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This tasty, easy and healthy vegetable soup recipe is done in 30 minutes using an instant pot. This recipe can also be done in a slow cooker or stovetop. Clean out your veggies and do meal prep at the same time with this nutrient dense soup that can be eaten for lunches or dinners.
Read MoreWant to to know a secret? I used to be a secret eater. Many of my clients report that the secret eating is for comfort and has very little to do with the food itself. They often use words when describing their feelings as angry, sad, stressed, overwhelmed, empty or deserve a reward.
Read MoreDo you find yourself running to the pantry or fridge when you are feeling really uncomfortable or anxious?
Read MoreCheck out these 4 holiday health tips to help you maintain your weight and sanity going into the holiday week. These basics are a great way to start your health program so there are no new years resolutions!
Read MoreEver ask yourself, “Why did I walk in this room”? June is Alzheimer’s and brain awareness month. Find out how eating and lifestyle factors can help you change and improve your brain health.
Read MoreCraving cookie dough? Here is a quick and easy 4 ingredient recipe to satisfy that craving, but stay healthy!
Read MoreDo ever feel like it’s hard to stay on track from Halloween to Valentine’s Day? We use all these moments and holidays as reasons to indulge, but what if we can take care of ourselves without candy, cake, cupcakes and Valentine treats? When we indulge over and over again, it becomes a habit and it’s hard to kick the cravings. It's a vicious cycle.
Read MoreBrain fog? sleepy? cravings? It must be 3 pm. Check out ways to reduce the afternoon slump and feel energized to finish your day strong. Your body and brain will thank you.
Read MoreIf you are a pumpkin fan, this easy soup will warm you from the inside out. Fall weather is perfect for this warming and grounding meal. You can use an Instant Pot, crockpot or cook it on the stove and it’s simple and fast!
Read MoreI can smell the coffee now. I can’t even remember when my real love affair with coffee began. It was definitely an evolution. From instant coffee to organic whole beans, I have evolved into a coffee snob. There are ups and downs to being a coffee lover.
Read MoreI tried every diet just to be thin and only got short term results. When we change our focus to what is even more important than our outer bodies which is our health, inner spirit and our mindset, we are more likely to have success, feel better and make lasting changes. Starting with our health on a cellular level and looking at how we actually FEEL can be a game changer.
Read MoreAre you sitting in the waiting room feeling like your health is out of control? In a time when you may feel you have little control over your mind or body, there is one thing you can control with depression and anxiety.
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Whatever your reason for going out, there are some ways to help you stay on track. Restaurant food tastes great, but often it’s because of the ingredients they are adding to make it so flavorful and they are not always good for us. There are very healthy options that you can choose that taste great, but also keep you on track and guilt free.
Read MoreHealth and Fitness Expert, Shawn Stevenson, has a great analogy. Our health is like a three legged stool. The three legs are Nutrition, Exercise and Sleep. If we take any one of those legs away, the stool falls.
Are you working out and eating well but still not able to lose any weight? Are you working hard but the scale just won’t budge? Is it really all about exercise and food alone? I was personally having this issue and decided to dig a little deeper.
Read MoreEating too fast, mindlessly and too much can make us feel worse even if it feels good at first. Stress eating adds pounds, but also brings shame and guilt after the eating. Mentally it makes us feel bad and not in control. Filling the hole of stress with unhealthy food does not fix the problem. After we eat, the stress is still there. Emotional eating of any kind will hurt your weight management and weight loss efforts. That also is stressful and becomes a vicious cycle.
Read MoreDid everyone else grow up on cereal? I did! I even ate it for dinner many times in college. I didn’t love granola until I was older. I liked the typical sugar filled cereals like Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes. Of course, Cap’n Crunch beat them all out because I am a peanut butter freak.
Read MoreYou know how I like easy recipes. This cashew milk took less time to make than driving to the grocery store and getting a packaged and processed cashew milk. I love knowing it’s fresh and has no preservatives. If you have the ingredients at home, you can make this in 15 minutes.
Read MoreIn the past couple of years, I have started learning more about being mindful and meditation. What was this mindfulness I kept hearing about? I wasn’t even sure exactly what that meant. I hadn’t started meditating and thought it just meant to slow down. I thought if I slowed down I wouldn’t get as much done. My only gauge on the day was productivity. I thought there was something wrong with me because I wasn't getting enough done. Little did I know how the power of mindfulness would change my life and me.
Read MoreDiets are a trap. They are very restrictive and we always think about what we can NOT have. By human nature, when we are told not to do something, we are tempted to do it even more. When we are too restrictive, we set ourselves up for failure and will fall off the wagon even faster and harder.
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Do you ever try to eat foods you don’t like or just don’t fit you just because they are healthy? I really love a great salad with tons of vegetables, greens, nuts and a light homemade dressing, but I also love warming and grounding foods. That is why I make soup any time of the year. I love warm food and my husband, Mike, likes cool food. Luckily, this soup goes great with salad so we get both the best of both worlds!
Sunshine Butternut Squash Soup
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