The colorful palette of the fall season is here for us to embrace. This time of year means falling leaves, cooler days, and earlier nights. Fall is also the season of crops and harvest, which means it’s the perfect opportunity to welcome the change in seasons by creating warmth through delicious and nutritious foods that benefit us physically and mentally....

This adage is one of my favorites that I live by because when we do what we love and love what we do we have the greatest level of energy and vitality. When we do what we love, we also feel filled up, satisfied, and satiated. At the soul level, we are fulfilled. When we wake up and live with...

Do you know what hunger actually feels like? Intuitive eating allows you to understand your hunger cues as you take a few moments to reflect and listen to your body. Before intuitive eating, you might ignore these cues, and only know what it feels like to be starving, hangry, or stuffed sick. Take a few moments to listen to your...

By no means would I say that my sleep habits or sleep hygiene are perfect, but over the past few years, I have made sleep a priority by working on a few habits when it comes to sleep. While being a college athlete, sleep was also important then, once that ended and being in the “real world” I realized I...

If you don’t think that environment has much of an impact on your choices, try grocery shopping on an empty stomach! Environment has a huge impact on our moods and choices. My favorite habits author James Clear says: “Most people live in a world others have created for them. But you can alter the spaces where you live and work...

This month I want to do a better job of staying accountable for my habits. Although I think I do a pretty good job of being aware and mindful of my day-to-day habits, there is always room for improvement. Why wait till the New Year to build these habits when I can start today? This September feels like the right...

One of the most important roles we have as parents is to nourish our children. What we feed our children matters and there is no doubt that every morsel of food they eat will determine how they function and develop now and into the future — physically, behaviorally, mentally, and emotionally. As Dr. Christiane Northrup writes in Mother-Daughter Wisdom, “childhood...