Is Your Blood Sugar Out of Whack?

Do you ever wonder if you are headed for hypoglycemia, pre-diabetes or even diabetes?  Do you have a family history of blood sugar issues?  Aunt Mary, Cousin Sam or Mom have Diabetes?  Well even though heredity is not the only indicator that you may become Diabetic – it still represents a 50/50 chance. I live with Diabetes everyday.  My husband was…

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Take Off Your Mask

Do you ever feel like you are wearing a mask?  Hiding a part of yourself you want so very much to show and express – yet you constantly stop yourself from doing so?  You want to be that lean person wearing the Hip and Now Fashions, even a pair of Skinny Jeans may fit the bill. Or how about the clothes you’ve already got?  You…

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Feeling Disconnected?

You may wonder what feeling disconnected or discontent has to do with weight, nutrition or good health?  Or maybe it’s obvious – when you don’t feel a sense of belonging loneliness or depression can often become your best friend.  Especially for women – feeling connected is essential.  The hormone oxytocin– also called the “love hormone” – increases feelings of love and bonding. This…

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The Weight & Digestion Connection

My mother always says “You appreciate health when you don’t have it!” And not having a healthy digestion can impact everything.  In Ayurvedic Medicine – the 5000 year old medicine of India, they place great emphasis on the role of digestion.  Not only digesting what you eat but also digesting your thoughts and experiences in a healthy way.  Processing everything you experience beneficially– so you are…

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Are You Ready to Rebuild Your Body?

Some question I’ve posed this week – right?  Well ever wonder if that could be possible – have a whole new body rather than the one you were born?  The one that you haven’t treated as well as you should or could have?  I’m sure the latter response is a much more possible reason.  But not to worry all is not lost…

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Do You Want to be Skinny or Healthy?

What a loaded question – right?  Is this a tough question for you to answer?  Well, the correct answer is – both. However, I want to qualify this answer as well – being “skinny” is not necessarily the best thing to be.  And it depends on what “skinny” means to each one of you reading.  Is it: “size minus”, “size comfortable”,…

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Spring Cleaning Inside and Out

Have you ever wondered why such a thing as “Spring Cleaning” even exists? Well, it might have something to do with the earth waking up from its winter slumber.  A time when there’s a change in the air.  You see buds appearing on nearby trees, you hear more birds singing and you get an itch to get outside more. You may feel a…

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Small Step = Big Results

That’s right you do not need to make huge leaps in order to get from where you are to where you want to go.  In this week’s article we are shedding some light on easy steps to shedding excess weight and unhealthy habits. Here are 5 Small Steps with Huge Gains: Step #1  Take care of your Tummy.  Eat slowly and avoid eating on…

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Time to Outsmart Your Genes?

Do you think you can have an impact on your genetic make-up?  I’m here to tell you that you can.  How your genes “express” or work is really up to you.  What you do and don’t do can have a direct link to how healthy genes operate in your body.  It’s kind of great to think you have that much control –…

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Are You Playing Your Own Hunger Games?

No, I’m not talking about the popular movie out right now although the title of this article was inspired by the movie of the same name.  But that’s as far as the similarity goes. This wellness writing has more to do with how you can seriously fool yourself into thinking even though you have health challenges with symptoms like headaches, digestive upset,…

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