Food sensitivities can be a real nuisance.  For one, you may not really even know that you are sensitive to a food that you have been eating on a regular basis.  That's because many people have digestive symptoms like bloating, gas, heart burn, constipation or diarrhea regularly, and don't realize that these are not the norm.  You don't have to have these gastrointestinal symptoms on a regular basis! Read More

In today's modern everyday society, we focus on personal hygiene and beauty - at least most people do.  And although this is not a bad thing (no thank you to stinky B.O. on the subway), we also need to be aware of the many toxins that are lurking in most everyday personal products.  It's a fact that most of us are exposed to dozens of chemicals before we even leave our homes in the morning, simply by our morning routines.  Read More

Ahh, it's that part of winter when most of us are just over it - am I right?  Tired of the cold, as well as tired of the tease we've had these last few weeks in the Northeast where it's freezing cold one day and then 50 degrees the next.  Am I supposed to wear a sweater or not?  Come On People! I don't know!  Read More

You've heard it before - stress kills.  The more I dive into my studies in functional medicine, the more I  see how and why this is true.  And why does this even matter?  It's because our modern society is dealing with an epidemic of people constantly living in a stressed state.  We have this mentality of "busy=good" and "I'm stressed so therefore I must be working really hard which must mean that I'm super successful and crushing it in life."  Can you relate?  Well the problem is that by putting stress and busy-ness on a pedestal, we are actually doing ourselves a major disservice.  We are making ourselves sicker and less productive rather than dealing with the issues directly. Read More

This time of year always starts off with the best of intentions.  This year, I have decided to focus on new priorities rather than making "resolutions".  After all, resolution implies that there is a problem to be fixed.  Instead of having the mindset that something is broken, I am choosing to focus on the present and the road ahead with what I want to accomplish and achieve from where I stand today! The past is not broken, instead, I am grateful for everything it has taught be to bring me to this exact point in my life.  Now, the real question is, where do we go from here? Read More

When I was a kid, we lived in northern NJ for a while (about 4 years) and while my father commuted into NYC everyday for work, the city felt like a world away from us.  The one thing I remembered about the city was December, because every December, we would all pile up into my dad's car, and drive to see the tree & the lights at Rockefeller.  The tree and the angels were MAGICAL.  We would stop by and look at the windows of all the big department stores and my jaw would just drop open with wonder.  Read More

This past weekend, I had the exciting opportunity to go to a retreat hosted by my amazing coach, Robyn Youkilis, as part of her high-level coaching program, the Rockstar Coaching Collective.  The program touches on all things wellness, personal development, and being a better human.  It's for health coaches and non-health coaches as well - people who are generally on a path to find greater wellness in their overall lives.  There were soooo many good nuggets that came out of the weekend and I wanted to take a minute to share a few of the biggest things that stood out. Read More

Part 2: “Every time you choose to honor yourself, you retrain your brain to know your true worth.” - @Philofem (instagram)   What does choosing to honor yourself mean to you?  I've been questioning this for a while, and the one thing it boils down to for me is the idea of choosing yourself.  It's a message I believe so deeply in, and one that I want to empower women and mothers with.  It is this: Choose you. Move from merely existing, from keeping your head above water by just treading and barely making it, to actually LIVING. LIVING a life you LOVE.  And how do you do it? Go from knowing what to do to ACTUALLY DOING IT. Read More

"I Choose Me." Those are some powerful words.  And also difficult words, for many women.  Why is that?  Why is it that we, as women, often have a hard time putting ourselves first?  Is it because we are so used to playing the role of caregiver? Of fixer upper?  Of "person who makes everything right for everyone around us"?  Many women find it natural to play all of these care-giving roles.  But many of those very same women have an incredibly difficult time tending to their own needs and saying, "I Choose Me."   Read More

Americans are sleeping less and less than ever before, and it's having a significant impact on our physical and mental health.  A new study found that the bodies of healthy men who were getting 5 hours or less of sleep a night for four nights a week shifted the way they metabolized fat.  Read More