A love note to my gals and gender-diverse-socialized-as-women pals: taking care of yourself isn’t indulgent; it’s essential. Whether it’s a workout, a meal that fuels you, or simply asking for help, you deserve to take up space in your own life.

Mint + chocolate + protein = refreshing gains!

Coping with food is natural and normal, but it can become problematic when we look to food to soothe emotions and problems that food cannot fix. It can help temporarily, and that's good- that's needed too- but it's important to have multiple tools in the toolbox for being able to regulate mood and emotion in addition to eating comfort food.

That's the beauty of habit-based health though- there's room for all of it, and I mean all of it.

Worry: I can't control myself around Halloween candy! But it's one of my favorite times of the year, and some of this candy is only out now.

Let’s go through some possible solutions…

I have a few clients hitting the open road (and skies) and we've been prepping and planning for how to maintain nutrition habits on vacation without restriction or guilt or stress, and with lots of fun and joy and eating delicious food.

Use these tips for your next trip!

Have you ever wondered why it's so hard to take action toward building new habits or shedding old ones, even if you know it's what you want?

The answer is multi-faceted, but here’s some science I betcha didn’t know!

I mean your poop, of course!

I know- poop talk? But yes, poop talk.

Our digestion- and therefore our poop- is a powerful indicator of our health.

Why? One word:

Curiosity.

I wanted to see what would happen. There’s so much conflicting information on what's right- is Intermittent Fasting the best diet? Is it Veganism? Paleo? Any quick Googling will get you at least 10 articles arguing both for and against whichever one…