Can you live to be 90 or 100, and enjoy it? According to Dan Buettner, internationally recognized researcher, National Geographic Fellow and founder of Blue Zones®, much depends on your environment. Dan has extensively studied the world’s regions with the longest lived people – Ikaria, Greece, Loma Linda, California, Nicoya, Costa Rica, Okinawa, Japan, and …
What is my #1 tool for helping a client lose more weight, uncover hidden food sensitivities and improve their mood and digestion? A food journal. Writing down what you eat and drink each day is powerful and revealing. Consider the following areas where keeping a food journal can help you make better food choices and …
I was fortunate to grow up with family dinners. Real family dinners, with scratch cooked food and every member of the family at the same table most nights. The TV was in another room. There was no texting or cell phones going off. It was a time to enjoy a hot meal, and catch up …
When referring to our bodies, many (most?) women have completed the following statement: “I hate my _______.” We fill in the blank with whatever body part we feel is flawed. It could be our legs, our breasts, our nose, our arms, our rear ends – the options are endless. I’ve done it myself. Influenced by …
Life can get crazy busy. Racing here, rushing there. Thinking about the next task that needs to be done while still in the middle of the current one. Pushing through projects that you don’t enjoy and should have said “no” to, but somehow felt obligated to take on. It’s exhausting. But it feels unavoidable. After …
Today is World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) established November 14th each year as the day to bring attention to this disease that affects more than 366 million people worldwide. Here are the current statistics: In North America and the Caribbean, 1 adult in 10 has diabetes 50% don’t even know they have …
Why is it that some people seem to get everything done effortlessly and others feel that time constantly eludes them? While we may claim we “just don’t have enough time,” the secret to getting more done is in prioritizing the important things and learning to use the time you have more efficiently and effectively. Some …
Your body is intelligent. It is always there for you, pumping blood, digesting whatever food you put in it and maintaining homeostasis. Is this reliable, intelligent bio-computer making a mistake by craving potato chips, a hamburger or chocolate? Are cravings just an opportunity to exercise “will-power” or discipline? Maybe cravings are something else. I believe …
What happens when HBO Documentary Films, the Institute of Medicine(IOM,) the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH,) Kaiser Permanente and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation combine their weight for a powerful movement? The Weight of the Nation – an HBO Documentary Films series and a national campaign to mobilize action to slow, arrest …
People like “stuff”. We tend to hold onto it year after year. We save and stock up on things that we don’t know what to do with anymore. Maybe we keep things because they hold precious memories of days gone by, or they remind us of our parents, grandparents, past loves or childhood. To part …
