A beautiful place to practice yoga!
I have been doing yoga on a regular basis now for about 2 1/2 years. I have taken yoga classes sporadically over the years and even delved into hot yoga for a short time, but as with anything health related, you realize the benefits when it becomes a regular part of your life. For the […]
Confused about sunscreens, sun and vitamin D?
I am sure you have noticed that many health related topics have conflicting information. Health has become complicated. We invent something to solve one problem, and find it creates a different problem entirely. I often find myself sifting through the information through the Nurse part of my brain (I have been a nurse for 25+ […]
Clear Change Metabolic Cleanse
The question no longer is If you are toxic… The question is How toxic are you. With over 70.000 Chemicals in our environment we are all exposed to toxins on a daily basis. The food we eat , the cloths we wear, the air we breath. The clear change program is a simple way to […]
Juice Cleanse Day 1
Part of my Health Coaching Journey is a personal one, we all have goals and things that need to be tweaked, even us health coaches. As such I am embarking in a short cleanse. My boys, which includes my husband, are out of the house for a few days. This means I do have to […]
Does how you think affect your health?
Today, March 1st, presented itself in Raleigh with blue skies scattered with big white fluffy clouds, the kind that make you want lay on your back in the grass, and declare what they remind you of. Temperatures reached the upper 70’s. I had my windows open to allow in the delightful breeze. Daffodils are blooming […]
Fiber: one of the new buzz words
As I was driving my son to School this morning, I tuned the radio to NPR Morning Addition. The discussion piece was on Fiber. Isn’t it amazing how medical research demonstrates something to be a health benefit and suddenly it is in everything. There is no doubt in my mind that fiber is important to […]
Diets and Duct Tape
Recently the soap holder in my bathroom separated from the wall. Though it has been properly repaired as of this posting, initially it was attached with duct tape. This was a temporary fix which worked for a while but in the long run fixing something with duct tape is just that … temporary. Besides for […]
The skinny on Health
As I was on the elliptical trainer this morning, which is just about the only time I watch TV, I counted 4 ads in the short time that I was watching, directed towards the New Year weight loss push. As a Health Professional I know that body weight plays a big role in our health…however […]
No Bones about it…
I can’t help but wonder about diseases in the news. Have things like osteoporosis always been there and we never heard as much about it or has there been a sudden epidemic. Have we just gotten better at identifying the issue. True huge advances have been made in the diagnosis I believe there is much […]