Milk. Dietary angel or demon? Milk and eggs are the topic of Change #3 and Change #4 in our “52 Weeks to Change Everything” series. As simple as these two foods should be, the nutrition world has yo-yo’ed back and forth with our minds and mouths over whether they are “healthy” or not. Some people believe…
Change #2 Vitamins
Do we really NEED vitamins? Yes, of course. Our bodies cannot survive without essential vitamins and minerals. Do we really NEED vitamin supplements? No, of course not. We can get essential vitamins and minerals from nutrient-dense foods! However, high quality nutritional supplements are a modern luxury that we SHOULD take advantage of. For optimal health, we should nourish our health…
Change #1: Get a Total Body Health Assessment
Welcome to Change #1 in our “52 Weeks to Change Your Life” series! Our first change is to get a Total Body Health Assessment. WHY? When you complete this assessment you have a starting point. You have actual, report-in-hand evidence of where you’re starting as you embark upon a season of change for your health….
New You. New Life. 2017!
It may be cliché, but this time of year is a wonderful time to set new goals for your health and life. You feel weighted- literally and figuratively- from the holiday season and want to get a fresh start and new focus as you enter this next season. We are extremely excited to share our…
Shhh! What We’re Getting Our Kids for Christmas, and Why
I love extravagant Christmas mornings. I love a tree inundated with gifts on Christmas morning. It’s so exciting. So surprising. I still remember sleepless nights on Christmas Eve, my heart bursting with the anticipation of a living room transformed into a sea of wrapped packages. I also hate waste. I hate irresponsible spending on things…
The Healthy Mom Summit
I’d love for you to join me for a FREE interview series, The Healthy Mom Summit: Simple, Powerful, Holistic Ways to Take Care of Yourself No Matter How Busy You Are, created and hosted by my friend Hannah Hepworth, wellness coach to women, real food enthusiast and mother of 4! Hannah asked me to speak as a…
Baltic Amber Necklace GIVEAWAY!!!
I am SO excited to announce a new GIVEAWAY!!! Spark of Amber has graced our readers with a gorgeous “Serenity” Baltic Amber necklace to give away to one lucky reader! As you can see in these adorable pictures of my daughter in the necklace, this lovely set of beads includes baltic amber, black tourmaline and lepidolite….
Book Review: French Kids Eat Everything
I tend to be drawn to perspectives that fly in the face of mainstream thought and norms. When I found French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Fmaily Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters by Karen Le Billon, I added another notch in my…
3 Essential Salad Dressings
My philosophy on dieting and eating is to get married instead of getting divorced. When we focus on breaking up with foods we are passionately in love with, we are setting ourselves up for relapse and heart break. When we allow ourselves to fall deeply, madly in love with foods that we don’t ever have…
The Ultimate Guide to Gut-Healing Diets
The scientific research these days relating to the importance of gut health is overwhelming. Right now I’m working on a “big gut health related project” and as I compile the scientific evidence relating the gut to all other areas of health, it’s truly exhausting. The emphasis on probiotics in the “mainstream” nutrition, medical and pharmaceutical…