a monster inside you, waiting to pounce on the next pizza or candy bar that comes your way. I’ve downed a 1/2 gallon of cookies and cream ice cream… all in one sitting. Binge eating is a hard…
How to Reduce & Cope with Stress/Anxiety
Stress is anything that causes your stress hormones to stay high. It can be physical (like a poor diet or sleep deprivation) or emotional (like relationship issues or low self-worth).
I want to make healthy living a low-stress journey for you. First, try one of my top five easy changes for better health - every little step counts. Then, make sure you aren't sabotaging your own health by stressing your body out with these supposedly "healthy" habits.
Next, pop on over and read these enlightening and inspiring quotes about stress to give you some perspective. Last, put a dent in anxiety by reading my post on how to reduce your anxious feelings.
How to Use Amino Acids for Sleep, Energy, Moods & More
Are you crashing at 3pm every day? Or is your mind racing at night when you should be sleeping? Or do you sometimes feel like everyday life is wrapped up in a fog? Amino acid therapy might be able to help. It’s true, the way you live and eat have a huge impact on how…
7 “Healthy” Habits that are Stressing Your Metabolism
Healthy habits may not be as healthy as you think. Do you ever get the feeling you’re doing everything “right” for your health and still getting nowhere? Yeah, I know exactly how you feel. I’ve felt that way dozens of times during the last few years since I began my health journey. And it is…
Cocoa-Mint DIY Lip Scrub Recipe (And Self Care Tips for Your Busy Lifestyle)
My simple cocoa-mint DIY lip scrub recipe not only nourishes your lips in a deliciously minty way, it’s also a wonderful way that we can harness our creativity for self-care and nurture our emotional health and well-being in just five minutes. In these modern times, we often take on multiple roles throughout our lives. Often these…
Lavender and Magnesium Bath Melts (and How to Promote a Restful Sleep)
I created this simple three-ingredient lavender and magnesium bath melts recipe that not only feels incredibly luxurious and help you relax in your bath, but they are also easy and affordable to make. Let’s also discuss how to promote a restful sleep and how these bath melts can help. There are a lot of factors…
The Incredible Health Benefits of Magnesium + Foods High in Magnesium
Even though technically magnesium isn’t the most abundant mineral in the human body – the health benefits of magnesium are very real. Today we’ll talk about these benefits, magnesium supplements, and foods high in magnesium. Hypomagnesmia – or magnesium deficiency – is one of the most common deficiencies in micronutrients, alongside iron and Vitamin D,…
I stopped dieting 6 years ago and this happened…
I’m here today to talk about dieting. Or more accurately — how I STOPPED dieting, and how that affected my body and my mind. In a world of low calorie this and diet resolution that… I’ve decided to check out. I’m walking away. Or rather, I walked away a long time ago. And never looked…
16 Eye-Opening Famous Quotes About Stress
Stress… is it all in your head or something that comes from the outside? It’s both actually. How we think about life can certainly impact our level of emotional stress. But stress isn’t just emotional. Stress is anything that raises your stress hormones–which means not eating enough, nutrient deficiencies, lack of sleep, or even an…
The Secret to Actually Enjoying Your Life
Let’s skip the flowery opening and get straight to the point: my first key to enjoying your life… is to know when you’re not. I mean the tight feeling in your chest and the sinking feeling in your stomach that you have when you’re just going through the motions. Focused totally on the “doing” of…
This one supplement remarkably improved my PMS
Oh PMS…Each month, there was some combination of mood swings, binge eating, lots of crying, acne galore, and intense sugar cravings. Sound familiar? Turns out, you and I are not alone. So… PMS is no fun I bet you knew that, right? I’ve dealt with PMS in one form or another since I was eleven…
