Do you have a core group of people in your life with whom you feel a connection? The group doesn’t have to be large…just one or two people with whom you feel comfortable and can spend time together. Being connected to other people is a form of self-care. Spending time with your tribe is good…

How important is sleep? Beyond feeling rested and getting rid of dark circles under the eyes, sleep has a very important role in our lives and without it our health suffers. Why do we need sleep? While we sleep, our cells are being repaired. We tend to think that sleep is downtime for our body…

Did you know that our bodies consist of about 75% water? We need water for every joint, every organ, every system and in fact, every cell in our bodies require water to perform optimally. How much water do we need to consume? Some think that 64 ounces of water daily is adequate for everyone, but…

Stress Your body is an amazing machine that was designed to survive. All of your vital organs have a role in that survival. When there is perceived danger, your various systems will slow or shut down to focus your resources on keeping you safe. Digestion stops, blood flow is restricted, adrenaline and cortisol production is…

So I’m back at it again. I’ve accepted another challenge to write 30 blog posts in 30 days and I’m already late for day one. I decided to take this challenge on again to force myself to develop some discipline around what I really want to do…help people live their best and healthiest lives. So…

This poem brings tears to my eyes. The author is Hollie Holden and I think so many people, especially women, can relate to this feeling. How many times have you looked in the mirror and been critical of your body, your hair, your skin? How many times have you said negative things to other people…

Today is Go Red for Women with Heart Disease. This event has never been so important to me. I have spent this past week and will spend most of the month of February speaking about WomenHeart and women with or at risk for heart disease. It has been so interesting meeting women who have had…

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…