by Julie Thenell | Apr 4, 2021 | Stress management
We all like to snack. What if you turned your food snacks into movement snacks? I first heard the term “movement snack” while listening to a podcast by Jim Kwik and Dr. Stephanie Estima. The podcast is about balancing stress hormones and the effects of chronic stress...
by Julie Thenell | Mar 26, 2021 | Resilience
Little did I know that writing about trauma would bubble to the top of my episodes list, but it did after this week’s mass shooting in Boulder, CO. While I didn’t know any of the victims, the fact that these individuals were part of my community and in...
by Julie Thenell | Mar 21, 2021 | Resilience
Are you aware of all that goes on in your body when you sleep? Sleep is when your body fights infections, repairs damaged cells, detoxifies, regulates hormones, boosts your immune system, modulates metabolism, and relaxes muscles…including your brain. When you...
by Julie Thenell | Mar 12, 2021 | Resilience
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...
by Julie Thenell | Mar 7, 2021 | Resilience
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...
