Life Balance Health Coaching - A Path to Wellness

12/08/2020

Change is harder when you don't treat yourself with compassion. When was the last time you felt like doing something when you had been treated harshly? If you're like me you dig your heels in and head in the other direction. Now ask yourself - am I the one who's treating me harshly? Do I speak to myself in a way I wouldn't dream of inflicting on someone else? [ 813 more words ]
https://lifebalancehealthcoaching.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/treating-yourself-with-compassion/

Change is harder when you don’t treat yourself with compassion. When was the last time you felt like doing something when you had been treated harshly? If you’re like me you dig your he…

10/08/2020

If there is one thing I'd like to get rid of it's the negative connotation that "taking care of yourself" has. I'm sure most of you have heard that you need to feed yourself before you can feed others, give yourself oxygen first, any of the quotes that say you can't give yourself to others before you take care of you. [ 594 more words ]
https://lifebalancehealthcoaching.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/nurturing-your-quality-of-life/

If there is one thing I’d like to get rid of it’s the negative connotation that “taking care of yourself” has. I’m sure most of you have heard that you need to feed yo…

19/07/2020

Salad can be beautiful as well as healing and nutritious.
Nasturtium for Vitamin C
Borage for potassium
Fennel for digestion
Beebalm for overall health
Basil for anxiety and digestion
Kale for Vitamins C and K
Add olive oil and white wine vinegar, a touch of salt, and you have a lovely light lunch for a hot summer day.

19/07/2020

This is why I plant flowers in my vegetable garden ❤️🦋

15/07/2020

Everyone who has hay fever or seasonal allergies knows what histamine is. That's why there are so many pharmaceuticals selling anti-histamines - they suppress the body's natural response to allergens, ie. coughing, sneezing, itchy eyes, and fatigue to name a few. But did you ever have symptoms out of season, out of the blue, for no apparent reason? It could be histamine overload. [ 322 more words ]
https://lifebalancehealthcoaching.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/when-leftovers-can-work-against-you/

Everyone who has hay fever or seasonal allergies knows what histamine is. That’s why there are so many pharmaceuticals selling anti-histamines – they suppress the body’s natural r…

25/06/2020

Sometimes you just need to make a cake. Because it’s Thursday.

16/04/2020

First attempt at a Dutch oven bread - not bad!

01/04/2020

No judgment- what are you eating at home these days? Are you cooking more? Less?

I’ve been doing soups, stuffed baked potatoes, a lot of bean dishes, and trying not to bake a lot of cookies.

Share what you’re eating! 🥖🥔🥗🍪🍷

19/03/2020

How is everyone holding up out there?

As we continue to navigate these uncharted waters I wanted you to know I’m still here. For the next 2 weeks I am offering free half hour sessions virtually (FaceTime, Skype, emails, etc) to answer any questions I can or just to listen.

If you need help with anxiety and depression or just want to know how to use what it’s in your kitchen for dinner, message me and set up a time.

Now is the time for all of us to help each other. ❤️

01/03/2020

Nourishment. Simple, whole foods can be a treat. Welcome to my indoor-still winter-picnic, Mediterranean style.

25/02/2020

Growth is beneficial and necessary. Do you accept it? Reject it? Are you afraid of it? What would you do today if you were free from fear and had all the support in the world?

Do you see the plant in this pic? It’s a happy plant. I just repotted it yesterday, something I’d been meaning to do for a while, when I had a moment and it was nice enough outside. Yesterday was f…

21/02/2020

My coaching practice ends up coaching more than food - I've coached clients through wellness challenges, job searches, family changes, and emotional issues. Food, however, continues to be the topic that brings clients in: food and their relationship with it.

To heal the body first you must heal your relationship with your food and define your language of eating.

The language of eating. The language of food. I’m not talking about the energetics of food, although that topic excites me to no end. I’m talking about whether we treat food with elegan…

11/02/2020

While I try to not label foods as “bad” or “good” I do have a bit of an issue with “meat substitutes”. Commercial meat substitutes have eleventy-million ingredients and are processed beyond recognition. Eating simple meals prepared well can be enough without adding phony meats to the plate, and you probably won’t even know they’re missing.

This link has some very simple vegan meal ideas to start you off if you want to cut down on the meats or want to avoid “meat substitutes” - and you can always contact me for questions or other ideas.

31/01/2020

As often as needed, have the courage to begin again. We sometimes lose ourselves in the very act of living and surviving. When the outside world seems like an constant impending apocalypse and the internal world is fretting about bills and chores and responsibilities we often come up short in taking care of ourselves and remembering who we are as a person. [ 216 more words ]
https://lifebalancehealthcoaching.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/beginning-again-and-again/

As often as needed, have the courage to begin again. We sometimes lose ourselves in the very act of living and surviving. When the outside world seems like an constant impending apocalypse and the …

13/01/2020

This is what we need to hear. Do you self-care or do you self-soothe? What’s the difference and which do you need when?

As I lay here taken down by a tweaked back I realize that the message I needed from this is while I practice self-care I haven’t been doing nearly enough to keep my body from telling me “stop and rest”. It’s so easy to push ourselves aside and not pay attention to the body’s signals that we are pushing them to their limits.

What are your thoughts on this? What do you do for actual self-care? Or do you only self-soothe?

Are you practicing self-care—or self-soothing?

01/01/2020

Happy New Year to all!

May this be the beginning of the best year of your life.

Dare to dream.
Be open to change.
Embrace possibilities.
Take care of and love yourself.

31/12/2019

As we deal with the end of the holiday season full of stress and are expected to jump into the new year with everything we've got, let's take a minute to remind ourselves of how to deal with that stress. Taking care of yourself should be priority one in the upcoming year.

I’m writing this as much of a reminder to myself as well as sharing ideas to keep it all together during the winds of change swirling around us. I mean, I spent years having sore throats beca…

23/12/2019

Do we know what it means to eat "right"? What is the definition of "right"? Keto this, Paleo that, low carb, high carb, high fat, low fat - what is "right"? The definition is a unique as you are. It's simple and yet as complicated as that. To eat right for you as an individual means to take into consideration your personal genetics and heritage, your physical fitness level, and where you are in your life right now, at this very moment. [ 407 more words ]
https://lifebalancehealthcoaching.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/what-does-it-mean-to-eat-right/

Do we know what it means to eat “right”? What is the definition of “right”? Keto this, Paleo that, low carb, high carb, high fat, low fat – what is “right”…