My Natural Anti-Aging Skincare Routine
I'm a cheapo when it comes to skin care. My face has taken a hit from washing with bar soap, scrubbing with almond meal, and moisturizing with body lotion. So as I (ahem) age, I continue to upgrade my skincare products. Even if my hubby teases me over the 4-step...
My Favorite Supplements {Beyond Basics}
Wait. Don’t miss My Favorite Supplements {The Basics} for key products that close your nutritional gaps, boost your mood and energy, and support sound sleep. Already have the basics covered? Let’s go beyond the basics and discover essential supplements to strengthen...
My Favorite Supplements {The Basics}
I thought if I ate a healthy, well-balanced diet, I’d get all the nutrition I needed. Wrong! (“X” with a buzzer sound.) I wanted a healthy diet to be the complete answer. But, unfortunately, it wasn’t, as demonstrated through nutrition research (and nutritional...
Why Can’t I Sleep?
I recently saw this pin: “Legend says that when you can’t sleep, it’s because you’re awake in someone’s dream. So if everyone could stop dreaming about me, that would be great.” Seriously though, it’s crazy how sleep can become elusive as we age. As another pin...
How to Get Back on Track with Diet & Exercise
Don’t you hate it when life distracts you from your perfectly laid out plan? Yeah, me too. I was cruisin’ – in my diet and exercise routine, then boom! The flu, COVID, schedule change, vacation, or the infamous holiday season, Halloween through New Year’s. (Side note:...
Why I Drink This During Workouts
For me working out is Type B fun: fun after you’re done! My Outward Bound instructor taught me about Type B fun somewhere in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, ascending towards our 14,000-foot peak. Sunny clear skies created suncups – open bowl-shaped depressions in...
Stress Relief Medicine
Rereading No Mud, No Lotus – The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh, I read a gem I forgot: "Stopping is the best way to get healed." "The main affliction of our modern civilization is that we don't know how to handle the suffering inside of us, and we...
Who Should Take Collagen?
The first time I learned about the health benefit of collagen wasn’t from some lecture or textbook in med school. Instead, it was from a recipe for making bone broth with chicken feet (which I still haven’t done.) Bone broth, yes. Chicken feet, not yet. Collagen is in...
3 Ways to Make Water Healthier & Taste Better
I find it funny that I’m a Pisces (one of the zodiac water signs,) and the only body of water I’m drawn to is the one in my cup. My daughter jokes about how I’m never in the water, just carrying it around with me wherever I go. It’s true, but I don’t prefer drinking...
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
Driving my daughter and her best friend to the river for some summer tubing, my daughter laughingly explained to her bestie that Mom has two favorite words: sunscreen and sleep! It's true. I'm a little obsessed with both. My daughters have fond memories of me rubbing...