HYDRATION: With the holidays fast approaching it is only appropriate to focus on something that not only can distract you but also has the ability to give you more energy, beautiful skin and fight infection. . Consider, your body is made up of 65% water - this is simply amazing. You’re skin, your blood, your eyes,... Continue Reading →
To be perfectly honest, I’m just winging it. Motherhood, life, my hairstyle... pretty much everything!
What if instead of throwing in the towel and bagging you goals, packing them up until New Years, you got out of your baggy sweater and the stretchy leggings, believe I’m not fooled I get it, and into outfit you were really meant to wear.
What do you do on a cold fall rainy day with a left over rotisserie chicken?! Make homemade chicken noodle soup of course. Boil down your leftover chicken (bones included) to make your own bone broth. Use your favorite vegetables, as spice and season to take and ta da. A comfort meal is born.
You go girl. You are a force to be reckoned with. A model for all moms. You are amazing and you truly should be proud of yourself for being so incredibly giving, caring, loving and just an overall amazing mom! Don’t look around. Yes mom. I am talking about you. YOU ARE AWESOME!
I was so busy running around trying to care for everyone else, cramming as much as I could into every 5 minute slot that was available. I was out straight until the time I hit my pillow, fully exhausted, yet mind still racing about the list in my head of things that I needed to do tomorrow! I mean for real girl, get it together you life is passing you buy!
As a kid I savored the smell and taste of fresh tomato sauce. As a health conscious mom - I love that I can bring these memories and comforts of childhood into my own home. Fresh, nutritious and family friendly. 1 Peck fresh Garden tomatoes 1 Large fresh zucchini (optional) 1/4 cup red wine 6... Continue Reading →
Do you need more energy...
Just to get through the day?
To get through a workout
To balance your events of the night before?
Is your nutrition ZAPPING your energy stores?
High Protein -- The good, the bad and the truth.
Ingredients: 1.5 cup Reds Gluten-Free Pancake Mix 2 tbsp Coconut oil (melted) 2 large eggs 1/2 cup Grass Fed Vanilla Protein 1/4 cup Chia seeds 1/4 cup ground flaxseed 1 cup farm fresh blueberries Strawberries & Bananas (optional) Directions: In large mixing bowl combine pancake mix, coconut oil, eggs, protein powder, chia seeds, and... Continue Reading →
Challenging your body through an amazing workout. Improving aches and pains. Finding mindful balance. Vinyasa yoga IS all that it is cracked up to be! ~Enjoy.
After waking up this morning congested, head stuffy, and my eyes wanting to stay shut for days, it only made sense to talk about inflammation. I laid in bed with the familiar sinus pressure I had not felt in some time. For those of you, like myself that suffer from allergies, you likely know exactly... Continue Reading →
Suffering from any diagnosis is difficult, knowing what to do about it is even more challenging.... So... I have Diabetes.
Physical health is very important when it comes to chronic disease prevention. Nutrition is equally as important. Information related to this is readily known and understood. When working to balance our health, we often lose focus on the implications, physical and mental stress has on our bodies, Releasing substances like cortisol and other stress... Continue Reading →
Grass fed, organic yogurts often come with a high price tag -- what is the alternative, try making your own. For a total of $7.00 depending on where you shop you can make 10-12 servings fo grass fed, organic yogurt with little effort! Heres how:
➡️ The Refocused story. Over the last 4 years I have had the pleasure of teaching nursing students both within the hospital caring for patients and in the classroom, guiding them to understand the body, its' mechanics and how to recognize, understand and care for the most critically ill. In the 10 years that I have... Continue Reading →
Carbohydrates. A tabu word in the health and fitness world today. Sadly the wide spread dislike of carbohydrates does not differentiate and thus ALL carbohydrates are given a bad rap.
