My Nutritious Life
Welcome to my nutrition blog! I am a firm believer that when we choose foods based on how they make us feel and do our best to make each meal one step healthier, we will feel terrific for a long time. Food should be something that nourishes our body and soul, not overly complicated, and enjoyed with those we love. It is not about counting calories or grams of this or that. Rather, choosing to eat nutrient-dense delicious food that makes us feel energized and full of life. Ready to learn more? Here we go!
Top 5 Nutrition Questions Answered
I recently held an online Workshop dedicated to the Anti-Inflammatory Diet, and what we can all do with our nutrition and lifestyle choices to reduce our inflammation. Our body has [...]
Medical Gaslighting
Have you heard of the term 'medical gaslighting'? It refers to “when healthcare professionals inappropriately disregard or downplay a patient’s symptoms or blame them on psychological factors,” according to licensed [...]
Top 6 Nutrition Tips for Hormone Health
Growing up, talking about hormones, menstrual health and sexual health were not topics discussed in our household. I honestly don't think my parents knew about these subjects enough to chat [...]
Help for Moms with Picky Eaters
Parents…I totally get it. One day she loves blueberries, the next day, hard pass. Or one week the lunches you pack are being gobbled down, the next week nothing is [...]
Anxiety in Kids & How Nutrition Can Play a Role
Back to school…a time of excitement for kids to see their friends, meet their teachers, get new school supplies. So fun! But not for every kid. For some kids, September [...]
Eat the Rainbow Challenge
I am currently taking a course for professional development from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) called ‘Detoxing Your Life’. The course covers various ways that we can lower our [...]
Digestive Health: The Key to Healthy Living
I am a firm believer that the two keys to a long healthy life are a clean digestive system and a strong immune system. When I am working with nutrition [...]
Eating for Energy
How’s your sleep? It’s a question I ask every client when we first start working on their nutrition goals. It’s a funny one to ask because almost everyone answers it [...]
What Does Healthy Mean to You?
When I start a nutrition coaching plan with new clients, the first step is to fill out a ‘Health History Questionnaire’. It consists of a couple of pages about your [...]
Best You Nutrition Reset 2022
Without our health, what do we really have? It's a question I have been pondering a lot lately. I recently spoke to a group of national team managers for a [...]
#MomBod
I have always found part of my identity in my physical fitness and in turn, having an athletic body. It is something I have worked on consistently in the gym [...]
Liver Health & You!
Your liver. You need it to live…but do you know why? The main purpose of your liver is to clean your blood, digest your food and rid your body of toxic [...]
Three Key Tips to a Healthy YOU
Nutrition is perhaps the only science that can have conflicting information about the same topic from source to source. It is constantly evolving and changing. One year everyone is swearing [...]
Eating Nutrient Dense Food – What It Really Means
A few years ago, I made a significant shift in my thinking as it relates to my health. When we think about health long term and making sustainable decisions that [...]
How to Live Your Happiest Life
Something I have always had a huge fascination with is centenarians and longevity. What can we all do in our day to day living to live a longer, healthier, and [...]
Binge Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are a near and dear subject to my heart. As a woman who is always doing my best to cheer women on, how could it not be something [...]
5 Steps to Improve Your Digestive System and Strengthen Your Immunity
I must admit, as an Integrative Nutrition Coach, two things that I am a smidge obsessed with are digestive health and immunity health. The greatest part is that they [...]