Are you enthusiastic about cultivating healthy habits at first, only to find that your eagerness wanes over time? One of the class themes in my upcoming 7 Weeks of Wellness ‘Live+Virtual’ online yoga course is how our yoga practice can help us to transform our habits, or Samskaras–challenging the ones that aren’t serving us, and …
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3 Takeaways From My Recent Trips to the Hospital
You may have noticed that I have not written any blog posts or been on social media much lately. That’s because I had some more important issues to deal with, as you may have guessed from the picture above. My husband is currently in the second week of a flukey illness, two days of which …
Why Self-Care Is An Absolute Must During Perimenopause
The final topic in my 5-part series of lifestyle changes I recommend making to help you sail through perimenopause a little bit easier is arguably the most important: Self-Care. The more time I’ve spent reflecting over the past few years, the more I firmly believe that the root cause of so many of our issues …
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The 4 Most Important Things You Can Do To Help Mitigate Climate Change
By now I think we can all agree that climate change is real. We see evidence of it throughout the world on a daily basis: extreme heat waves, wildfires, droughts, floods, unpredictable weather and more. It can be rather depressing to let the gravity of it all sink in, and I think many of us …
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Simple Strategies to Improve Your Sleep During (Peri)menopause
Insomnia is one of the biggest complaints women tend to have during (peri)menopause. (I know it has been for me!) During this transition a drop in your progesterone and estrogen levels can cause symptoms like hot flashes and heart palpitations, which cause you to sleep poorly. Not to mention the fact that perimenopause tends to …
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Yoga for HSPs: Advice from an HSP Yoga Teacher
If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person, yoga can be a wonderful way to calm your overstimulated nervous system. However, not all yoga classes are created equally in this regard. If you’re anything like me, you’ve walked away from a yoga class or two feeling exhausted and ‘jangly-nerved.’ (I’m looking at you, super-hot studios crammed wall-to-wall …
The Wheel of Emotions
During a discussion of Brene Brown’s book, Atlas of the Heart, at a past Yoga Book Club, we were remarking on what she wrote about people’s limited emotional vocabularies. On average, most people can name only three emotions: glad, sad and mad. It got me thinking about my Self Care MasterClass, in which I include …
How to Exercise More Effectively During (Peri)menopause
Over the decade I’ve spent doing research on (peri)menopause, I’ve come across several recommendations from experts saying that as you move through this life transition your workout routine needs to change. In particular, the general consensus is that the length of your workouts should get shorter. Yes, you heard that right! Less exercise! Now that …
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Four Funky + Fabulous Vegan Summer Salads
I don’t know about you, but I often find my inspiration lagging when it comes to summertime meals. I think it’s mostly because it just feels too hot to cook. But this summer I have been experimenting with a few new recipes (and one old one) that have given me some fresh ideas about what …
Healthy Summertime Breakfast Inspiration
We’ve all heard by now that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so what kind of ‘fuel’ are you putting in your body to start the day off right? If you’re looking for a little healthy plant-based inspiration, check out these two vegan breakfast recipes I make religiously all summer long: Homemade …