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Eat Well to Fight Inflammation

Eat Well to Fight Inflammation: Chronic Inflammation can be caused by a variety of factors including diet and lifestyle, chronic stress, and more. Find out how to eat well to fight inflammation...

Inflammation has been in the news a lot lately. But what exactly is inflammation? Is it always a bad thing? And if so, can you really eat well to fight inflammation, or reverse it?

There are two general type of inflammation, and one is actually helpful. You may have experienced acute inflammation as the body’s natural response to healing a major trauma, such as a sprained joint or broken bone.…

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Health Benefits of Mangos

The Health Benefits of Mangos are many! So stock up this mango season, your body will thank you.

Mango season is in full swing and we’ve been eating a LOT of them lately. Cuz who doesn’t love mangos, right? Mango smoothies, mango sorbet, mango salsa, fresh mangos. Even the traditional Thai dessert of fresh mangos and sticky rice is OH SO YUMMY!

So if you love this delicious super-food as much as I do, you might be wondering about the health benefits of mangos? They are pretty high in sugar.…

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Spring Clean Your Home Naturally

Non-toxic DIY recipes to help you Spring Clean your home naturally.

Spring is finally here! And this time of year always makes me want to jump into spring cleaning as I get ready for summer, how about you? However, as I’ve written about before, conventional cleaning products can be full of toxins. So how do you spring clean your home naturally? 

While there are safer cleaning products on the market these days, I still prefer to make my own cleaning products from…

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Just Breathe

Breathing is essential to life, it's the first thing we do when we are born, and the last thing we do before we die. Breathing is also very beneficial for optimal health...But how often to you remember to just breathe?

Breathing is essential to life, it’s the first thing we do when we are born, and the last thing we do before we die. But how often to you remember to just breathe? Because our breath happens unconsciously we often forget that we can be conscious of our breath.

As the ancient wisdom traditions have always known—and recent scientific research is corroborating—proper breathing is very beneficial…

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pine Nuts and Berries

Are you a fan of Brussels Sprouts? Or not so much? If the later is true, this delicious recipe for Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pine Nuts and Berries might just surprise you!

Are you a fan of Brussels Sprouts? Or not so much? If the later is true, this recipe might surprise you! I grew up having to choke them down pretty regularly because my step-dad loved them. But I didn’t care for them AT ALL. My husband Kirk loves Brussels Sprouts, but I never wanted to cook them, let along eat them. Luckily for Kirk, I have become a big fan of Brussels Sprouts in the past few…

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Healthy New Year Resources

Healthy New Year Resources ~ Sharing some of my best Healthy New Year Resources, to help you get and STAY on track with your wellness intentions and goals in 2018. Happy New Year!

Happy, HEALTHY New Year! Did you make a resolution or intention to start a healthier lifestyle this year? As I wrote about last year, the difference between making a resolution or setting an intention is more than just semantics.

Studies show an 8% success rate in keeping resolutions, vs 91% who set an intention and create an action plan are successful in achieving their goals. Pretty impressive!

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3 Health Tips to Keep Major Illness At Bay

By Laren Watson, CHHC

I was at the top of my game. I was physically fit, eating lots of veggies, no dairy, very low sugar, occasional clean meats, detoxing seasonally—really walking my talk as a health coach, helping others to keep major illness at bay. But on the inside I was stressed, overworked, juggling too many commitments, and setting impossible standards for myself to be a Super Mom, a…

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Sleep Better Naturally

Sleep Better Naturally ~ Have difficulty falling asleep? or sleeping through the night? #SleepBetterNaturally is full of new ideas to try.

If you have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep through the night, hopefully this post will give you some new ideas to try. How to sleep better naturally is one of the top concerns of my health coaching clients and many of my readers.

While insomnia and sleep issues can plague us for a variety of reasons, those reasons can be different for each person. They can even vary for the same…

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Essential Oil Safety: Are Your EOs Harming You?

Essential Oil Safety: Are Your EOs Harming You? Find out best practices for safely using EOs here.

With so many companies selling Essential Oils (EOs) these days, confusion, miss-information, and conflicting information abound on the Internet. Which brings up a lot of questions about Essential Oil safety. Are your essential oils harming you, or are they safe to use? Should you ingest essential oils, or use them directly on your skin? Are they safe to use with your pets?

