by Julie Thenell | May 20, 2021 | Resilience
I love tea time. Tea with friends, by myself, as part of my morning routine, as a break from my daily activities, or as a nighttime wind-down. Tea is healing. It is soothing. It provides comfort. Depending on the tea, it can be a pick-me-up or a slow-me-down treat. My...
by Julie Thenell | Apr 26, 2021 | Resilience
I got to spend a recent weekend in one of my happy spaces…NANP’s annual conference for nutrition professionals. Geeking out at HEALCon makes my heart sing. The conference is the most in-depth holistic nutrition gathering of the year. Not only is it THE place to stay...
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...
