“What do you think about Detox plans, Wendy?” she asked me with an eagerness I’ve seen many times. It felt an honor to be asked in front of a group of other knowledgeable people – but it was also a little uncomfortable because it can be a heated topic. My […]
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Our Nourish Coaches recipe has been adapted from Alice Keppley recipe found in Simply in Season. The sweet potato is packed with nutrients, solves a sweet tooth craving, helps balance blood sugar issues and, according to Rebecca Wood in her book The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia is good for tonifying […]
Cravings are universal and natural – but what we do with them can really trip us up. In our latest Nourish Noshes podcast, we talk about how we use food to fill the voids and calm our nerves. We share specific tips on deconstructing cravings and a few ways to skip […]
Do it anyway… Do you ever feel like staying home and curling up on the couch with a good book instead of moving your body? I do… Yet… 100% of the time, after yoga, I feel better. 100% of the time, after a run, I feel better. 100% of the […]
The other day, I was sitting in my home office and looked up at my bookshelf filled with dozens of books about health, wellness, nutrition, and eating theories. As I read their spines, titles I am all too familiar with, I had this thought: I bet if I were to […]
Charles R. Swindoll, an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher once said, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I liked that quote so much that I ripped the page out of my inspirational quotes calendar and taped it to my […]
Sleep is our second foundation of health. Partially because of its importance, and partially because it is, like nutrition, something we have a lot of control over. Most people don’t get enough sleep–even if you think you are. What is enough? At the least (as an adult) that means seven […]
What goes in the soup: 1 medium onion, chopped 10 shiitake mushrooms 3 scallions chopped 2 handfuls baby spinach and/or 2-3 baby bok choy, chopped 7 oz firm organic tofu, cut into small squares 1 T toasted sesame oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1- 2” piece fresh ginger, grated 4 […]
What Would happen if you…changed? by Wendy Bright-Fallon As health counselors, one of our jobs is to ask questions that challenge the way things are. The two main reasons most people come to us is because what they’re doing isn’t working OR they need fresh perspective on how to improve […]
There is little more satisfying than making a salad from greens I grew in my garden. In the spring, I prepared the soil with compost I collected all year and then planted lettuce seeds. I’ve made probably 50 salads from harvesting the greens before they “bolted” in the last couple […]
Broccoli raab is one of my top three green vegetables. I think I could probably eat it every day for a month and still not get sick of it. Few things smell better to me than garlic simmering in butter. Many of my recipes start this way, some healthier than […]
Do you ever find yourself captivated by the sky, the ocean, the trees, the birds and the bees? Wouldn’t it be beautiful to have more of those moments of deep appreciation? In this podcast, Jodi Grinwald of Today is the Day Live It, talks about how these moments of appreciation […]