Sustenance of Life

13/04/2019

Last couple days of the Beautycounter sitewide sale at 15% off. LOCAL FRIENDS: I will be placing an order tomorrow (Sunday) if you’d like to get on my order and save shipping please reach out to me. Otherwise please use my link in the profile.

25/02/2019

LAST DAY! If you want in on a FREE full size cleansing balm order today. It’s lasts so long, 6+ months and has so many great uses. It is a staple for me. Switch to safer skin care today. Purchase a regime or the flawless in five to start.

21/02/2019

💥FLASH SALE! FREE CLEANSING BALM WITH $175 OR MORE PURCHASE! ($80 Value)
It starts today thru the 25th or while supplies last!

The Cleansing Balm is a staple in my regime. I use it for cleansing, deep moisturizing, over my Resurfacing Peel, after sun. It’s great for brightening the complexion and helping those dark spots thanks to the yummy vitamin C. I also use it on the girls. It feels so good and smells great.

21/02/2019

💥FLASH SALE! FREE CLEANSING BALM WITH $175 OR MORE PURCHASE! ($80 Value)

It starts today thru the 25th or while supplies last!

The Cleansing Balm is a staple in my regime. I use it for cleansing, deep moisturizing, over my Resurfacing Peel, after sun. It’s great for brightening the complexion and helping those dark spots thanks to the yummy vitamin C. I also use it on the girls. It feels so good and smells great.

12/02/2019

Eat your greens!
As and say of veggies. This is a great way to think when you’re prepping your meals for the day or week.
There is the goal a 1lb of veggies per day, plenty of protein and some quality fats to round out your meal. Use starchy veggies (yams, potatoes, winter squashes) to fill in as to what feels good for you and your hormones.
Dr. Brooke and Sarah’s book is available for preorder now: HANGRY!

10/02/2019

Garden harvest tonight

08/02/2019

“Breast milk oligosaccharides play a key role in the healthy development of an infant’s immune system and directly affect the child’s ability to fight ill health. For example, some of the sugars in question have been associated many benefits, including a reduced incidence of diarrhea, gastroenteritis, respiratory tract infections and other immune-mediated and infectious diseases during the first few years of life, as well as the promotion of immune development and inflammatory response regulation.”

New research has revealed a possible two-way connection between maternal dietary microbes and the makeup of the oligosaccharide sugar molecules found in human breast milk. Until recently, it was thought that oligosaccharides affected the microbial communities within an infant’s gut, acting as preb...

07/02/2019

Avocado Tuna Salad w/ the works! Avocado Mayo, Tuna, Carrots, Sauerkraut, Red Onion, Tumeric powder. 💥

05/02/2019

Excited to try the new Brow Gel from Beautycounter. 4 tinted and one clear.

16/01/2019

COUNTERMAN is here! Check out the new safer skin care for men. And earn 100% in savings back, check out the details 👇🏼
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Now until January 24th Counterman, Countercontrol, Countermatch and Rejuvenating Regimen is 10% off + you can choose a GWP (gift with purchase) valued at $45!
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BoB membership gets you a FREE charcoal bar, free shipping, and 15% back!
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On the Shave Regimen that's $11 off the Regimen, $45 for peel or cleansing balm, $25 bar free, $5.95 shipping and 15% back at $15.30 for a total savInge of $102.25 - a 100% savings!
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31/12/2018

“...no one can out-diet and out-exercise the emotions that are stored in our tissues. An integrative approach is necessary and we can't leave emotions out of the equation, yet I see this happening all of the time. Emotional trauma must be released for health to improve! So many emotional issues manifest in the physical/structural. It's gonna be hard work, but I can no longer ignore that...”
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Written by a fellow NTP, Caroline Barringer. Her words resonate with me undoubtedly. I have witnessed this with clients, myself and can see the effects of it on others who surround me.
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The hardest work I’ve ever put in has been on my emotional well-being. Nutrition and movement don’t begin to compare. I think it’s the hardest work to do, but has the most rewarding outcome.
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I still have ugliness to face from within and it feels like a constant work. I have seasons where I work harder at it than others and seasons I get lost within the ugliness. I have had moments of tremendous clarity and as one friend calls it, I feel like I have “leveled up”. Those moments are worth it ALL and what keep me chipping away.
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Bottom line here: EMOTIONAL TRAMA MUST BE RELEASED FOR HEALTH TO IMPROVE.
—..another piece to our our health journey. 💙

31/12/2018

Weight training might not just improve your physique — it might help build a healthier heart, too.

24/12/2018

If 🎅🏼 doesn’t follow through...

24/12/2018

Christmas pies 🥧 and Santa🎅🏼 cookies 🍪 (back porch paleo for the pie crust) (ginger cookies from )

14/12/2018

7 holiday sets are 20% off now until Sunday. The seven sets include: Color Intense Lipstick Duo, Highlighter Palette, Charcoal Essentials, Iconic Palette, Necessary Neutrals Palette, Instant Awakening Trio and Mini Color Intense Lipstick Vault.

