Eat the rainbow

Even if I tried, I couldn’t tell you how many times the kids ask for this snack. The kids love the sweet, cool taste of fruit, especially as the weather is warming.
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We are constantly working on getting more colors in our day. Why?
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The pigment in different fruits and vegetables are phytochemicals, which is why “EATING THE RAINBOW” is so important. It ensures that we consume a wide variety of these beneficial compounds!
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Eat the rainbow, friends.

A wellness Lifestyle

These might be small bottles, but their impact is HUGE.

Hundreds of issues can be addressed naturally with these gifts of the Earth.

I love essential oils. What started as a drop quickly became an obsession with feeling good and slowly but surely ditching the toxins in our home. Fast forward a few years later, my love for oils in my home has grown into a passion that I can no longer keep to myself. I now find joy in helping other Mamas introduce oils into their home and educate on how oils can bless their own health and families. I have so much joy when I see women begin to not only heal but to thrive.

Moving toward a more natural, non toxic home is a beautiful decision for your family. When you move toward a more natural home you are welcoming in a supported, peaceful and healthy way of healing and living. I am absolutely thrilled for you, as this will have not only immediate but life long lasting impacts on your home and family. 

Are you interested in Essential Oils? Are you ready to move toward a non toxic home? Message me and we can get you started on changing your whole life!

What I do

I’m sitting with new friends, and the small talk starts rolling in...the classic questions:

“So, where are you from?”
“What do you do?”

I smile and say, “I’m a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.”

Cue the curious stare: “A what?? What does that mean?”

Fair question. And maybe you’ve wondered the same.

Here’s the heart of it:
I’m here to guide, support, and walk alongside women..especially mothers, as they reconnect to their bodies, honor their intuition, and build a path to wellness that actually feels good.

What is a path of wellness?
It’s about tuning in. Paying attention.
It’s choosing foods, rhythms, rituals, and movement that support your energy and season of life.

Why does it matter?
Because when you live intentionally...when you stop outsourcing your health to trends and start trusting your inner wisdom, you feel better. You sleep deeper, move with more energy, parent with more presence, and feel aligned with your purpose.

As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I work through the lens of bio-individuality, the belief that there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

Your body is beautifully unique. 

So your wellness plan should be too.

I focus on whole, properly prepared, nutrient-dense foods, and a lifestyle that supports balance: physically, emotionally, and energetically.

But my work is about more than food.

I help women stop comparing, stop chasing someone else’s version of health, and start writing their own story.

Together, we do the work, gently, intentionally, and powerfully.
We create a plan that fits you and your family.
I help you feel grounded, strong, and at peace in your skin.

Because you weren’t meant to just survive. You, my friend, were made to thrive. 

Protein

Protein is a macronutrient (meaning that the body needs a relatively large amount of it).

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Protein is ESSENTIAL for life. It is involved in digestive health, provides building blocks for the body's tissues and muscles, hormone production, immune health and so much more.
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Protein is part of EVERY single cell in the body!! Including our hair, skin, nails and muscle tone! (whit woo)

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Not only should we be eating enough protein but we need to be eating the right kind, because not all proteins are created equally.

With animal proteins, look for labels with:
organic
free-range
pasture-raised
grass-fed
wild-caught
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(Processed meats can be full of nitrates, sugar and preservatives and should be avoided.)
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What are your favorite ways to get protein in?

New Year

The celebration of a New Year is a special time. Ringing in the New Year with loved ones and having time of self reflection is a time I look forward to.

I love making resolutions, I love looking back and seeing success in past resolutions and growth in myself. The most significant New Year resolutions I have made in the past have been after the births of my children. I have a December, November, August and now July baby. After each child the New Year approached quickly and I have found myself needing much internal work.

Nighttime feedings and early morning snuggles give me time to ponder on....

What type of mother I want to show up as.
How I want my children to see their mother.
What type of wife I want to be and the relationship with my husband I want to create.
What type of daughter of God I want to be.
How I can bring the spirit into our home and hearts.
How I can be more gentle with myself, with my mind and body.
How I can be a better friend, sister and daughter.

How I can become the women God knows I can be. 

So many things race through my head as I am sleep deprived and in total newborn bliss.

Now is a time I ponder what types of things I need to be doing NOW to mold myself into the wife, mother and woman I want to be by next year. What daily choices do I need to be striving for?

What are my goals, what are my dreams?

I'll be writing mine down, will you?

