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What Can Your Genes Tell You?
Sometimes, don’t you wish you could have life’s little instruction manual? I mean, I don’t need to know everything! But some strong hints to go in this direction and not that one would be nice. Right? At the very least, we’d save some time, energy, and money. Not bad!...
Are These Top 3 Problem Foods Yours Too?
When I was a pediatric resident, if you had told me to eliminate gluten, dairy and reduce my sugar intake, I’d think you’re nuts! Give up pizza on call? Dove ice cream bars post call? No way! Gluten, dairy, and sugary foods were a significant part of my existence –...
How to Get Answers to Life’s Pressing Questions
Have you ever caught yourself saying to yourself, “I don’t know?” I discovered I say “I don’t know” to myself ALL day long. As I wash my hands or take out the trash, my mind is working to answer life’s questions, and my immediate knee-jerk response is, “I don’t know.”...
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...
Unlock the Best Way for You to Eat
After delivering three babies and miscarrying four, I crossed the pregnancy finish line and fell flat on my face. I was exhausted. Nagging digestive symptoms plague me for years. Most days, my busted garbage disposal of a gut made me feel rather bah humbug. So I...
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:...
Introducing, Selma Blair
Have you seen the documentary “Introducing, Selma Blair?” I’m a bit biased, as it stars one of my childhood besties, and I’m in it (at her bedside midway through the film – blink, and you’ll miss me! LOL!) The film documents her journey living with MS as a woman,...
3 Ways to Sneak In More Veggies
When our daughters were younger, I was a bit obsessed with their diet – just a wee-bit. Every so often, they’ll remind me of when I overdid the spinach in their morning smoothie, which seriously backfired! Since one of them (not mentioning any names) refused to eat...
Becoming Spiritually Fit to Heal
Pregnant with my oldest, I hit Einstein Bros Bagels drive-thru on my way home from working out and ordered the usual: an everything bagel with strawberry cream cheese. (Side note: By the end of the pregnancy, I ordered two! So that’s some heavy-duty post-workout...
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...