For the last few nights, I’ve been feeling like munching after dinner.  I think it started on Monday night when my husband said “let’s make some popcorn” (at least it’s homemade and not that so-bad-for-you microwave popcorn). As it turned out, however, we only had a few kernels left and not enough to make a [...]

Filed under: Eating Less, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Overindulging, Snacking

I’m just itching to share with you on of my new (and of course healthy) endeavors! I’m the resident health expert in the Smart Women’s Cafe. The Cafe is all about connecting awesome women, building community and helping you create the life of your dreams - start a business, get and stay healthy, meet interesting women [...]

Filed under: Business, Community, Healthy lifestyle, Women's Health

I’m just itching to share with you on of my new (and of course healthy) endeavors! I’m the resident health expert in the Smart Women’s Cafe. The Cafe is all about connecting awesome women, building community and helping you create the life of your dreams – start a business, get and stay healthy, meet interesting [...]

Filed under: Past Events

There’s something about quality that trumps quantity every time. 
In this case, I’m talking about the quality of the food that we eat, but this same principle could easily be applied to almost anything in our lives – spending quality time on what’s most important, having quality relationships over a bevy of friends, having one nice [...]

Filed under: Eating Less, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, High Quality Food, Optimal Health

Now that I’ve gotten back in the rhythm of going to step classes again at my gym, it makes me wonder why it took me so long to remember how much I love exercising with other people, especially women.
I thought of this yesterday when I arrived at the gym a few minutes before 10 so [...]

Filed under: Community Supported Agriculture, Exercise, Weight loss, Women

It’s not like I don’t know I should drink more water but that’s got to be my biggest daily health challenge. I get so immersed in my work that I have a hard time focusing on it. Ring a bell for you at all? Are you a water guzzler or are you as dry as [...]

Filed under: Body Cleansing, Eating, Health - General, Healthy Body, Healthy lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Management, Women's Health

Dear President Obama,
It takes my breath away to know that you’ll be leading our great country over the next four years. I’m so proud of you and I know that your leadership and wisdom will lead us through the multitude of crises we face as a nation.
I also know that you’re totally swamped and have an [...]

Filed under: Community Supported Agriculture, Food policy, Healthy lifestyle, Locally Grown Food

The whole point of my cleanse last week wasn’t to detox and then pig out on loads of bad food. It was about a kick-start to consistently healthy eating all year long — a great way to kick the sugar, dairy and wheat habit that slowly crept up on me at the end of last year [...]

Filed under: Cleansing, Food preparation, Healthy Meals, High Quality Food, Meal Planning, Raw Foods