WELLNESS

Fuel for your wellness journey.

Sugar Blues

Just back from a weekend in LA at the country’s largest health conference. Every second was crazy inspiring listening to the world’s leading pioneers in nutrition—David Wolf, Mark Sisson, Geneen Roth, and Paul Pitchford to name a few. I left with a ton of OMGs.

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Fast Food Yuck

Fast food meals are rife with all kind of unhealthy ingredients. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can be found in condiments (mayo, ketchup, mustard), soda, fries, desserts, salad dressings and bread products. It has been linked to obesity, liver scarring, and type 2 diabetes. Dairy comes

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Renewal

So true. I am just back from a month of being completely unplugged. When was the last time you gave yourself that gift? A new beginning, a renewed perspective, a rebirth, recharged. Call it what you will, it feels amazing, limitless, like everything and anything is

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The Silent Killer

The results you want come from daily practice.  I say this over and over again. It’s the small, yet daily decisions that effect us in a huge way. The more you eat well, the better you feel. Guaranteed. It is a cycle because eating well

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Kick the Sugar

Kick the sugar once and for all. Here’s how: 1. EAT ENOUGH WHOLE FOODS  When we don’t eat enough low sugar whole foods during the day, our body naturally craves calories. That afternoon cookie binge? Junk food splurge after 4? Eating sufficient amounts of whole foods

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Spring Awakening

After almost a month of being away, I was greeted by cherry blossoms when I returned from Vancouver. It was an immediate hit of spring. When we arrived at home to our city town home, I was shocked. I walked up my front stoop and I

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My Love Affair with Kale

I’m obsessed. It’s been over 4 years this Kale obsession of mine has rocked my world. Since I have been eating this gorgeous, glorious green, I have felt my absolute best. Through the thick of it all—late nights writing, researching and working to up long

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Get Ur Green On: My Daily Phix

Some people can’t imagine life without coffee. I can’t live without my green juice. Everyday I drink at least 12 ounces of green juice or my green GoGo juice, which is really a smoothie. I can’t get enough of it. Drinking my greens, for me,

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My Love Affair with Raw Cacao

Yes chocolate. By now you know chocolate is good for you. Right. Loaded in antioxidants, and makes us, well happier. It is true. But I am not talking about just any chocolate. So don’t be running to the store buying up the Hersey Kisses.The majority

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Mistakes Even the Healthy Elite Make

You eat healthy, you hit the gym,you make time for yourself. That means your healthy right? You would think. But loads of us still have some some not-so-healthy-habits or beliefs that could leave you sick, tired, broke or injured down the road. Here’s how to avoid some

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Smarter Snacking

Don’t confuse snacking with grazing. Grazing is mindless eating all day, totally unaware of food intake. Snacking is a set snack. Morning snack, mid day snack etc. I’m not about calories but when it comes to snacking calories add up fast. Nutritious snacks are just

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Veggie Pledge: Sign Up and Get Healthy

Just launched. The Nourished Veggie Pledge. It’s not a diet, a juice cleanse or a detox, but more of a guide to get you out of your head. Because lets face it, sometimes we are the ones standing in our own way. So think of

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Rock Your 2021: Add Power Foods

5 foods to incorporate into your everyday to keep your energy skyrocketing, skin glowing and health goals a priority. The more you eat well, the more you want to eat well. Add these in for the next 5 days and you will see what I’m talking

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Dine Out Vancouver: Nourished Top Picks

Dine Out Vancouver (Jan. 17-Feb. 2) is a great way to sample the city’s amazing culinary scene without breaking the bank and now with this Nourished hit list you can do it without straying from your Nourished healthy eating plan. Yes, you can indulge and

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Superfood Series: Feb. 19: Eat Your Way Healthy

Feb 19, 2014 10 am-12 pm The next from Nourish & Sol Superfood Series: Eat Your Way Healthy: Anti-Inflammatory Foods To Fight Disease. Learn how to take control of your health by using foods as a preventative for disease control. Let food be thy medicine. In

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Food Resolutions

Everyone always asks me what my New Year’s resolutions are. I set many intentions for the new year. To be healthier is a mainstay of mine. It is a mindset. Food doesn’t just come from the grocery store. Stop and really think where it grows

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Give Health, Give Nourished.

Know someone who needs a health phix. Gift me. It’s that easy. DETAILS: WHO: You or your friend, husband, wife, sister and me WHAT: An hour one-on-one consultation with me. In that time we will create a wellness map that is your guide to transformation to

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Nourished Holiday Gift Guide

The city is buzzing with seasonal jazz. No choice, but to jump right in. With the New Year right around the corner I am pumped. Let’s make healthy a habit (and theirs too) and make 2022 as grand as it can get. Nothing screams “self

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Normal, What’s That?

Last week it was my turn to bring snack to an after school program. I asked my daughter what she would like to bring. She sighed in great disappointment, something ‘normal.’ I was a bit shocked. My usual go to snacks of Nourished-Up hemp seed

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