How often do you find yourself at the end of an extra long work day filled with deadlines, late hours and you’re already totally overwhelmed for what tomorrow will bring? If you’re like most busy professional women, this probably sounds all too familiar. Stress in the body can actually be a good thing – when [...]
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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9 Tips For Getting (& Staying) Motivated To Be Healthy
As you could probably guess, I often get questions about being healthy, starting a healthy life and getting (and staying) on a healthy path. The questions run the gamut from “I know what I need to do – can you provide me some tips to get motivated?” to “I usually do pretty well for the first few [...]
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
8 Pretty Awesome Things You Can Do With Coconut Oil
If you haven’t noticed by now, coconut oil is quite the trendy product right now. For good reason too – it’s one of nature’s most transformative oils when it comes to your health. The awesome part is that coconut oil can be used for far more than just putting it on your food. When you [...]
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Healthy Ingredient Spotlight: Asparagus
Today I am starting a new feature here on Be More Healthful – a healthy ingredient spotlight. I am a huge foodie at heart plus you already know I’m a lover of all things healthy. I thought this would be a fun way to share some of my food knowledge and hopefully inspire you to [...]
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Create Your Own Diet Exercise
If you aren’t familiar by now, I don’t believe in diets. At least diets in their traditional sense. The word “diet” has become such a four-letter word in our society in the past few decades. I don’t know about you, but I associate the word with being hungry, uncomfortable, deprived, cranky and less than. The [...]
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
My New Vitamix Obsession & A Blender Recipe Roundup
A few weeks ago, I completed my training to become a health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In the past year, I have learned so much – you can read more about that here. To celebrate this exciting time, my husband threw me a surprise celebratory lunch a few weekends back. We spent [...]
April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Top 5 Healthy Costco Food Finds
When it comes to food shopping, I tend to get a little overwhelmed sometimes. Although I absolutely love coming up with menus and lists every week – the second I get to Costco to get some of my essentials, my list has a tendency of going by the wayside as I’m checking out all the [...]
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Nutty Coconut Granola
I don’t know about you, but I’m a snacker. As I’ve been on my healthy journey, I’ve learned that I almost always feel my best when I can get a small snack in between both breakfast and lunch. I usually opt for fresh fruit, a green smoothie, or a handful of nuts. But recently, I’ve [...]
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
5 Things I Learned While Training To Become A Health Coach
When I signed up for the health coach training program in March of 2012, I wasn’t exactly the perfect picture of health. I was struggling with digestive issues and acne, I hadn’t exercised in years, and was generally just unhappy with where I was in my life. When I heard about the Institute for Integrative [...]
April 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Strawberry & Asparagus Spring Salad
Spring is one of my favorite seasons – it means the flowers are blooming, the weather is heating up, and best of all – my favorite ingredients are coming into season! A few weeks ago when my mom and I were chatting about what was on the Easter dinner menu, it dawned on me that [...]