The two types of cookware you should avoid completely

   

Hands down, one of the most important tools in a healthy kitchen is quality cookware.

It’s a purchase that you’ll hopefully make once in a lifetime, yet we often go for what’s cheap and easy. 

Spoiler alert — nothing cheap or easy will ever benefit your pocketbook or health.

The most popular, yet arguably the most toxic option people purchase is non-stick cookware with a plastic coating like Teflon. When Teflon is manufactured, a man-made chemical called Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), also known as C8, is used in the process. PFOA is the most persistent synthetic chemical known to man and is found in the blood of nearly every person tested. It would take your body two decades to get rid of 95% of it, assuming you are not exposed to anymore. But you are. PFOA has been linked to birth defects, increased cancer rates, and changes to lipid levels, the immune system, and liver. 

The second cookware option you’ll want to avoid is aluminum. While aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust and occurs naturally in soil, water, and air, its use is also widespread among many consumer products. You can find aluminum used and distributed in cookware, antacids, astringents, buffered aspirin, food additives, antiperspirants, and cosmetics. Specifically, aluminum cookware has been shown to leach a significant amount of aluminum into food during cooking, which could pose a toxicity threat. In humans, high levels of aluminum in the body have been shown to cause brain and bone disease, while studies in animals have shown that the nervous system is a sensitive target of aluminum toxicity. The EWG has placed aluminum on their “watch list” due to its extensive use and the uncertainty surrounding this metal and its long term, cumulative health effects.  

Basically, avoiding aluminum exposure in your cookware is generally a good idea.

Now that we’ve covered the two types of cookware to completely avoid, let’s move onto the two types of cookware you want to have in your kitchen. Oh, and if you’re wondering how to cook your morning omelet without major sticking…we’ll cover that too.

Your first option is going to be stainless steel. Stainless steel is easy to maintain, heats up quickly and evenly, can be put in the oven, and will last a lifetime. If the financial commitment of a new stainless steel set is too steep, simply start by purchasing the pieces you use the most and build a collection overtime. 

The most common complaint with stainless steel cookware is the fact that foods stick. This could happen if you don’t have the proper technique! To ensure a perfect non-stick surface be sure to heat the pan first, add your healthy fat or oil, and then the food. With some practice, it’ll become quite easy, promise!

The second option is cast iron.  Cast iron is non-stick, easy to clean, very inexpensive, basically indestructible, will last a lifetime, and is visually appealing. Well maintained cast iron can be passed down for generations making this not only healthy for you but a better way to create a healthy legacy in your family! Cast iron does require maintenance and care through proper “seasoning” to keep them rust-free and non-stick, but this process is quick and easy.

Happy cooking Mamas! 

Hyperpalatable foods

Food is a necessity. It is essential to the human body for survival. The type of food we consume however, can be the difference between surviving and thriving. 

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Many of the foods we see lining our grocery store these days are what I refer to as HYPER-PALATABLE. These foods are designed to be highly palatable and are far less nutrient dense than whole foods. Hyper-palatable foods are typically highly sweet, salty, and or fatty. They are engineered to deliver flavor that far surpasses the flavors available in natural foods i.e. grains, fruits, and vegetables.

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Not only are these foods lacking in nutrients they are extremely addictive. They stimulate the dopamine center of the brain (the "feel good" neurotransmitter associated with bliss, euphoria and motivation ) and create a feedback loop to make you desire more of the food consumed that created your initial good feeling. Thus training the taste buds to receive less pleasure from whole foods while desiring and seeking out those hyper-palatable foods instead. Leaving you lacking in nutrients while reaching for more, and struggling to navigate food addiction.

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Today, these hyper-palatable foods have come to be cheap and easily accessible dominating the majority of the American diet. 

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But there is good news! We can retrain our palates. We can come to enjoy, love, and crave simple foods again! 

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By lowering your consumption of hyper-palatable foods and increasing your intake of nutrient dense, whole food, you can bring balance back into your life. You can enjoy the natural sweetness of an apple again, and the ability to tune into your natural hunger and fullness signals. 

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I guarantee the reward of health and food freedom will be far greater than the short-lived dopamine hit of hyper-palatable foods.

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Over the next few weeks I will be breaking down what whole foods are. What a macro and micro is, why they are important and how we can begin to introduce more into our diet and lifestyle, slowly moving away from these hyper-palatable foods that plague our grocery store aisles. 

 

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