Register for “Breaking up with Sugar”

by

Please join me November 4 at 7:30pm at Center Point Healing for a 1-hour workshop on changing your relationship to Sugar.  Includes the health impact of sugar; why it’s so addictive; alternative sweeteners and other strategies to cut the sugar and curb your cravings. $25 – at the time of workshop [contact-form][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ …

Read more

Bone broth: Drink to your health!

by

Many of us have had the experience of suffering through a miserable cold only to be brought back to life by someone’s version of grandma’s chicken soup. Grandmothers all over the world make wonderful soups from scratch, and almost all of them start with bone broth, an often forgotten, not-so-secret-formula for supporting optimal health. The …

Read more

Cooking Demonstrations

by

Over the past couple of months I have been doing food demonstrations educating people on how to increase the benefits of particular foods through cooking techniques. So far I have averaged about one demonstration a month. Each one I put together helps me to gain the supervised hours I need to get my license to …

Read more

Deepening the practice of health coaching

by

I have been a health and wellness coach part-time since 2009. I was originally drawn to study at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in 2008 because I noticed trends of how food choices contributed to the state of a person’s health. Working in international policy – I became concerned that some of our worst …

Read more

Tortoise tactics for 2012

by

You know the old story of the tortoise and the hare – every new year I fancy myself the hare – come January 1, my life is destined for drastic change. Out go the sweets, the coffee, the alcoholic beverages, the wasteful purchases I made in the previous year and in comes the fruit smoothies, …

Read more

Following my heart into health coaching

by

I’ve been asked what led me into health coaching because it seems so different from other work I have done. For me it is all a matter of following my heart.  In the mid 80’s and early 90’s my heart inspired me to accompany suffering people in war-torn countries; now that same heart has called …

Read more

Exercise – not just for bodies but for brains

by

Exercise is really for your head and the bodily impact is only an added benefit. Think about it — you feel exhilarated when you end a good session of swimming or running or walking. Exercise has the capacity to clear your head and to better your mood boosting your motivation and your capacity to be …

Read more