The Mystery of Mast Cell Activation: My Perfect Storm
In July of 2016, I had the perfect storm of environmental events that sent my robust health into an eight-month tailspin. Event #1: Higher stress than usual. Event #2: I decided to clean out my filthy garage. Event #3: While working in my garden, I was stung by multiple wasps, multiple times. These events formed […]
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Fixing the Broken Brain: Part One
Don’t you love it when life hands you synchronicity? There is something magical when events converge to change Think yourself healthyyour life…and this is exactly what has happened to me. Two months ago three things happened that, at the time, didn’t seem related: I started a new book on how to improve cognition and brain […]
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Eating Your Way to Health
When I became a nutritionist ten years ago, I had a big goal: Improve the health of America one plate at a time! I work toward this goal everyday through the classes I teach, my corporate wellness program, and the many clients that I work with on a day-to-day basis. I love to explain how […]
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What I Just Learned from Ben Lynch, Part 1
I love to figure out how things work. I have always been like this… I remember getting into big trouble on my 11th Christmas when I completely dismantled the transistor radio that was my “special present” to figure out how it worked. (Unfortunately, I could not figure out how to put it back together again.) […]
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A Little Bit About Me
You know what I realized the other day… I don’t think I have ever written about who I am and why I do what I do. My passion in life is to help middle-aged women feel as vibrant and look as fabulous as they did in their thirties. I am “62 years young” and I […]
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Menopause and Sleep
Menopause and sleep are not always easy to combine. However, good sleep is essential for a healthy menopause. Time waits for no man… or woman, for that matter. We know it every morning when we wake up and look into the mirror and wonder what happened to that twenty-year-old cutie that used to stare back […]
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