Wellness Month
Celebrating wellness is about acknowledging and appreciating the efforts you make towards taking care of your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Celebrating wellness is a personal and unique experience and why we’ve put together a comprehensive list of tips and suggestions to help you create a wellness path that is enjoyable and sustainable for YOU🫵.
Read MoreJune is National Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.
Taking care of our most important asset–our brain, and feeding our bodies with a whole food, plant-based diet, has been proven, will help us thrive now, and well into the future! And, it is never too late! Think about old habits to toss and new things to try! Mushrooms are a much-loved ingredient in cuisines around the world.
Read MoreSpring is on the way!
Let’s freshen up with Clean Beauty and Fresh Wellness Practices!
This spring simplifying things is always a good way to lighten your load. From beauty routines, to clean eating practices boosting our wellness can be effortless with the right essentials.
Clean beauty in the skincare and makeup world is synonymous with non-toxic beauty. It is a term used to describe cosmetics and skincare products that are free from harmful chemicals. This includes ingredients like parabens, phthalates, sulfates, and synthetic fragrances. Why should you stay away from these ingredients?
Read MoreHello! Have you heard the great news?
The ACV Challenge is trending on social media! With over 90k posts on Tik Tok, thousands of posts on Instagram and Facebook and over 100k pins on Pinterest, so far!
Clearly, there is a lot to say about ACV and the Beyond Fresh ACV Challenge but the greatest thing about all these posts and pins is that they all tout the same benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar—less bloat, less belly ache, more energy, clearer skin, lower blood sugar, regular bowel movement, silkier hair, weight loss, increased immune support and on!!
Read MoreThe holiday season is a time to celebrate peace, bring joy and spread goodwill, but it is also the perfect time to prepare to give yourself some much needed attention in the New Year — it is the best gift you could give to everyone’).
Now is the time to start taking care of YOU! The joy of optimal health is within your reach. You can create space and build for the excitement we all feel when we take control of our own destiny by enriching our lives with better choices and identifying the decisions we make that bring us prolonged joy.
Read MoreJumpin’ into Fall is my favorite time to reset, regroup and reconnect with myself as I reflect and prepare for the new season ahead and connect with my new flow. This can be done a number of ways, by putting a day aside to clean and organize the house, or your gardens, to get them ready for the winter ahead, organize kids schedules, work and sports, but what we may not do is check in with ourselves.
Read MoreSkin care is so important, it is after all your largest organ! I have been crazy about skincare for as long as I can remember and that is why I am so excited to tell you all about my latest obsession! Denise Dubois! A licensed aesthetician and owner of Complexions Spa for Beauty and Wellness with locations in Albany and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Read MoreWe are ready to embrace you!
I think so many of us want to feel energized, excited, healthy and free again. And, in this season of new beginnings, I am feeling ready to conquer new possibilities!
I like to explore new things and often find myself seeking out new experiences, new places, new opportunities and new people. Everything new, to help keep me growing. This default decision to embrace the new, has been a powerful tool in guiding my life path. But, Covid threw us all a curveball, and now I find myself looking to lean-in to experiences for the simple reason that the possibility to explore has returned to us again. The act of learning new things, the act of experiencing something new, generates new brain cells and new brain pathways.
Read MoreRetreat. And, have long term benefits.
And, that’s what life should be about after all, impact. How are you impacting yourself, your family, your colleagues, your cohorts, your team, your community? How do you want to impact the world?Confused? Well, a retreat can most certainly help. Retreats allow you to focus solely on your own well-being and truly offer you stress free time-off to check-out and check-in to self, nature and its healing touch.
Be it a life quest, or the confidence to try a new work or business situation, a new relationship, or moving-on from the past, a good retreat provides us with tools and time to reflect, process things, bring them into perspective, and re-set.
Read MoreFall is a great time for preparation as we get ready for the ensuing winter months. And, making plans and preparing lend to hope, and create excitement as we look forward to new things ahead!nI wanted to share with you some things that I have been preparing that are exciting me,)
I have the amazing Adam Glassman, listen in as we get the 411 on Oprah’s Favorite Things for 2021 and why she picked them! Be sure to follow me on social media, there might be an Oprah Gift Basket in someone's future! And since we are talking about gifts, be sure to check out my interview with the wildly successful and creative jeweler Steven Lagos! Who doesn't love a little bling?
