Throughout my website I emphasize the importance of eating with the rhythm of nature. This means that if we live in the Northern Hemisphere we’re not eating tomatoes or berries in the winter. I know it’s tempting when pretty much any food we desire is at our fingertips all year long but the reality is […]

It’s easy to jump quickly into our hopes for the future. We hope that the changing of the year’s digit will rescue us from past habits and holes that we have dug for ourselves. It is an opportunity to start again. We dream of changes that will make us happier and healthier. We make a […]

In order to embrace the new, we must release the old. An important step in preparing for the new year is to review the past year, learn from it, and then release it. Self-reflection is a powerful process and often a missing piece in our life. We’re busy, tired, and looking for distraction through books, […]

December 21st marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere; the Winter Solstice. It’s marked astrologically by being the shortest day and longest night of the year; the day when the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun. The signs of the winter solstice in nature are everywhere. For all of […]

Did you know that an estimated 75% of U.S. adults are chronically dehydrated?! If that’s true, then most of you reading this post right now are dehydrated. Hydration is so important to our bodily functions that although humans can live a month or more without food, we would only survive several days without water. Benefits […]