Life and relationships with all their beauty and challenges.
So, how’s it going world? At this point, we are starting to see COVID impact almost every country in the world. I know many businesses are having to make tough decisions and people are losing their jobs. Many of those are people near and dear to my heart. I am grateful that all my loved … Read more
It’s official. I am in my “mid-thirties”. Yikes! On birthdays and New Years I always find myself reflecting on what I’ve learned, what I’m grateful for and what’s next. If you know me, you know that I love lists like a fat kid likes chocolate (inappropriate nutritionist humour). So I decided to make a list … Read more
The trek tests you. Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. You get strong. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. As the days go by you start believing in yourself and your ability to achieve this goal. You become your best cheerleader and motivational speaker, mentally singing to yourself “Go Kimi! Go Kimi!” Walking is meditative. If you have any unresolved emotional sh*t (like … Read more
Does your boss sit you down once a year to evaluate how you measured up against your professional goals that help your team and at a larger scope, your organization? Then why are most of us not using the same rigor in our personal lives to ensure that we achieve our life goals and dreams? … Read more
Have you heard of vision boards? They are not some kooky-fairy-hippie craft projects. They are a powerful tool to help you achieve your short-term goals and those Big-Hairy-Audacious-Goals (BHAGs)! I am a big believer in goal-setting. If you don’t think about what you want to achieve, you will never get there. Putting something down on … Read more
There is no bigger bummer than getting sick during a long-awaited vacation. Whether you are dealing with digestive upsets or a sore throat, pack my natural travel kit in your suitcase and you can travel worry-free! The longer I have been exposed to the world of herbs and other holistic remedies the more convinced I … Read more
It happens to the best of us. Sometimes we fall off the wagon. Indulge a bit too much. Maybe it’s the food and wine while entertaining or socializing. Or it could be snacking on chips while watching TV. We all slip back into bad habits. Recently I have been indulging in sweets and restaurant food … Read more
Kristen Kimball is a Harvard graduate and a writer living the fast life in New York who gets swept off her feet by a farmer and ends up starting a CSA (Community Shared Agricultural farm) with him in upstate NY. “The Dirty Life” is her and her now-husband, Mark’s, journey of finding each other and … Read more
We live in a world that bombards us with information constantly. We work too much. Play too little. Stress levels in North America are through the roof. Our ridiculously fast lifestyles have given us a lot of material comforts in life, but they have robbed us of the luxury of downtime for our minds and … Read more
I strongly believe that there are no cookie-cutter solutions for our health problems (that’s why I became a nutritionist!). We all have to find the foods that we love and foods that love us right back! Each of us has to find the right balance of diet and lifestyle habits that nourish us and help … Read more
