Have you ever returned from vacation and felt like you needed another vacation right away? Going on vacation should be a time to refresh and re-energize. An escape from busy life. For some, returning from vacation can feel like it never happened - exhaustion, fatigue and the effects of travel stress set in shortly after arriving home.

If you’re trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle while on vacation and find it difficult, you may just give up and “binge” in the spirit of having fun. In this blog post, we share tips on how to have fun, maintain your healthy lifestyle on vacation and return home feeling more energized than when you left!

As summer approaches, it's the perfect time to embrace the abundance of fresh produce, nourish our bodies with healthy plant-based meals and take steps towards relaxation and reducing stress. In this post I share 3 plant-based recipes that also have stress-reducing benefits.

Engaging in gardening and tending to houseplants can have numerous stress-reducing benefits as well as provide you with the opportunity to grow and include more nutritious whole food plants into your diet. In this blog I share 5 ways in which gardening and caring for houseplants can help to reduce stress while providing nutrient-dense foods!

The pressure of obtaining the ideal state of wellness and fitness in a certain timeframe may push us to act and make a change, but with reckless actions, without intention or direction. When making a healthy lifestyle change, what is the value in recognizing if you have drive versus desperation?

“BLAH”: That feeling of languish, apathy, lethargy, low energy, hopelessness, lack of motivation. Even with the best intentions of taking care of ourselves daily, we can experience that feeling of “blah” from time to time. In this post I created “RISE & LIFT”, a list with 8 simple tips to help you take flight!

March 7th is celebrated annually as “National Plant Power Day”!

Celebrate Plant Power Day by choosing healthy and nutritious plant-based foods.

Enjoy this FREE GUIDE with all things plants including: Plant-based substitutes, healthy plant additions, key vitamins and supplements, how to read nutrition labels and where to find plant-based restaurants in your area or while traveling.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Traditionally, Valentine’s Day has been celebrated by purchasing flowers, chocolate candies, jewelry, a fancy dinner, etc. Today, let’s take a moment to turn inward to the matters of the heart. In this blog post, I share nutrition, physical activities and mindfulness/yoga for a heart-healthy day. Bonus! A recipe for one of our favorite dinners: BBQ Tofu & Brown Rice Bowl.

What happened when we took a break from our daily strength-training workout routine and practiced yoga every day for one week?

Read this post to find out!

It's a New Year! This is a popular time of the year for goal-setting in our professional lives and many of you are familiar with S.M.A.R.T Goals. What about your personal life and well-being?

In this blog post, you will learn how to use the S.M.A.R.T Goal methodology for your personal life when setting your lifestyle goals.

On Tuesday December 6th 2022, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company Grow Local, leading the mission to “Feed the Future”, founded by Chris Mau and Kevin Higgins, hosted the inaugural globally attended “TEHNS Summit” as part of a $500 million initiative in conjunction with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

The summit brought together “industry leaders to equip, amplify, and drive impactful results in Global Health and Nutrition by utilizing Technology and Education in intentionally Sustainable ways”, via a nationwide campaign to address food insecurity for millions of Americans. Almost 3,000 participants across 5 different continents attended the event in-person and virtually.

In this post I share my key takeaways and personal thoughts.