Kaya Holistic Wellness

11/16/2025

I love apples, but I hardly ever buy them. When I do, they sit in the fruit basket until they get old because I forget about them. Or I mean to slice them but I remember 5 minutes before I’m out the door to go to work and I don’t have time. Before I broke my leg in 2024, I felt really guilty buying pre-packaged items. I knew that creating more waste was wrong when it’s so easy to just buy apples and slice them myself. The truth is that if you have executive dysfunction because of or any other reason, it’s just as ok to buy convenience foods as it is when you’re not physically capable of standing to slice an apple. Last week, I ate apples every day because they’re already sliced so if I see them on the way to work, that’s ok! Yes, they’re more expensive this way but it makes more sense to pay a little more for something I’ll eat than less for something I’ll forget and have to compost 🤷🏻‍♀️

11/08/2025

Sometimes you need an afternoon tea and a tiny bowl of grapes!

11/04/2025

New post on the Holistically Stacey Substack! "My spiritual practice as a whole has ebbed and flowed this year. I started out feeling good, had a series of losses and illnesses, and eventually had to remove a small negative entity attachment (or a “shadow/residue” of a negative entity, as the channeled message called it) that I picked up in the spring. I went through phases where I practiced self Reiki, did tarot, and meditated daily, then phases where I neglected everything..."

Reflections on not being perfect in our spiritual and wellness practice.

10/20/2025

Y’all. When I tell you I *KNOW* I didn’t need another crystal but sent me a coupon so I got one anyway… This is my first Celestite and wow. First of all, it fits absolutely perfectly in my hand. I mean the groove in the back fits my ring finger perfectly. This crystal was absolutely meant for me. I felt a flip in my stomach when I held it, like when you see a stranger from across the room and know you have to know them. The crystal council says “this is a very high vibrational stone” holy crap they aren’t kidding. This stone is alive. I wanted it for spiritual work and I can tell that it is going to be a friend and companion for sure. That might sound weird but I do find much of nature to have a personality almost like people or animals.

10/07/2025

Don’t forget to drink some water today! My water bottle IS as comically big as it looks, it holds about 30 oz.

10/06/2025

Scrambled eggs look so funny cooking in the egg cooker! There are many different ways to make work for you if you don’t have time to do a big batch-cook on the weekends. Or, if like me you just can’t stomach food that’s not fresh. I tried making a batch of breakfast sandwiches to freeze and heat up but I found they didn’t heat well from frozen (unlike what Pinterest says!) Some people can cook for the week and keep leftovers in the fridge but they start to taste weird to me. Also for those that are histamine sensitive, older food = more histamines. So my solution was every morning I just cook an egg in the egg cooker so it’s fresh! It plays a sound when it’s done so I can be doing other things instead of standing at the stove. Once you take the lid off the machine, the egg “deflates” and just looks like a regular scrambled egg. I like to pair these with a multigrain English muffin, a Morningstar farm vegan sausage, some fresh spinach if I have it, and cheddar jack cheese. They’re also great with a bag of Quest chips if you’re looking for more protein and/or are just hungrier than one breakfast sandwich.

09/09/2025

It’s taken a little longer than I anticipated to register and start this course but I know everything happens as it should! Since I had my first QHHT session in January 2023, I’ve known how impactful past life regression can be. For the last year or so, I’ve felt very strongly that my path is to work with people who want and need to heal past life trauma. As a trauma therapist working primarily with neurodivergent clients, () I’ve seen first-hand how life changing processing and healing trauma can be. Yet there is no straightforward path for people to turn to when the trauma that is unprocessed comes from a prior lifetime. One day soon I will do a Storytime reel about my QHHT experience. Perhaps because I have the trauma and grief of the past life I saw lingered for long after the QHHT session. I could have followed up with the person who did it, but I felt paralyzed. I wasn’t sure that talking to her about it would help. I was in traditional therapy already but I was afraid to bring it up with my counselor because I didn’t know if she would be affirming of belief in past lives. I was afraid she would think I was unstable. So I sat with it alone. Eventually, it no longer bothered me on a daily basis but I still get teary when I think or talk about it. From talking to others, I know that healing past life trauma is something that many are seeking but unsure of where to look. This is the first step in being able to help people heal the wounds that we carry with us through multiple lifetimes!

