Learning new things like, a new language, playing the guitar or taking up drawing can strengthen the connections between your brain’s nerve cells. Even participating in leisure activities like reading books, a trip to a museum, & writing letters protect your brain from amyloid protein buildup. Keeping your brain engaged by learning new things even improves your memory- and who doesn’t want to remember where they put the keys?!
You’ve heard the term Elimination Diet, but aren’t sure if it’s for you. After coaching hundreds of people through the Elimination Diet process, we’ve created a list of common themes that describe why our awesome clients decided to change their life by discovering how food really affects them!
We bet some of these client’s thoughts, questions and comments have crossed your mind too. Read on to learn more. And when you are ready to take action, join our next online Group Elimination Food Plan, that starts soon!
Nurse Coaching is an honest, professional and authentic option for clients (and Nurses) who want to take a different approach than the traditional healthcare model.
Nurse Coaches, who are Registered Nurses with exceptional education and experience in health coaching, step out of the way and encourage clients to safely explore, while listening deeply and offering powerful Nurse Coaching questions.
Nurse Coaches are a distinct breed of Nurses completely focused on enhancing the health and well-being of their clients, patients and communities.
Nurse Coaches deeply listen to uncover the stories unique to you, and then use these stories with your life experiences to co-create a wellness plan that fully supports and honors your health.
Cleaning up your pantry for brain health is one simple and actionable thing you can do to nourish your brain and body. Plus, your ability to make nourishing food choices is one of the most effective Lifestyle Strategies you have.
You make multiple food choices throughout your day- breakfast, lunch and supper come to mind. These important choices can lead you to a life filled with vitality, clarity and a powerfully functioning brain, or lead you to a life filled with fatigue, brain fog, and an overall lack-luster appearance and mood.
Cleaning up your pantry for brain health in this way will help you reduce toxins and inflammation at your cellular level and keep your cells functioning with clarity and strength!
Alright, let’s clean up!
Subjective Cognitive Decline is when you admit that you notice something is off related to your brain. Now, of course nobody wants to say their memory or brain is ‘off’... but what if you know something is 'off' and don't say anything- even though YOU KNOW something isn't quite right? Well, you lose your power. That’s right! I said it. You lose the power you’ve been working on your whole life because you don't say “YES!” to yourself and your needs! This blog is all about Subjective Cognitive Decline- and you will gain power when you read it. So read it! 😉
Let’s illuminate seven different Lifestyle Strategies that are scientifically proven ways to prevent dementia. Lifestyle Strategies are fancy words that mean the behaviors and habits you do, or don’t do on a daily basis. Your daily habits and behaviors can enhance and protect your brain and body health, giving you the power to BUILD Your Brain Health and live life with vitality!
Imagining living with dementia is a small consideration you can do to begin understanding what it might be like to be with it, on a daily basis. I’d like to share a story of what I have learned about what it could be like to live with dementia.
I never imagined the depth of what I would discover about living with dementia, until this happened.
Scientists now know that although you can’t change the genes you were born with, you can control how the genes express themselves by your daily behaviors, or your lifestyle. Lifestyle choices can help you protect your brain health.
This newer science is called epigentics, and you have a say in your health destiny!
Meditation is really just spending time with yourself. During meditation, maybe you’ll try and focus, or breathe deeply. But did you know there is also meditation in dancing, gardening, being fully present with your child or being still in prayer?
I created a little slide show presentation in the hopes of dispelling some of the scariness of meditation.
Here is my quick and easy, yummy, flavorful and nourishing Easy Roasted Vegetable Soup for you!
ps. I am not a famous cook, or food photographer- just a gal who likes to share yummy-ness with my friends (YOU!).
Here’s how to make this soup (and you can print the recipe if you scroll all the way through- but leave a comment)!
Hope. Hope never denies us our emotions of anger, grief, anxiety, fear or sadness, instead, hope allows us to direct our feelings, thoughts and actions to more focused possibilities. This blog shares an awareness practice called, ‘what am I hoping for?’. You can try it, by listening along with the video, or print the script to share it with someone else. You can find hope, when you listen to the reply from the question, ‘what am I hoping for?’
Two people I love and adore were recently diagnosed (finally) with blood clots. Neither of them presented with textbook symptoms. Both were young, physically fit and active, and in excellent health. Both sought medical intervention and both were turned away, with, a ‘nothing is wrong with you’ diagnosis.
Yet, both had progressive blood clots that worsened because they were not seen as individuals by the healthcare system- instead they were treated as ‘text books’.
These two important people, and examples of real life DVTs, are my 41-year-old amazing husband, Patrick and my 45-year-old dear friend, Courtney.
We can’t wait until we are broken to heal ourselves; we need healing daily, and minute to minute. We must seek reminders about why we strive so hard to make our lives purposeful. We must connect with others to share the suffering, sadness, and grief we may feel from day to day. And we must also seek a non-judgmental space to share our success, joy, laughter, and the beauty of what we witness.
Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike and Olympic Coach once said, “If you have a body you are an athlete”.
Consider his words… he is saying that every body is an athlete. You need not be on the field in front of millions hitting a ball or skating the ice. You don’t need to look a certain way, or perform to a certain standard, and you definitely don’t have have to lift tons of weight or look top notch in a bikini to be an athlete, or to be the Champion of your Health.
Instead, shift your mindset to treat your body, mind and spirit like the athlete (and awesome human being)you are, and you will focus on what is important to you and your health vitality.
Phyto means ‘plant’. Phytonutrients (or phytochemicals) include all plant foods, like vegetables, fruits, legumes, beans, nuts, seeds, teas, spices and whole grains. If it grows in nature it has phytonutrients. The goodies that make up plants are essential for health and living well, and plants are the FOUNDATION for disease prevention and treatment.
Here are some tips how to get more Plant Power!
