Mar 26, 2025 | Mental Health, Stress
The term adrenal fatigue was coined to represent the state of exhaustion our bodies go through after a significant period of chronic stress. The idea is that your stress handling system (like adrenals) gets so overworked that it wears out and stops responding...
Mar 4, 2025 | Depression + Anxiety, Mental Health, OCD help
I titled this post specifically using the word need so I could highlight it with a definitive answer. With that being said, I’ll answer it right off the bat. Do you need to go gluten free for your mental health? Short answer- No. Longer answer- No, but it could...
Nov 6, 2024 | Holistic Nutrition, Sleep, Stress
Sleep enriches the brain’s ability to make decisions to problem solve, and recalibrates our emotions and metabolism. Poor sleep proceeds many health consequences. Unfortunately poor sleep and chronic stress not only go hand in hand, they also work in a cycle worsening...
Sep 17, 2024 | Food is medicine, Holistic Nutrition, Mental Health, Nutrition fundamentals, Stress
As a nutritional therapist, one of the most common irregularities I see is the reliance on sugar and caffeine for energy. Listen up, sugar is not a dependable energy source. Sugar brings quick energy- but it burns out fast. A few misinformed choices, and you spend...
Sep 3, 2024 | Family Meals, Holistic Nutrition, Nutrition fundamentals, Nutritional Therapy
All parents would agree they want their child to eat a healthy balanced diet. But what if you don’t really understand what that means? How can you teach your child something you don’t understand? While we are talking about children specifically here, you...