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For everything pertaining to mental health nutrition and it’s relationship to stress, lifestyle habits, and sleep quality. Find the secrets to a simple peaceful life and a quiet mind.
Holistic Nutrition
Gut health, sleep + nutrition fundamentals
Your stress migraine survival kit
If you’re one of the millions of people who struggle with chronic stress migraines, you know the toll they can take on your life. The pain, the nausea, the sensitivity to light—it's exhausting. And for many, it’s not just the migraines themselves, but how much life...
How to bake healthier: 9 essential healthy baking alternatives
To understand me more, you'd have to know I graduated culinary school with my focus on baking and pastries. Baked goods and pastries I love to my core. While there are many quality gluten free, or paleo recipes out there, my heart still prefers using wheat flour and...
How to stop stress eating sugar
The cycle of stress and eating sugar is a common pattern where stress triggers cravings for sugary foods. While consuming sugar can temporarily alleviate stress, it ultimately exacerbates the stress response over time. We're going to go over the relationship of stress...
Mental health
Stress, anxiety + depression
Poor gut health and anxiety: The surprising connection
We all know the saying "trust your gut," but is your gut just a metaphorical source of intuition? Or is it a real player in your mental health? Your gut might be more connected to your anxiety than you realize. Medicine in the past would view the digestive system as...
How to manage holiday stress: A less stressed December
In my practice, we can trace a lot of symptoms back to the effects of chronic stress. And for the month of December- it only increases.Stress levels and body signaling are frequently ignored for years (or decades) before we actually decide to do...
Living with OCD: Best resources to get you to recovery
For me, reaching recovery was so much more than just completing a couple years of ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. It was also the 100 other little things, like creating a calm home by slowing down, getting into nature more, healing my gut etc. This...
Cooking
Breakfast, family meals, whole food desserts
The best sourdough recipe collection
This isn't a post to teach you all about how to troubleshoot your starter, get it active again, or what's that black liquid at the top? This is a post dedicated to the best sourdough recipes I have made on repeat within my home and have decided that they are top...
Baked BBQ meatballs: Your kid’s new favorite
Your next favorite week night mela that all the family loves is here. So many of my clients are looking for simple family meals that don't require a ton of prep after a long day at work. I'm sharing one of our family favorite sheet pan meals that is exactly that....
Blueberry cottage cheese pancakes: High protein easy breakfast
Breakfast foods are my favorite foods… we go way back. However I understand that they're regularly made with processed flours and a lot of sugars. If you're a fan of pancakes, but you've already learned your body doesn't feel best on them- you've got to try these...
About Leana
I married my highschool crush and we’re now a family of 5. I have a great big love for big dogs, black coffee, and really good food. I’m so glad you’re here. Join me and others just like you as we take time to prioritize and nourish our bodies, simplify and rest, and restore our quiet mind and peaceful spirit.