Posts by Karen
What’s In Your Food?
If you aren’t eating packaged food that is certified organic, chances are you’re getting about 2,000 unwanted chemicals in your food. These chemicals have been banned in the European Union, but they are perfectly legal in the US food supply. According to this report, many of them have been deemed harmful and some are even…
Read MoreLet’s Call Fat Shaming What It Is…Bullying
In this video below, late-night talk show host James Corden responds to a bit that another late-night talk show host, Bill Maher, did about the supposed “value” of fat shaming. Maher’s position is that overweight and obese people should be called out for the size of their bodies. Really??? And when has that ever been…
Read MoreAre You Putting Any of These Ingredients on Your Skin?
10 Toxic Ingredients to Keep Out of Your Skincare Parabens – used as a preservative to prevent mold growth. Because of their estrogenic properties, paragons are endocrine disruptors that have been linked to breast cancer Artificial Color and Fragrance – have been known to trigger allergies, headache, ADHD and asthma, among other things. They can…
Read MoreHow Are You Motivated To Make Change?
What makes you want to change? Is it something inside that just clicks? Is it something someone says to you? According to The National Library of Medicine in their article, On what motivates us: a detailed review of intrinsic v. extrinsic motivation, there are two ways to get your motivation. Intrinsic motivation – this involves performing…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Grizzly Bear?
What holds you back? Are you afraid of failure? How about success? Maybe rejection? Are you living your dreams? Or are you working at a job you don’t care much about or even dread going to every day? We all have something we’re afraid of; something that keeps us from doing what we want to…
Read MoreTomato Bisque
The weather here in New Jersey is starting to cool down – Fall is on its way for sure! And with the fall weather, that means soup-time! For me, nothing beats a good homemade Tomato Bisque soup when it is accompanied by a fresh, hot, grilled cheese sandwich. Yum! An added benefit? Kids love to…
Read MoreExercise – The Prescription You Don’t Need From the Doctor
Please, don’t send hate mail if your doctor has told you not to exercise. This post is for people who are medically cleared to exercise and physically able to do so. If you’ve been reading my blog for a few months, you know that I have been on a fitness journey of my own. Since…
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