Can You Hear Your Body Talk?

Can You Hear Your Body Talk?

Happy April!Last week I mentioned that I suddenly went from buying short ribs to greens — this week more greens and more, and even some green juice. Now, I’m not normally a huge proponent of juices, so I actually love that this “craving” has presented itself,...
Timing is Everything

Timing is Everything

Happy Spring! I hope you are enjoying warmer temperatures, beautiful flowers, the greening of the trees, and more lightness in your step.Last week as I made my grocery list for the week, I suddenly wanted all of the veggies and salads. Not two weeks earlier I bought a...
Going Without

Going Without

Happy Mardi Gras!In a few places around the world, today and tomorrow mark the culmination of Carnival Season – a season that began on January 6 – Epiphany or 3 Kings Day – which in the Christian calendar marks the day the three wise men arrived to the recently...

I Can See Clearly Now

We’ve had an eye-opening January and first half of February around here.In an effort to get some things done around the house and pay for them, we’ve done a bit of a financial overhaul and cleanse. We put together and are keeping an actual budget — one that...
What do You Need?

What do You Need?

“I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.” — Mahatma GandhiLately, I’ve been talking to a lot of busy people about the difficult time they have feeding and moving their bodies in any sort of way that feels healthful...
Find Another Way

Find Another Way

After all of those amazing Christmas cookies I made in December (which we thoroughly enjoyed), Scott and I decided to do a Whole 30 January. So, no added sugars, grains, dairy, legumes, and alcohol.Now, as I always tell you, this wasn’t about being punitive or...
Just In Time!

Just In Time!

Happy New Year!   So, here it is, 3 weeks into 2019 (can you believe it?!). By now most people who made any sort of New Year’s resolution have given up.  And, because of this well-known fact, many people choose not to make them.   I do.  I have always loved...
How Do You Want to Finish the Year?

How Do You Want to Finish the Year?

I’m excited to share with you that I was a guest on my first podcast last week.  I was nervous going in as the two physical therapists that run Healthy Charleston interview a lot of performance athletes and super-science-y types about all things health and fitness. ...

Take Your Turn

I was talking to a new friend the other day about her life and goals — she said after getting married and having a baby and starting a business, the past four years have been a whirlwind (I know all of you mommas can relate), that sometimes she looks in the mirror and...

Come to Your Senses

Whoa, Thanksgiving is early this year!! And so begins the time of the year where nature indicates that we should draw inward and slow our roll for a while, but culture tends to dictate that we do just the opposite. We have made it a season of plenty – plenty of food,...