Recent Blog Posts

This year I celebrate six years at the helm of my health coaching and nutrition business, Marissa's Well-being and Health, where I support women with finding freedom from fad diets. When I think of everything I've accomplished and how my life has changed since taking the leap toward such a drastic career change, I feel sheer joy.   During this time, I've had the opportunity to support … [Read more...]

How often do you make self care a habit? You may be surprised to learn that most of us know how we can keep our physical, emotional and mental well-being in check with self care, but few of us rarely give it the attention it deserves. In one study, only 6 percent of adults engaged in health-related self care each day.  Six percent?!!? That means 94 percent of us aren't taking the … [Read more...]

  Planning for meals, buying ingredients and simply making time to eat a meal: it's hard enough to feed ourselves as adults without having to figure out what to eat and when. Besides, as humans we tend to be creatures of habit. We stick with what we know.  What if you could count on your intuition to guide when and how you eat?  It sounds a little abstract, maybe even … [Read more...]

The third and final post in my wedding in Mexico series will cover all the details! Note: For those who are looking for advice, I'm including a few things that I wish had gone differently, because I'm a perfectionist like that. These are minor details that I've thought of only after overthinking the whole thing a million times. Really, I loved our wedding in Mexico just the way it was! If … [Read more...]

If you're just joining me for our wedding in Mexico series, catch up with the first part of this post, Our Wedding in Mexico (Part 1) Once we picked our venue, set a date and designated a room block at the quaint and quirky boutique Cabo Surf Hotel, I was ready to get planning. I'm not a last-minute kind of girl and I didn't want to leave anything until then.  I quickly found out that … [Read more...]

“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Dove. I received a product sample and promotional item to thank me for my participation.” I'm such a Summer girl! For me, warmer weather means sleeveless tops, races in Central Park, sweaty outdoor workouts and dining al fresco.  My dream is to live somewhere the weather is warm … [Read more...]

The weather being more Spring-like, means New York Road Runner (NYRR) races are on the calendar almost every weekend and runners are coming to Central Park for them in droves. I'm not one to complain on this blog but I've noticed a general lack of manners at these events so I thought I'd include a few reminders here about general running etiquette. Whether you're a newbie or a veteran, here are a … [Read more...]

How do you put the best day -- weekend -- of your life into words? I'm not sure I can do ur wedding in Mexico justice.  I started to write a full wedding recap in one post, but there was just too much so I decided to split it up into short posts, two maybe three. We'll see how it goes. I realize that not everyone cares about my wedding so if you're normally here for the health and wellness … [Read more...]