Is Your Smoothie Game on Point? My Guide on How to Make Protein Smoothies + Smoothie Superfoods

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Is Your Smoothie Game on Point? My Guide on How to Make Protein Smoothies + Smoothie Superfoods

If you’ve paid even a little bit of attention to the healthy living world in the past several years, you know that smoothies are having a serious moment. And for good reason – smoothies can be SO delicious friend, and when you use the right ingredients can pack some major nutritional punch. But, it’s also really easy to make smoothies that are too high in sugar and don’t deliver enough of the other macronutrients (protein + fat) to keep you feeling full. Read on for my guide on smoothie superfoods to know and a few recipes.

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From Healing Journey to Intuitive Healer

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From Healing Journey to Intuitive Healer

Getting raw, real and vulnerable scares me. I get scared to open up about my past, to throw away the curtain and let all of my flaws, demons, mistakes and faults be seen. 

But it's important to be seen. I've realized that this place of vulnerability, of connection and implied trust is where the magic happens. And I don't just mean vulnerability with others – when is the last time you sat and let yourself be truly honest and open and raw with you? 

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Love Yourself This Valentine's Day: Self-Care Ideas

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Valentine's day is just a couple of days away, and everywhere I look I'm seeing ads or promotions for special dinners, jewelry, flowers and chocolate. I've had enough of the commercialist approach to Valentine's Day, and this year wanted to take a chance to employ several of my favorite self-care ideas to celebrate my love for me.

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Need Goal Setting Strategies for How to Reach Your Goals? Read This First.

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Need Goal Setting Strategies for How to Reach Your Goals? Read This First.

I hear you're looking for some goal setting strategies before setting some goals for 2017. We won't call them New Year's Resolutions, because everyone knows those get left behind by Valentine's Day. But if you want to know how to reach your goals, read on.  

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Clean Beauty to Detox Your Bathroom

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Clean Beauty to Detox Your Bathroom

I’ve long been a beauty product junkie. I don’t wear much makeup, but I deeply love the process of taking care of myself. The rituals of skincare, dry brushing, long showers with body scrubs and masks and body oils. The process of getting made up, on the rare occasion that I do, brings me a sense of peace and calm (one of my versions of hyygge). But when I learned a few years ago that these rituals may be contributing to hormonal issues, build-up of toxic metals in my body and possibly even cancer, those once soothing parts of my days became overwhelming and scary. 

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How to Prevent Overeating This Thanksgiving

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How to Prevent Overeating This Thanksgiving

The holidays can be such a polarizing time. Some people love them, and count the days until pumpkin pie and Christmas music, while others adopt more of an Ebeneezer attitude, grumbling about the pumpkin spice obsession and griping about the very same Christmas music others love. 

Whichever camp you fall into, we can all agree that the holidays can be a stressful time, especially for your health. With Thanksgiving a couple days away, I'm sharing a few of my favorite tips to keep yourself feeling happy and grateful – rather than stuffed and bloated – this Thanksgiving.

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