Marissa Vicario

Five Ways to Get Support From Family and Friends When Making Healthy Changes

The Healthy Book Club girls in Miami So you’ve finally done it. You’ve made healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle and you feel great. In fact, you feel better than ever. But, there’s just one thing missing. You’re friends and family aren’t exactly on board and it’s driving you a little batty. There are those times when they conveniently… Read More

Guest Post: Step Outside of Your Comfort Zone

Today’s guest post is by my personal trainer, Cindy Lai, of Cindy Lai Fitness.   As human beings, we are wired to seek comfort in all aspects of our life.  Day in and day out, we follow familiar behaviors and patterns in order to feel comfortable in our own skin.  When something threatens to break that pattern, we become nervous… Read More

Deepak Chopra on Leadership and Well-being

Photo courtesy of www.chopra.com It has been almost a week since I attended the IIN Fall Conference but I am still buzzing with the energy and knowledge I gained in just one weekend! Perhaps the most anticipated speaker of the weekend was Deepak Chopra who hardly needs an introduction. Chopra addressed the audience as leaders, “a symbolic soul of group… Read More

Drink Your Salads and Other Nutrition Advice from Dr. Mark Hyman

When every state in America has an obesity rate over 20 percent, we know we have a problem. Dr. Mark Hyman spoke at IIN‘s Fall Conference last weekend and proclaimed that “we ate our way into it and we can eat our way out of it.” How? By looking at food beyond its caloric value and using it as information…. Read More

Feet, Forks and Fingers

I make decisions all day long. At least three of those decisions are about what food to eat. These decisions used to be hard. I struggled with what I “should” eat versus what I “wanted” to eat. My dietary decisions were driven by cravings and habits. Not too mention food labels that claimed more fiber added to a box of… Read More

For Super Immunity Count Nutrients, Not Calories

It’s a sad and scary truth: the average American eats 62 percent of their calories from processed foods and these foods are immune system depressants. So it stands to reason that the more processed foods our society eats, the sicker it becomes. At the IIN Fall Conference this past weekend, I had the chance to hear Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author… Read More

In Praise of Fat and Cholesterol

What if I told you that the amount of cholesterol you eat has little bearing on cholesterol levels in your blood? If you’re accustomed to eating egg whites and avoiding butter, you may not believe it. But the truth is, cholesterol-rich foods like organic eggs and real butter, wild caught seafood and full fat raw, organic dairy products have numerous… Read More

When Nature Calls

Have you ever been somewhere inspiring doing something you love and the combination of the two just makes you come alive? If you have, you know it’s the best feeling in the world. This happens to me most often when I’m being active and feel connected to nature. It was at some point during my twenties when the shift happened…. Read More

Brighter and Tighter Skin? Sign. Me. Up!

If you had told me – even two years ago – that a body brush would become a regular part of my beauty routine, I would have bet every skincare potion and product I’ve ever owned that you were wrong. At first glance, dry brushing seems like a strange practice, but after trying it out a few times and getting… Read More