Easy Instant Pot Stew (paleo, gluten-free)

Fall is just around the corner and it’s getting to be that time again…you know, the time to cozy up with a warm bowl of stew! Mmmmmmmm. I love stews. Don’t you? They are so so easy to make, first of all. I mean, the hardest part is chopping veggies, and really that’s meditative to…

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30 MORE Healthy Snack Ideas (paleo, dairy-free, refined sugar-free)

Our clients are always asking for snack ideas. It’s very daunting, this world of clean-eating, when you’re not really sure what you can eat and you miss all of your old favorites. We are a snacking society. Everywhere you go people are pulling out boxes and bags of processed and artificially colored “food”. Kids are…

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6 Tips For Staying On Track Even On Vacation

Summer’s here, and so are many, many temptations. What is it about the summer sunshine that makes us just want to eat…well, bad? There’s the fried foods, the barbecues, and of course the ice cream…and then there’s vacation. For a long time vacation to me meant a vacation from everything – including all sense of rationale…

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7 Workout Tips to Maximize Results and Efficiency

If you’re like most people, finding time to exercise is a challenge. In fact, for many of our clients, it’s such a difficult feat that they become discouraged and just skip it altogether. While exercising essential to health, when it comes to time constraints, it is often one of the first things to be pushed…

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7 Ways You Can Help Save the Bees…and Why

Beeezzzzzz. I have to admit, it’s only recently that I have come to appreciate bees and all that they do and provide for us. As a child I learned that bees make honey, and that they sting. But the work of these amazing little creatures goes well beyond honey, and the stinging…well, some sting and…

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Yoga 101 – 14 Things Every Practitioner Needs to Know

Yoga practice…how many times have I said in my classes “it’s not called a practice for nothin’!” Cliche, yes, but still so true. Yoga is a journey, a practice, and it is endless. The asanas in themselves constantly add new challenges, and just when you think you have that Bakasana (Crow), Urdhva Danurasana (Wheel), or…

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8 Benefits of Honey and What to Look For

If everything is honey, and I am what I eat, I must be made of honey…and life is very sweet!     –Winnie the Pooh It’s no secret that I love honey. I have always had a sweet tooth, and honey helped me tremendously when transitioning to clean eating, and away from refined sugar. Research…

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