Weight loss is not something we generally associate with slowing down; at least, I didn’t until quite recently. While I disagree with many that weight loss and weight maintenance needs to be difficult, I’ve always thought about it as being…
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How meditation can help you find your happiest weight: a book review
Tagged with: book review, health, meditation, mindfulness, weight loss
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Posted in cookbook review, health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
raw carrot avocado ginger soup.
I’ve been noticing lately that similar themes have been popping up in my life, my sessions with clients and my conversations with strangers. Perhaps the universe has plans, or perhaps the energy of the whole world is converging in funny…
Tagged with: avocado, binge, blender, carrot, cleanse, comfort eating, detox, easy recipe, ginger, hunger, mindfulness, overeating, raw, soup, stress eating, Vitamix
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Posted in breakfast, dinner, gluten-free recipes, health coaching info, homepage featured, kid-friendly recipes, recipes, side dishes, snacks
is coaching right for you?
Nearly every conversation I have with people who are interested in coaching begins with “I’m a pretty healthy eater” or “I know what I should be doing”. I am always so glad to hear this. An awareness of what we should…
Tagged with: choices, emotional eating, food relationship, guidance, health coaching, mindfulness, overeating
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
facing cravings head-on.
{getting a little personal. can you relate to any of this?} Cravings. Whoa. I have been having a really tough time with this lately. Mine are particularly for carbohydrates; not for candy or chocolate, but for foods as specific as…
Tagged with: cravings, emotional eating, habits, mindfulness, sugar cravings
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
the secrets to reading food labels.
The grocery store can be a veritable minefield of indiscernible information, catchy words, flashy packaging, and nutritional terms that mean everything and nothing all at the same time. While our focus should be on consuming as many label-less products as…
Tagged with: consumers, grocery shopping, mindfulness, nutrition facts, processed foods, product labels, wellness, whole foods
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
competent eating.
“Competent eating” has a funny ring to it. Eating, as we tend to know it, is typically a pretty unconscious experience. Fork to food, food to mouth. Chew. Swallow. Repeat. But competent eating as a practice can be so much…
Tagged with: children, choice, competent eating, health coaching, healthy eating, holistic wellness, mindfulness, wellness
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
the uncontrollable urge to eat.
Have you made a list of foods you can’t eat because you feel you won’t be able to stop? Have you removed whole food groups from your diet in an attempt to find some sense of control? Do…
Tagged with: binge eating, choice, cravings, emotional eating, habits, holistic wellness, mindfulness, tips and tricks
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Posted in musings
a thought on being healthy.
Health is not a destination. It is a means to accomplish all that we desire to do. I’m discovering this as I continue this never-ending journey towards being my best self. What I’m discovering is that our best self is…
Tagged with: empowerment, health coaching, holistic wellness, inspiration, mindfulness, things to think about
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
choose your reason. choose to change.
[I first published this post on A More Perfect Union, an uplifting blog belonging to the fabulous Hope Mirlis — check out her gratitudes and musings over at perfectunionny.blogspot.com] There are countless factors in play when it comes to how we…
Tagged with: choice, emotional eating, habits, holistic wellness, inspiration, mindfulness, overeating, relationships, wellness, whole foods
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
uncovering cravings.
All-consuming, and seemingly with a life of their own, cravings can have a pretty marked impact on our lives. That intense desire to seek out and consume all chocolate within a 10-mile radius? The kernel of an idea that starts…
Tagged with: cravings, food, health coaching, mindfulness, sugar
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
acknowledge your own personal awesomeness.
Do you ever have those moments where you surprise yourself by what you can do? When you accomplish something you never thought you could? When you truly recognize your skills for what they are, and appreciate all the work you…
Tagged with: confidence, health coaching, mindfulness, self-image, self-love, wellness
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
food + yoga [and yoga + food].
How we eat directly impacts every aspect of our day, from how we interact with others to how productive we are in our work to our mood and self-perception. We are lucky to live somewhere that grants us so much…
Tagged with: choice, health coaching, healthy eating, holistic wellness, mindfulness, plant-based, yoga
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
using transition to break habits.
