As I am packing for retreat, a mental and physical detox at Sanoviv, I am setting the stage for gentle re-entry to this busy world in which I usually reside. Yesterday, my outdoor thermometer read 104º, so it’s time to say grace over the fact that today at the farm we have water despite these […]

I LOVE it when Dr. Deb Kern leads a sugar buster bootcamp! This gal has the complete low-down on our bodies, stress & sugar, and the pleasure-full path out of the doldrums. The 5 DAY SUGAR BUSTER BOOT CAMP includes a 5 Day sugar cleanse kit and phone coaching with the health scientist who dares […]

Did you know that every day, millions of kids eat highly processed foods for breakfast and lunch at school, when the best source of the nutrition they need is fresh, whole foods? New legislation for school food that passed last fall means we have a huge opportunity to get better, healthier meals at school. But […]

It’s that “squeaky wheel” thing. When those who have made a connection between particular dietary practices and health speak up with questions about what’s for dinner at a meeting or gathering. The many voices become a cacophony. Organizers cringe. As was true for Andrea Mitchell, in her planning of The International Food Blogger Conference last […]

Sound familiar?  You’re invited to experience… Overcoming Inconvenience Let’s make it easy and fun with many hands and great laughs, to nourish our families with smiles and whole, real food.  Putting together several meals at a time is a great convenience during the week.  Learn how to cut up a chicken, stage the preparation and […]

Discipline takes different forms. Holding the kiddos accountable, yes, but the more difficult job (for me) is staying out of their learning process when better teachers, like experience, take the podium.

The New Year always promises to be a special time for me; I love beginnings.  Being a start-up kind of person, I’m charged by the creative process whirling around before the real work begins.   Clean slates and fresh starts offer time for dreaming, visioning and setting the course for navigating through our next segment of […]

1. Plan: During the dark, cold days of winter it’s easy to lose sight of our health goals. Keep your goals in mind with clear intention and effective strategies of staying on your personal health-building track to greet the New Year looking and feeling your best. 2. The Power of Positive Persistence: Many of us […]

Halloween, that major marker of the year, which is quickly coming to a close, has left its candy wrappers, costumes and moldy jack-o-lanterns in its wake.  One slow blink and Thanksgiving will arrive with feasts to be followed by festivities of Light to brighten the darkest days of the Northern Hemisphere.  With all the opportunities […]

Time, once measured by shadow, now by milliseconds, divides winner from loser, timely from tardy and now from any other point on the clock. Yet we are all granted the same playing field, available equally, to each of us on a daily basis. So why is it that this time of year, every year, we […]