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8 Empowering Health Journal Prompts to Help You Eat Intuitively
Having a good relationship with food and eating intuitively go hand-in-hand—so this is a natural progression. But I find that many people who want to reject Diet Culture and begin eating intuitively don’t know where to start! Let this blog be your how-to guide.
Three Breathing Exercises for Releasing Stress and Anxiety
“Breathing properly” seems like a silly concept. You can’t teach your heart to beat properly, or your brain to think properly, so how can your lungs be any different?The reality is that the vast majority of us have forgotten how to breath by the time we’re young adults. When we were babies, we knew how to do it naturally – but these days, many of us are so caught up in stress, overwhelm, and anxiety all the time, that breathing becomes too shallow, too short, and stunted.
Powerful Steps To Grow Your Confidence Right Now!
In this blog post, we’re going to go through the top five things you can do to get rid of your acne naturally. No, this isn’t an exhaustive list (I’d need to write a whole book for that!), but this is an amazing starting place.
5 Holistic Skincare Tips to Finally Get Rid of Acne Naturally
In this blog post, we’re going to go through the top five things you can do to get rid of your acne naturally. No, this isn’t an exhaustive list (I’d need to write a whole book for that!), but this is an amazing starting place.
The 5 Top Causes of Sugar Cravings and How to Deal
What causes sugar cravings? I wish there were a simple answer to this question. The truth is, your sugar cravings are most likely caused by a range of factors: poor diet, bad habits, nutrient deficiencies, too much stress, and straight-up addiction. Let’s go through them, one by one.
The Number One Thing You Need to Rock This Midterm Season
If studying for midterm season is the scariest part of your Halloween this year, this blog is for you. Because there is one thing in particular that you should be doing to give your cognitive function a major boost. Bonus: it will also help you look great in your Halloween costume. Any guesses?
Seasonal Meal Prep Pt. 3: Fall Foods Edition
In this blog post, I’m going to focus a lot on my current obsession: whole food bowls! These bowls are full of nutrient dense whole grains, veggies, healthy fats, and proteins. They are super versatile and can be eaten both hot and cold, so you can totally customize them to the fall weather du jour.
The Many Mental Health Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet
Today I’m going to break down the Mediterranean Diet for you and what research is telling us about it’s major mental health benefits. At the end of the blog post, I’ve also included a one-day Mediterranean Diet meal plan, which I recommend trying out if you’re new to this style of eating!
Everything You Need to Know about Kicking a Caffeine Addiction
The sad reality is that although coffee can be very healthy for you, it can have deleterious effects on your mental health if taken for too long without a break. Remember: caffeine is a drug, not just a beverage. It’s important to use it wisely.
Seasonal Meal Prep Pt 2: Staying Cool in the Summertime
You can use nutrition strategically to support your body in the sweltering summer months! In this week's blog, as the second part of an ongoing blog series on seasonal meal prep, I’ll take you through my favourite foods to eat in the summer to stay comfy and cool.
3 Science-Backed Ways to Level Up Your Workouts with Nutrition
This blog post is about three research-backed nutrients that help soothe inflammation, fight free-radicals, and increase collagen production to help your skin to look soft, supple, and vibrant! And the icing on the cake is that you’ve probably never heard of them!
3 Skin Super-Nutrients You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
This blog post is about three research-backed nutrients that help soothe inflammation, fight free-radicals, and increase collagen production to help your skin to look soft, supple, and vibrant! And the icing on the cake is that you’ve probably never heard of them!
The Benefits of Sound Therapy
Sound baths are so much more than soothing music—the frequencies of the bowls actually alter your brain waves, bringing your brain from a typical waking-state level of consciousness (beta), to a state of relaxed consciousness (theta), all the way down to the delta state, where internal healing is able to occur!
Flower Power: Three Research-Backed Benefits of Lavender
Did you know researchers have been studying the health benefits of the flower for decades? Today, I want to share with you three research-backed benefits of lavender (you might as well add lavender oil to your shopping list right now!)
Eight Nutrition Essentials to Increase Resilience and Beat Stress
I don’t know about you, but 2020 has been a major lesson in resilience for me. My mental, emotional, and physical resilience has been tested thoroughly this year and it’s only June. So, if you’ve been feeling the same need to cultivate resilience lately, read on!