Lifestyle

Iceland was the most magical place I have ever been. It was truly the trip of a lifetime. I discovered a piece of myself that had been missing, I learned about a part of the world that I knew nothing about, I explored, I asked questions, I dove in head first.

This coming March it will be 4 years since my surgeries and treatments to remove the cancer from my body. Every 6-month checkup brings about a lot of fear and emotion that continue to take me by surprise. However, the past few months were worse than I had ever experienced.

I absolutely love to travel, but traveling isn’t always easy. Booking flights and being in an unknown country can be tricky, especially as a vegan. Throw in jet lag and a foreign language and you’ve got a recipe for disaster, hah!

For me, there’s something really special about the beginning of a new year. It’s a time of reflection, of gratitude, and of visualization. I know that some people are really over the whole “new year new you” type of mindset, and I couldn’t agree more. So I don’t want you to get this confused. The beginning of the new year doesn’t mean you morf into some different version of yourself and magically change all of your bad habits.

So, this is a pretty funny blog for me to write. You wouldn’t know it, but I am somewhat “new” to jumping on the clean beauty bandwagon. I tried it YEARS ago - and did not like any of the products that I tried. So, after a few more years of living with harmful chemicals on my face I finally decided to give it another try, and I am so glad I did!

With it being near mid-December, it seems this is the time of the year when most of my clients, friends, and family are asking me “What do I do to boost my immune system so I don’t get sick?” Or, they have already caught something and they are trying to figure out how to get out from under it.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I have been busy making client meal plans and Thanksgiving menu’s for them and all of their loved one’s. I find myself being asked “Well, what do you make for Thanksgiving?”

Let me just say this - they put all of this plant based jargon into a main stream concept that just about anyone could relate to - and they did it well.

If you want to know my experience as a brand new restaurant owner - you’ve come to the right place. Because that’s what we are diving into today. It seems to be a hot topic around my peers, as everyone wants to know “What does it feel like to have your own restaurant?” or “Are you miserable, yet?” It’s quite funny the comments and projections from others that come my way.

Meal delivery services have long been capitalizing on our lack of time and effort.  We applaud them for it. But, do they really deliver?  To narrow down the options, we first wanted to try Veestro and share our review with you all.  

I recently shared on social media that I have been participating in hypnotherapy for the past 5 months, and it seems like most everyone wanted to know more about it. While this was a pretty personal endeavor, I coach my clients how to become more vulnerable - so I suppose this is going to be a blog post all about me being vulnerable with you and practicing what I preach.

When I first transitioned to a vegan lifestyle at the age of 17, I was quickly introduced to the magic of Spirulina. EarthRise Spirulina was my first purchase, and it still keeps its’ place in my pantry today.

Why is it that we value our commitments and promises to our peers more so than we value our commitments and promises to ourselves? This is our human nature, but it definitely doesn’t do us any good when we’re trying to jump on this self-love and self-development band wagon.

Recently, I have had many new clients start their coaching program with me and I would say about 50% of them had been taking anywhere from 6-12 different supplements every single day.