09/12/2018

Not exercising at all is “the equivalent of having a major disease” like diabetes, in terms of mortality risk.

This study assesses the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and long-term mortality in adults undergoing exercise treadmill testing.

09/12/2018

Methylation has been a hot topic in the functional medicine community for the past decade as research has revealed the vital importance of efficient methylation pathways, and also uncovered a staggering number of individuals who are not methylating efficiently due to specific polymorphisms. In respo...

22/11/2018

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

21/11/2018

One of the easiest (and tastiest) meals.

Since the Camp Fire, with the air quality, extra traffic, and "collective depression" I've felt the need to be at home as much as possible. Feeling the need to snuggle my babies and be thankful for the comforts of my home.

I haven't even been to the grocery store since after the fire. I've been digging out treasures from our freezer, including: a whole chicken from Wookey Ranch (in which I made this recipe with), Rancho Llano Seco pork chops and ground pork (which I made breakfast sausage with using Diane Sanfilippo spices) and Alldrin & Sons Alaska Salmon. I've also cooked up some venison steaks and ground lamb from friends.

Sides have included: kale & greens from the garden, and winter squash varieties, asparagus, yams and creamer potatoes (the last of the groceries from before the fire).

With Thanksgiving only days away I will be making a trip to the store tomorrow though.

https://nomnompaleo.com/post/156918257623/instant-pot-pressure-cooker-chicken-and-gravy

Yep: you can cook a whole chicken in the Instant Pot, and make an amazing Paleo-friendly gravy at the same time. Instant Pot chicken and gravy, y’all!

16/11/2018

For anyone trying to get the N95 masks to fit your kiddos, here is what we did.

14/11/2018

09/11/2018

An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet showed a significant reduction in bodyweight, improved glycemic control and a reversal of a six year long decline ...

08/11/2018

Great resource for those following AIP. Takes the guessing out of shopping.

07/11/2018

Trying paleo, going keto, reducing sugars, changing your eating habits at home? Is your family resistant when you try to make healthier food choices for their meals?

My advice: sometimes you’ve got put your own oxygen mask on before worrying about everyone else’s.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE IS HUGE!

If you’re getting resistance from your kids and/or husband, make little changes to their meals the best you can and then FOCUS ON YOU. Don’t give into the resistance, keep chipping away at healthier eating patterns.

Go for rice pasta for them and zoodles for you. Or a gluten free bun for them and lettuce wrap for you. Eventually they will catch on, maybe not all the way but it will rub off on them.

Have you experienced this?

07/11/2018

Amy Waltz Designs will be at JS Strength and Conditioning next Friday 11/16 at 6:30pm. Come check her out, along with LuLaRue and Beautycounter.

Our intent with this line is to encourage connection, inspire balance & awaken our sense of spirituality understanding we are more similar than different.

06/11/2018

Do you supplement with Vitamin D?

With the cold and flu season in full swing this may be another good reason to add this into your daily or weekly routine.

There is nothing like getting the real deal from food (and sunshine). Found in fatty fish or cod liver oil, mushrooms, and egg yolks. Vitamin D is a fat soluble diet, so be sure you're also getting in enough of those healthy fats (grass fed butter, coconut oil, olive oil, etc.)

Researchers find vitamin D helps the body fight acute respiratory infection.

06/11/2018

My friend just posted this and I love it. "Give yourself a voice. Even if it's a silent one on a piece of paper. It's your voice and it matters." Thank you Katie for that important reminder. I love walking in to the polls and submitting my ballet (and getting my beloved sticker). Happy Election Day!

02/11/2018

Researchers found a mechanism that may explain why the Epstein-Barr virus is associated with certain autoimmune illnesses such as lupus.

02/11/2018

Suffering from osteoarthritis? Check this article out. I often recommend Collagen to my clients to add in some protein into their diet, not to mention the benefits to hair, skin, nails, joints and gut. Check out my website for the collagen I recommend.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of musculoskeletal morbidity and functional loss, and the most prevalent of the musculoskeletal conditions. At this time, there is no medical treatment effective for slowing down OA progression long term or for promoting disease reversal or prevention. The standa...

01/11/2018

🍭 Halloween Candy 🍭
🎃 How did you handle the candy loot with your kiddos?
👻 Did you moderate it or let ‘em go for it?
🍭 What did we do? We allowed the girls to dig through it. At this age they are so interested in what it is, what the packages look like, etc. While they did that I pulled out all the candy with peanuts, gluten, and food dyes. We chatted about why these foods don’t fuel our bodies well (not that any candy does). Then I told them to pick a couple pieces from the “okay” pile.
🧙🏾‍♀️ The rest of the candy got set outside for the Switch Witch and taken to school to donate to the troops.