09/01/2025

This lemon blueberry protein bread is giving me LIFE yall! I love having protein muffins for the week but I hate cleaning the silicone muffin cups. It occurred to me about a month ago that I could just use the same recipe and dump the batter into a bread pan and voila! Way less cleanup. When you have meal prep has to be work smart not hard or it just doesn’t get done. Depending on how thick the slice is, this has either 1/2 serving or 1 serving of protein powder and you really can’t tell. This is a protein muffin recipe I found on Pinterest and have modified until it works best for me:
1 cup Kodiak buttermilk pancake mix
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda (omit for bread but helps muffins rise)
6 scoops Quest protein powder
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce (simple truth organic individual applesauce cups are 1/2 cup!)
1/2 cup plain unsweetened greek yogurt (I had Fage 2% so that’s what I used)
1 egg or 1 flax egg
2 Tbsp butter or margarine melted (I use soy free Earth balance)
1/2 cup to 1 cup milk of choice. Some add-ins require less milk so just add enough to get the right consistency.

Then add in whatever you want. For this one I used 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup blueberries. I used vanilla Quest. Sometimes I use chocolate or peanut butter Quest and 1/4 or 1/3 cup Lillys chocolate chips. I’ve made it with raspberries, cherries, you’re really only limited by your imagination! It’s so versatile and hard to screw up.

Bake at 375 for 35 min if bread and about 20 min for muffins.

Nutrition as I prepared them:
1 loaf cut into 12 servings
122 cal
15g protein
9.2g carbs
1.65g fiber
2.82g sugar
3g fat

08/25/2025

I need some practice doing reiki with animals! Distance reiki works for animals the same way it works for people. If your pet is feeling stress because of life transitions, relocating to a new home, adjusting to a new pet, or grieving a loss of some kind or if they are slowing down with age, have physical illness, or if you'd generally just like them to have a little extra love - reiki can help. Just comment or send me a private message with your pet's name, what type of animal they are, and a little bit about what's going on (optional!) and I will send them some reiki. I am also trained in Soul Level Animal Communication, send me a private message if you are interested in that.

08/21/2025

New on the Substack - I Feel Like a Sell-out for Taking a GLP-1.
"As I tried various things to keep my stomach from gleefully dumping partially digested food into my small intestine, with little success, I remembered Tirzepatide. GLP-1s slow digestion, that’s the reason that people who take them feel full for longer, which reduces their appetite. I thought about asking my nurse practitioner about it when I had my follow up and then I felt guilty. I’ve spoken out publicly about my concerns regarding the lack of long term data on people, especially women, without diabetes using GLP-1s and that is still concerning to me..."

This is a repost from my Stacey's Thoughts Substack but it felt like it really belonged here with Kaya Holistic Wellness content as well. Apologies for anyone that subscribes to both!

As a person who has spent decades working on body neutrality; a body-neutral holistic health coach in training; and an outspoken critic of Ozempic, I feel like a traitor for this decision.

08/13/2025

Sure, you can make fancy protein coffees but have you ever just dumped half a scoop of Salted Caramel and half a scoop of Quest chocolate milkshake into a blender bottle with 6 ounces of almond milk and topped it off with your regular drip coffee? Protein turtle latte in less than 1 minute. 💪🏼 I added half a scoop of creatine since this is my post-weight lifting shake. Since I always listen to Currents when I lift weights, here’s the last song I was listening to before my workout ended. I highly recommend that whole album.

08/09/2025

My oldest dog was having some tummy issues so I bought canned pumpkin for her. She ended up going to the vet and getting some prescription food so I decided to use one of the cans of pumpkin to do a variation on the popular pumpkin fluff/mouse/dip recipe. Just mixed a can of organic 100% pumpkin with one cup of Fage 2% Greek yogurt, 1 small package of French vanilla pudding mix, some vanilla liquid stevia & pumpkin pie spice to taste. Crushed up 2 gingersnap cookies on top which does add sugar but I think the crunch is necessary! Chopped pumpkin seeds would be good for those who want no added sugar. You could also add protein and reduce fat by using Chobani zero vanilla instead of Fage. I’m thinking I may try it again with vanilla milkshake Quest to up the protein but remember not every snack needs to be high protein!! I made it 4 servings, the pic is 1 serving. The nutrition with two gingersnaps is:
181 cal
7g protein
28g carbs
4g fiber
4g fat