When first starting out on your wellness journey, it may seem overwhelming and complicated. My Wellness Basket is here to help you make that journey simple and break it down into smaller steps, offering you tools in your basket to help you along the way. Before I continue, let me direct you to my last…
I don’t know how much you read about holistic health these days, but a big topic is gut health. There’s good reason for this! Gut health is really the root cause of , well, almost everything. Got good health? You probably have good gut health. Got some ailments or really poor health? You probably have…
Are you totally relaxed without a care in the world? Do you eat foods grown in super rich naturally nutrient dense soils? Are high amounts of greens included daily in your meals? How about sea vegetables? Do you completely avoid absolutely all sugar and caffeine? No?? Yeah, me neither. In all honesty, if you are…
How to reverse adrenal fatigue may be approached differently according to the medical mindset of your physician. Functional medicine practitioners tend to evaluate your physical symptoms and analyze additional tests that assess adrenal function, such as saliva cortisol testing, and a hormone panel. They may recommend dietary changes, stress reduction techniques, and supplements or herbs…
Sleep and I don’t always see eye to eye. I long for it. I want it. And yet it sometimes alludes me. I know the main culprit is stress. While I’m working on that, I know it can’t always be completely controlled. So I make sure I follow good routines, get proper nutrition, exercise and…
I want to discuss sleep and how it affects our overall wellness. Sleep is my ongoing tormentor: sleep disturbances are a first indicator that tells me that I’m not handling stress well or something is amiss in my body. How sleep affects wellness is an important concept to understand because many health issues can be…