Does it ever feel like you’re spending far too much money on food, especially during tough economic times? And what about the food you have intentions of making but ends up going bad in your refrigerator? These days we’re all watching our wallets so it’s the perfect time to be more proactive about saving money [...]

Filed under: Budgeting, Food Shopping, Healthy lifestyle, Meal Planning, Meal preparation centers, Optimal Health

Common Ground High School, 358 Springside Avenue, New Haven, CT
Thursday, May 15, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Wendy educates parents about health and nutrition.

Filed under: Past Events

Do you often find yourself at loss for what to prepare for you and your family for dinner? Do you end up resorting to fast food or less than healthy meals just to get something on the table? If you’re anything like me, you probably have days where inspiration in the kitchen alludes you and [...]

Filed under: Healthy lifestyle, Meal Planning, Meal preparation centers

In last Friday’s post, I talked about the importance of friends in supporting our health. Friends help us in a range of ways to stay motivated, focused and connected. But for lots of different reasons these days, the notion of friendship is changing. So many of us lead super busy lives where fitting in friends is hard. [...]

Filed under: Family and Friends, Optimal Health, Social networking

There’s truth to the notion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But the question is, what are we actually eating and does is support our health? It’s hardly difficult to find less than healthy breakfast choices  – bagels and cream cheese, breakfast cereals full of sugar and a plethora of baked [...]

Filed under: Breakfast, Diets, Eating, Energy, Food, Fruit, Healthy Meals, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetables

Have you ever had a time in your life where you were so motivated about a goal that it didn’t seem like work? You happily got into action and things flowed easily? When we’re aiming for optimal health, that’s exactly the mindset we need to adopt. We have to want to get healthy, feel better [...]

Filed under: Cooking, Eating, Eczema, Health Issues, Healthy Body, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Optimal Health, Prevention, Self-care, desire

Ever notice how some people seem to have a vibrant life full of family and friends, as well as great health? And then other people seem to be more isolated, unhappy, and often less healthy? Well there’s a connection between our health and the relationships we have. The more connection with have to at least [...]

Filed under: Family and Friends, Healthy Body, Healthy lifestyle, Optimal Health, Prevention, Relationships

Common Ground High School, 358 Springside Avenue, New Haven, CT
Thursday, May 15, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Wendy educates parents about health and nutrition.

Filed under: Past Events