Read MoreDid you know that your immune system and your mood have a direct relationship with each other?
With Back-to-School around the corner, the stress of the virus, the changes of the season, unintentional weight gain from the Covid-continuum and the sadness of what is happening in the world at large, it makes sense that we feel out of sorts and vulnerable to attack from one direction or another. While the human form is incredible and the human body is wired to deal with most of what comes at it, we do need to help it along the way. Like our immune systems protect us, we too must protect our immunity.
Read MoreDid you know that your immune system and your mood have a direct relationship with each other?
With Back-to-School around the corner, the stress of the virus, the changes of the season, unintentional weight gain from the Covid-continuum and the sadness of what is happening in the world at large, it makes sense that we feel out of sorts and vulnerable to attack from one direction or another. While the human form is incredible and the human body is wired to deal with most of what comes at it, we do need to help it along the way. Like our immune systems protect us, we too must protect our immunity.
Read MoreThere is no doubt, the American diet is lacking in clean, whole-food nutrition resulting in an imbalance in our guts as bad bacteria overtakes our good bacteria, interrupting our microbiome and gut-flora and increasing our susceptibility to inflammation, chronic illness and disease.
Read MoreYou do this all day, every day without a thought. But I want you to ask yourself this- when was the last time you took a deep breath? Probably not as often as you think. I would venture to say only a few times a day. But did you know that deep breathing is one of our easiest, most convenient, and natural tools to combat issues like stress and anxiety, high blood pressure and even aide in digestion?
So why should you practice deep breathing? Simply put- extra oxygen does wonders for the body and mind. It cleanses, opens, and soothes different parts of our being and is overall something extremely healthy we can all do.
Read MoreWhen performed on purpose, rituals are incredibly powerful. They can help us to experience everyday life with a deeper meaning and enjoyment. Rituals have the power to ground and stabilize us; to keep us focused and purposeful. Rituals can help to increase confidence, by providing a sense of security and they can even help to alleviate the weight of grief and, help us to reduce anxiety. Above all, rituals can help us to increase happiness. Modern culture can lead us to feel that life needs to be constantly exciting, Instagram worthy, happy and satisfying. While rituals can help you to rest perfectly in the ordinary elements of life, sprinkling them with magic.
Read MoreIt’s spring! It’s my birthday! And, with Mother’s Day right around the corner, I can't help but feel hope rising and an overwhelming feeling of excitement with new beginnings underfoot.
This past year has us headed into Spring with anticipation for a much-needed refresh. The combination of covid19, the shutdowns, and the dead of winter forced abrupt slowdowns and with it - I found a lot of space for self-reflection.
Read MoreDeveloped to support anyone on their journey to learn and practice better health and overall wellbeing for themselves and for those around them. Beyond Fresh, focuses on a holistic, science-based, easy-to-follow approach to nutrition that can help you manage your weight, prevent disease, and crowd out bad choices that are taxing your system making you feel less than your best.
Read MoreI am thrilled to tell you about my podcast, in MY heart which I started up and started recording pre-covid 2020. Though we started in the studio, we quickly became a zoom interview podcast, as did many others. And, with the pandemic we also never officially announced it. I am proud of the work my team and I have done. We covered a lot of territory, switching up formats and finding our groove bringing to you the content I wanted to share. So, in kicking off 2021, I want to officially announce in MY heart and, give you some background as to its beginnings and my passion for connecting with you.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that 2020 has been an incredibly hard year. Millions of people have lost loved ones to Covid-19, are experiencing financial insecurity, struggling with overall mental health and isolation. Add in the incidents of racist violence that peaked awareness and protests over the summer and then a historically partisan election and you add another layer of trauma and heartbreak.
Read MoreI heard it all the time growing up, Heather stop talking so much, your distracting the class (from my 6th grade teacher). Heather get off the phone we’re late (from my mother;). At my first jobs - waiting tables, I loved chatting with the customers and hearing their stories. In my 20s my most favorite job was being a bartender. I learned so much because I heard so much.
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