Ask three different…

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Rainbow Asian Slaw

This colorful Rainbow Asian Slaw is perfect for summer, brightening up any plate and helping you to eat a rainbow of fresh foods every day. Enjoy! :-D

If you’ve been following my blog for a while you may know that I’m a recent cabbage convert. Growing up it was usually served as coleslaw slathered with that goopy white stuff (instead of in a pretty Rainbow Asian Slaw!) Turns out I was allergic to eggs and my body intuitively KNEW to avoid mayonnaise at all costs. 😎

Once I had cabbage (and even Brussels sprouts!) served in a few super-delicious…

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Keep Nuts, Seeds, and Dried Herbs Fresh

Looking for ways to keep your stores of super-foods, nuts, seeds, and dried herbs fresh longer? #InfinityJars could be the answer!

Looking for ways to keep nuts, seeds, and dried herbs fresh longer? Since we ditched plastic storage containers several years ago, we store most of our dry-foods in glass mason jars. We are so happy to be storing things in glass instead of plastic now, but are mason jars the best option?

Most mason jars are clear and let in UV light which can oxidize the foods stored in them. Oxidization can make…

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Heart-Healthy Cocoa-Blueberry Smoothie

This Heart-Healthy Cocoa-Blueberry Smoothie has many cardio-vascular benefits, get the recipe + how to detect a rare type of stroke here.

Valentines Day, the day of hearts…ironically we didn’t get in our Heart-Healthy Cocoa-Blueberry Smoothie that morning because we spent the day in the ER and then ICU as my husband had just experienced a stroke that was traced to several previously undiagnosed heart conditions.

Very luckily for him he will make a full recovery from his stroke, and with the help of a pacemaker and some medicine…

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Body Movement Made Simple

Body Movement Made Simple: #BodyMovement is key to optimal health. But life gets busy and we don't always make time to move right? These 3 solutions will help you move your body and stay healthy.

By Esther Smith, Doctor of Physical Therapy

Body movement is key to optimal health. You may intuitively know that, but do you really move your body each day? And do you know that body movement feeds your cells and lubricates your joints, which in turn supports your entire organism? All of the systems in your body benefit from the change of place, position, or posture every single day.

Movement…

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Wishing You Health and Happiness in 2017

Wishing You Health and Happiness in 2017! Seven Tips for Greater #Health&Happiness in the new year including doing the #PowerPose and experiencing a #CleanGut.

As we sail out of 2016 into 2017, one of my inspirations and intentions in the new year is YOUR Health and Happiness: to help you look and feel your best naturally, from the inside out. As Billy Crystal said, “You look marvelous darling, and when you look good, you feel good!” I’ll take his quote one step further and say: When you’re healthy and happy, you look good and feel good—You look…

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Superfood Holiday Treats: Cozy Hot Cocoa + Cocoa-Berry Vegan Cheesecake

Two Superfood Holiday Treats that are so yummy you'll never guess they're full of adaptogens and antioxidants! Cozy Hot Cocoa and Cocoa-Berry Vegan Cheesecake.

With fall in the air, it’s the perfect time of year for some superfood holiday treats right? Even in Mexico where the air and water temperatures have dropped significantly since summer, I’m wearing fleece leggings and top as I write this, and jonesing for a cup of Cozy Hot Cocoa. (Those of you who know me will be laughing! I’m perpetually too hot or too cold even in Mexico!)

So what makes these…

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Book Review: One Spirit Medicine

Book Review: #OneSpiritMedicine, #AlbertoVilloldo teaches us ancient healing powers that resides inside each of us. LOVE this book!

One Spirit Medicine: Ancient Ways to Ultimate Wellness, by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. is one of those books that will live on in my library, frequently referenced for years to come. I received this book as a gift from my mom about a year ago, and it promptly got put in my stack of “books to read.”

The consummate book-aholic, I can’t walk into a book store or visit Amazon.comand leave without a…

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Boost Your Immune System with Essential Oils

Boost Your Immune System with Essential Oils plus learn about safe uses of essential oils in humans and pets.

Can you boost your immune system with essential oils? As autumn approaches and the leaves change into lovely colors, the change in the air temperature also signals the start of the “cold and flu season.”

But luckily you don’t have to succumb to getting a cold or the flu this year. There are multiple ways of boosting your immune system to help you avoid catching the latest colds or flu, including…

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