I hear it over and over again in my work: periods of transition are hard. Believe me, I know. (One of the first posts I wrote on this site was on transition and what it can help to illuminate.) The…
Tagged with: breaking habits, change, choice, clarity, home life, introspection, mindfulness, relationships, transition, yoga
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
the chaos foundation.
cha·os [key-os] noun. 1. a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. 2. any confused, disorderly mass 3. the thing that gets in the way of our ability to make healthy choices or prioritize self-care. We’ve all been there: six million things to do, seemingly shorter and shorter days, pressure from…
Tagged with: chaos foundation, choice, energy, healthy eating, mindfulness, relationships
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
eating emotions [why we eat].
Food can be nourishment.It can be fuel.It can be the power source for our day. It can also be celebration. Escape. Distraction. Amusement. Consolation. Why we eat and when we do is often rooted in patterns we can’t remember forming.…
Tagged with: children, choice, emotional eating, habits, health coaching, mindfulness, overeating, parenting, snacking
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings, nutrition for families and children, parenting
habits holding you back? yeah, me too.
Late-night snacking. Hitting snooze. Fixating on the negative. Our habits are often things we don’t realize are prominent in our life until someone else points them out to us. And it’s not until we take stock of how much time,…
Tagged with: choice, habits, health coaching, mindfulness
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
power lunches.
I have been experimenting with lunch. The perfect lunch is a little elusive… there’s a lot to consider! I am not a fan of mid-afternoon belly-bloating, and even less a fan of the mid-afternoon ‘oh-my-goodness-I-need-a-nap-immediately’ feeling. Neither is awesome. It’s important…
Tagged with: balance, blood sugar, easy recipes, energy, homecooking, lunch, mindfulness, plant-based, protein, vegan, work
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
gluten exposed.
[this post was originally featured as a guest post on ‘Strictly Nutritious’ – sharing here for anyone who missed it!]In the last decade, the idea of gluten-free eating has gone from the fringe of food awareness (somewhere out there with…
Tagged with: energy, gluten-free recipes, health coaching, healthy eating, mindfulness, nutrition
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured
my ‘i quit sugar’ experience.
[this might just be the best book you’ll ever read…] I was a little dubious when a fellow health coach introduced me to Sarah Wilson’s book, ‘I Quit Sugar’. A self-professed healthy eater, I was skeptical that the forms of…
Tagged with: addiction, breaking habits, clarity, energy, I Quit Sugar, inspiration, mindfulness, sugar, weight loss
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Posted in cookbook review, health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
food and culture: insight courtesy of ‘the amazing race’.
Full disclosure: the Amazing Race is our guilty pleasure show. There’s something really fascinating about watching how producers pit contestants against each other – and how the things asked of contestants change depending on where in the world they’re racing. …
Tagged with: choice, food, global, health, holistic wellness, inspiration, junk food, mindfulness, wellness, whole foods
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Posted in homepage featured, musings
can food intolerances cause cellulite?
Do you have cellulite? Does it stress you out? You’re not alone. Cellulite is a natural build-up of fat in the body – everyone has some. Fortunately, there is a way to reduce its irksome presence in your life. Let’s…
Tagged with: allergies, cellulite, elimination diets, food, food intolerance, From the Ground Up Wellness, gluten, gluten-free recipes, health, health coaching, healthy eating, mindfulness, nutrition, toxins, wellness
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured
macrobiotics for spring [5 easy ideas].
The Japanese principles of balance – or Macrobiotics – provide a wonderful framework for incorporating seasonal, local food into diet. According to Macrobiotics, when the body is in balance, we have good health; an imbalance – in any area –…
Tagged with: choice, From the Ground Up Wellness, health, health coaching, healthy eating, holistic wellness, homecooking, macrobiotics, mindfulness, nutrition, plant-based, seasonal eating, spring, spring cleaning, vegan, vegetarian, wellness, whole foods
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Posted in health coaching info, homepage featured, musings
de-cluttering for spring.
It’s a balmy 44 degrees in NYC today, bright and sunny: one of those days where I feel like nature has given us a beautiful gift (and one where the city seems extra-excellent). Yesterday’s torrential downpour has done a number…
Tagged with: goals, health, health coaching, mental health, mindfulness, nutrition, potential, reassessing, seasonal eating, spring, spring cleaning, weather, wellness, workshops
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Posted in health coaching info, musings
in the space between.
Several weeks ago, I posted some musings on transitions: why they’re important and what they can reveal to us. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the latter and trying to be mindful about what comes up in the moments…
Tagged with: busy, distractions, From the Ground Up Wellness, mindfulness, schedule, self-image, self-talk, silence, thoughts, yoga
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Posted in musings
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