Inspiring Immunity

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

Healthy living expert Mary Collette Rogers of The New Kitchen and I recently had a conversation about 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...

Are you an immunity idol?

Welcome to the first in a series of discussions that will explore 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...
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...
Gratitude practice

Gratitude practice

Thanksgiving 2017 is well behind us. I hope you had a wonderful celebration. My husband and I enjoy cooking, so hosting Thanksgiving this year was a treat. Family and friends gathered around our table with all the festive trimmings. It was a time to give thanks for...