. Probiotics and Prebiotics: A Guide to Boost Your Gut Health A guide to boosting gut health. What are probiotics and prebiotics? Probiotic foods contain good bacteria that can boost our gut health. Prebiotic foods feed those good bacteria to keep them happy and healthy, which in turn makes us healthier too. There are many ways to get these two things into our bodies [...]
The Early Signs of Menopause The early signs of menopause as it approaches the body starts to change over time until it stops menstruating altogether. The early signs of this natural process can be tough to spot or identify, but knowing these signs ensures that you take the necessary steps! If you are wondering about what changes occur during menopause, read on for all of the basics! In [...]
How Food Can Affect Your Mood Not many things influence our perspective, otherwise known as our mind-set, as food. Women being moved by some puzzling hormonal power to eat chocolate during PMS is one genuine model. There's only something in that chocolate that causes them to feel so great! Beside the passionate ties around food, partner it with festivity or amusement, there is additionally the physiological side that influences [...]
10 Steps to Create an Exercise Habit It can get really frustrating when you know what you want to do, and even should do, but you can’t get yourself to do it. Exercising regularly is something that we all know that we should be doing, yet few of us seem to be able to build that consistent habit.If you can create an exercise habit, you’ll never have to try [...]
7 Sure-Fire tips for Sleeping Well It’s normal to have trouble falling asleep when you have had some major life changes to deal with. You may find that you lie down exhausted by it all, but then your mind just won’t shut down so that you can rest. We have all had this happen at one time or another in life and here are some things that you can [...]
Many people don’t realize just how much hormones affect the way we feel and how our bodies function. Hormones control so many functions! You’re probably heard of cortisol, the stress hormone. Hormones also control how quickly we burn calories, our libido, acne, hair loss, weight, moods, and much more. A hormone imbalance can lead to symptoms that feel like depression (or is depression), iron or other deficiency, exhaustion, and [...]
Baked Rosemary-Lemon Chicken Breasts (Serves 4) 2 tbsp avocado oil 4 chicken breasts 2 cups cubed sweet potatoes 1 red onion, sliced thin Juice of 1 large lemon 2 tbsp rosemary 1 tsp each marjoram and thyme 6 minced garlic cloves 1 large lemon, sliced Salt and pepper to taste Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together lemon, rosemary, thyme, marjoram and minced garlic. [...]
Some health issues are easy to diagnose and fix. If you fall and break a bone, the treatment is fairly clear. The same is true for most infections. Even diseases such as cancer and diabetes can be discovered through symptoms and tests. Hormones are a different story. If your hormones are off, you might experience a multitude of symptoms that can be misdiagnosed. We don’t have a clear “hormone [...]
The crown chakra is our road to higher realms of consciousness. The crown opens us to what Carl Jung writes about called the Self, the archetype representing whole and complete. When our true self manifests in this world, we have reached our truest potential and unified our personality as a whole. The full birth of the Self via this strong connection and awakening of the crown chakra gives us [...]
The third eye chakra is located at the center of the head between your eyebrows, and it is associated with our intuition and inner vision. It is from here that we experience our ‘sixth sense’. The third eye chakra is your own personal movie screen. It is where we see our dreams at night, where we recall memories, where we see images, colors, insights. It is our mind’s eye [...]
