Recent Blog Posts

Five years ago, in January 2013, I published an article on Mindbodygreen entitled Why I Don't Juice Cleanse and the next day woke up to a barrage of comments - some readers agreed but most vehemently disagreed- and a few were really unkind (in case you're wondering, the comments are no longer there as the website more recently turned off comments on all articles). It was a hard truth to swallow … [Read more...]

  I'm someone who spends most of my days in Lycra, so managing my sweat is necessary. When I'm not teaching, I'm taking a barre class or running from the studio to meetings so I need something that will keep me dry. That sounds easy enough, but lately, I've recommitted to using natural products because we all know that what goes on your skin also goes in. Finding natural deodorants that work … [Read more...]

In my adult lifetime, I have likely chopped hundreds of pounds of vegetables (rough estimate). Somewhere along the way, I realized how much waste my vegetable scraps - seeds, skins, stems and other unusable parts of the vegetable - produced. There have been times when it seems, I've had trashcans-full of food scraps. And here's where it gets weird- I feel guilty knowing I could be putting these … [Read more...]

Email, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. That's basically the progression of how I go about checking my online and social media accounts every morning upon waking. Yours might be similar. I'm acutely aware of how much I rely on social media so I'm constantly trying to use social media mindfully.   Until I was in my late 20's, social media wasn't as prevalent as it is now. The … [Read more...]

  More than ever, people are becoming aware of our food supply and where it comes from. That's a good thing! But with that awareness, comes buzz words like "organic" and "local." While helpful, for many people, these terms can be confusing in the produce aisle. One question I'm often asked is "What's the difference between local and organic? Which is better?"  In short, there is a … [Read more...]

Happy New Year! I'm back from an extended trip to the UK and Dubai and what's a new year without a 2017 year in review post? I acknowledge this is slightly delayed, but better late than never! I think we can all agree that 2017 had its own challenges. From a personal and professional standpoint, I accomplished a lot and for that I'm grateful.  GOT A MINUTE? CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR INPUT ON … [Read more...]

Almost ten years ago I started this blog to share about health and wellness out of my passion for what I was learning as a student at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I knew relatively little about blogging, but over time I've learned more. Although this blog is somewhat different than most of today's blogs, it remains a meaningful place for me to share some details about my life and … [Read more...]

Inspired by the New York City Marathon as I am every year I don't run it, this year I decided to take action and sign up for the NYRR Ted Corbitt 15K. The 9.3 mile race would be the longest distance I've run in some time - maybe even all year. Aside from the distance itself, the only potential challenge was that I had only four weeks to prepare. The Plan  I did some digging around on the … [Read more...]