In my last post, I discussed the root cause of the loneliness-eating cycle, why we do it and how our reasons for both our actions and beliefs have validity and truth—and aren’t all in our head as self-help may have you believe. With all this being so, how do we break this cycle and use falling ...
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Well-Rounded: Smash the Wellness Industry?
Lately, loneliness has been coming up quite a bit as a key reason that my clients fall off track with their food. Research has found that being attractive, intelligent or popular doesn’t make us feel less alone. Rather, there’s a root cause that makes us feel alone —and this is a common reason that ...
Overeating and Loneliness: The Root Cause
Sarah Bray, an online friend I deeply admire tweeted, “Loneliness is the worst of all the feelings. And the weird thing is, it’s not that easy to solve. It’s more about the heart than proximity.” Sarah poetically captured startling research illuminating it doesn’t matter if you’re physically ...
Well-Rounded: The Bluelight Diet and Sober Curious?
Did you know that menstrual cycles are considered a fifth vital sign for women and fertility is an indicator of overall health? To follow up to my last article, Taking My Own Medicine: How I Accepted and Overcame my Infertility Diagnosis, here’s how to optimize your 6 health foundations to ...
How I Beat the Odds: Optimizing Your Body For Pregnancy
Part 2: Optimize Your Body for Fertility The 6 health foundations I optimized to get pregnant when Western Medicine told me it was impossible This is part one of two on how I got pregnant when Western Medicine told me it was impossible. Part 1: Taking My Own Medicine is here. Listen closely– ...
Well-Rounded: All Calories Aren’t Created Equal
Thank you for sharing in our joy at our bambino on the way (and that Ali Wong gif!)! So how did I overcome my infertility diagnosis when Western Medicine told me this was impossible? I had to take my own Truce with Food medicine. If it’s Measurable, it’s Manageable? Science continues to prove ...
Taking My Own Medicine: How I Accepted and Overcame my Infertility Diagnosis
“I wish I focused on my fertility at 39 instead of at 43. Those four years make a difference,” said my best friend who was in the grips of IVF. Her advice led me, at 39, to get a fertility workup. I was yet to get pregnant again after miscarrying at 37. I had never known if I wanted kids and when ...
Summer Slaw
Are you cravings for ice-cream and fro-yo rising with the temps? As a type-A, I’ve discovered underneath my ice-cream cravings are a need to physically cool down and energy surge to recoup from how the heat drains me. The more we can stay cool, the less we hear the cool sweet siren. This recipe, ...
Well-Rounded: Self-Help Snake Oil
It’s been a while since I’ve been in your inbox; it’s because of some news. I’m pregnant with a baby boy (!) … after modern medicine told me this was impossible (!!!). I’ll be sharing more about my alternative fertility journey soon. On the topic of changes, I know your inboxes and lives are ...
The Sunlight-Health-Weight Connection
Did you know that sunlight is a necessary supplement? We get ~66% of our energy needs from the sun and only 33% from nutrition. And the right dosage of sunlight boosts the positive impacts of nutrition -- a springboard effect known as a quantum system. You may have experienced quantum biology in ...