Inspiring Immunity with Plants

Inspiring Immunity with Plants

This week’s inspiration comes from Brigitte Mars, herbalist, author, professor, and wildcrafting expert. Brigitte was one of my instructors while attending Bauman College during my nutrition studies. She is an expert in understanding how the plant world offers a...
Your Innate Protection System

Your Innate Protection System

Healthy living expert Mary Collette Rogers of The New Kitchen and I recently discussed the innate immune system, one of four protective immune systems in the body. It’s the one you were born with and the one that “reads” or detects pathogens in the...
Are you an immunity idol?

Are you an immunity idol?

Welcome to the first in a series of discussions exploring immune health and how to support your system in life-changing ways. Over the next few weeks, I will share immune-boosting tips from a collection of healthy living experts. Many of their top insights will cost...
Blue Zones – Part 1

Blue Zones – Part 1

Do you want to live to be 100? The better question is, “Do you want to live to 100…healthfully and with good quality?” If you answered yes, then take a lesson from research done on Blue Zones, areas around the world where people are ten times more likely to live to...
The importance of sleep

The importance of sleep

As you prepare to ring out the old and bring in the new, you may feel a little short on sleep these days. Maybe it’s a pattern that has been going on for several months. Holiday cheer, family gatherings, travel, getting packages under the tree before morning, wrapping...