Mindfulness

Tips to get yourself into the right mindset for the summer. ‘Tis summer. The lead-up to the season is packed with messaging about bikinis and summer slim downs. And white jeans!!! This is the season I usually enter feeling the least positive about my body. It’s so easy to do when we’re told and shown a million ways to be our slimmest self, because that should be our only self in...

Can you still eat it? How should you prepare it? What kind of red meat is the best? Red meat, specifically beef, has been at the center of several controversies in recent years. Several studies have linked it to increased health risk. Today we will look at the following questions: is red meat truly something to be avoided, only to be consumed on occasion? Can it be part of your daily diet? Frequently, we see media headlines to...

Embracing the imperfection will allow you to evolve. If you wait until you have all the right cards in hand, you will never win the game. Start before you are ready. The starting point. For a long time, that phrase did not make any sense to me. As a good perfectionist and idealizer, I was terrified of failure. I felt I needed all the right strategies to win the game. In regards to weight loss — I felt that I needed to understand all the metabolic...

An important tip for plant-based eating: sprouting nuts, seeds, and legumes for increased bioavailability Have you ever experimented with a vegetarian or vegan diet? Or perhaps, you aim to eat largely plant-based? If so, have you ever wondered about getting adequate protein, or have you thought about the bioavailability of the protein, and other nutrients, in many vegan sources? Protein from Plants Peas, for example, are a decent source of protein, in fact, a...

The problem of trying to trick your hunger and why misleading your body is damaging to your relationship with food. When we want to lose weight, it is very easy to get into “the fewer calories the better” mentality. We feel that calories are bad and therefore should be handled and reduced to the maximum extent possible. So I found it curious when last week, I came across a question from a new client, asking me about what was the...

An important addition to include to your daily routine. What’s not to love about bone broth? Warm and comforting, bone broth also boasts many benefits at all stages of life. It can be the base of any delicious homemade soup, can be used in baked goods as a substitute for other liquids like milk or water, or can be had simply on its own with a bit of salt...

How do you go about your eating when you’re away from home? You’re on the beach relaxing. You’re in the lodge taking a break from skiing, or on a weekend getaway to a city you have always wanted to explore. You forgot about that three week cleanse you had been on because you are now on vacation. It’s easy to fall into the mindset of “who needs to be conscious of food...