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Clean Eating: Mindfully Think Before You Eat

In the fast paced world in which we live, with lots of eating on the run, it’s so easy to choose the first food we see and kick clean eating to the curb — a large pizza with extra cheese instead of a small one with veggies, soda instead of water, fried food instead of read more

Filed under: Body wisdom, Eating Less, General, Mindful Eating, Self-awareness, Slowing Down, Tuning in, clean eating | 1 Comment

Self-Awareness & Vibrant Health: Are You Tuned In?

Last week, yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, had the opportunity and pleasure to spend the weekend at Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, MA for several days of self-awareness, self-discovery and sheer joy.  The trip was instigated by my friend Molly who wanted to get several friends together from different parts of her life for both fun and renewal, read more

Filed under: Aging, Prevention, Self-awareness, Self-care, Shingles, Stress Management, Tuning in, clean eating | 2 Comments

Diagnosis Shingles = Too Much Stress!

I pride myself on walking the walk, not only talking the talk when it comes to being healthy.  So it was quite the bombshell to find out I had shingles last week.  It’s not that shingles is a chronic disease or something fatal (in most people, at least), but it’s more the realization that when read more

Filed under: Slowing Down, Tuning in | 20 Comments

Stay Healthy by Doing Absolutely Nothing

I spent the greater part of today doing nothing and my body and mind are seriously thanking me. Creating a healthy lifestyle, having sufficient energy, avoiding illness and feeling our best requires a mix of various ingredients and often a degree of experimentation to get it just right.  Healthy eating and exercise are part of that read more

Filed under: Body wisdom, Healthy lifestyle, Optimal Health, Slowing Down, Tuning in | 1 Comment

Walking as Meditation

I saw my friend Deb yesterday and as we were catching up, she mentioned that she’s been making it a priority to walk 45 minutes everyday. As a health coach, you know I love anyone that’s making regular, daily exercise a priority. And I was struck by something she said — walking is meditation for read more

Filed under: Body wisdom, Meditation, Play, Slowing Down, Tuning in, Walking | No Comments

Reducing the Amount of News You Consume Is Good for You

I’ve mentioned in prior posts that I’m a news junkie — I like to be on top of what’s going on in the world and get my news from lots of different sources. But by being so tuned it, I noticed that I was always “on” and feeling the effects of overstimulation, too much bad read more

Filed under: Balance, Health Issues, Healthy lifestyle, Information overload, Optimal Health, Slowing Down, Stress Management, Tuning in, Worry | No Comments

The Power of Morning Yoga

Yesterday I made the intention to get up early this morning and attend a nearby yoga class. I’m a big fan of Kundalini yoga because it’s completely calming and grounding for me and is just the antidote for my busy lifestyle. There’s a yoga studio called Shakti Yoga just minutes from me – I went read more

Filed under: Balance, Body wisdom, Breathing, Healthy Body, Healthy lifestyle, Relaxation, Slowing Down, Tuning in, Yoga | No Comments

The Relationship Between Tuning In and Heart Health

You’ve heard me talk a lot about slowing down and tuning in and I believe it can’t be more important than when it comes to heart health. The truth is, when we’re busy running around and over-committing to way too many things in our life, as so many of us do, we really can’t feel what’s read more

Filed under: Body wisdom, Health Issues, Heart Health, Optimal Health, Slowing Down, Tuning in, Women's Health | No Comments