I’ve been pursuing coach training as a way to help clients with some of the things that they bump up against when they embark on changing habits and improving their health. Things like: -Sabotaging behaviour -Resistance to doing the things they know make them feel better -Nasty self-talk and buying into their stories. For example; […]
Meet Julie, Julie is a beautiful young client that works as a professional cook. Her main reason for reaching out to me was for weight loss. She had noticed, however, that the weight game played heavily on her mental health and she wanted a more holistic and balanced approach that focused on overall […]
Have I ever told you about how Hughie likes to feed our car with high test fuel on road trips, especially if there are mountains involved? I always feel weirdly resentful of our car when he selects the expensive stuff but I figure he knows what he’s doing… On one particular trip, after filling the […]
I hope you managed to carve out a little time for yourself over the holidays to reflect, rest and recharge your batteries. I did. Here’s what I came up with: Going slow helps me go faster For years, I’ve had this belief that if I wasn’t busy, I wasn’t worthy. I wore busy as a […]
I was at a gathering the other day and the conversation inevitably turned to the benefits of food and diet. I didn’t initiate the convo – it follows me around – I swear. One of the beautiful gals that was there, that also happens to struggle with her weight, said in an exasperated and joking […]
Its all about enzymes! Enzymes are organic compounds that I like to call our body’s spark plugs. Enzymes help us digest our food and fight off disease. Our immune system relies on enzymes to function. Enzymes can, and do become depleted. In fact, when we’re deficient in enzymes to help break down our food, our […]
Have you ever started something, not gotten results right away and then quit? If you answered yes, you’re not alone. The truth is that with any new endeavor, there is almost always a lag period where it feels like the effort you’re putting in isn’t equivalent to what you’re getting in return. Meet the valley […]
I know about all of the stuff. The smoothies, the sprouting, the fermenting, the bone broth, the meditating, the exercise, the journaling… Do I do all of the stuff all of the time? No. I’m learning about gentleness and choosing to do what feels light. So, I’m not making my own ferments right now. I […]
The biggest difference between winners and losers is that when successful people fall of the wagon, they bounce back quickly. No matter how diligent you are with a new habit; life will always throw you a curve ball. It’s not a question of if it’s going to happen, it’s a question of when. […]
I recently had one of those aha moments when I read something that perfectly summarized a message that I’d been fumbling around with for years. HEALTH SPAN vs LIFE SPAN My dad was saddled with a slew of degenerative diseases; he survived a stroke, a heart attack and suffered from chronic pain. In pop’s case, […]