Let's Do Health Different

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Let's Do Health Different

If you feel run down or stressed out by modern "wellness," I hear you. The swirling cloud of conflicting nutrition claims and health advice and not knowing who to believe is exhausting and frustrating. The deprivation and lack of sustainable results from perpetual dieting is deflating. Add a dash of shame and stigma into the mix and we've got a recipe for burnout and despair.

What if being well involved adding in nourishing things that you enjoy, that delight you and make you feel better, rather than focusing on what to cut out, what to stop doing, all the ways you’re supposedly “failing” at health?

That’s exactly what we’re going to dive into today….

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Celebrating Food Relationships in the Hungry Gap

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Celebrating Food Relationships in the Hungry Gap

This week we are celebrating food and relationships and talking about our relationship with food. Right now in my corner of the world in northern Wisconsin we are smack in the middle of a what was traditionally known as the Hungry Gap— where the stored food from the harvest is running out if not gone, the root cellar is getting thin, and the new greens and spring growth hasn’t started yet.

We’re craving fresh nourishment after a long winter.

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The Power of Small Steps

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The Power of Small Steps

I was loading up my bins with good stuff from the bulk isle at the grocery store yesterday when a woman approached me saying, “Excuse me, but do you know how to use any of these grains and things? I’m trying to eat healthier but I don’t know what to do with any of these.”  So I proceeded to geek out sharing ideas for quick and yummy things to do with bulgar, red lentils, oats, and more.  “Oh, that sounds delicious and so easy!” She said at one point.  Ah, be still my geeky little nurse heart!  I love these moments.  

I love food, and eating, and not feeling crummy or getting sick—like most of us do.

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Slow Down and Savor

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Slow Down and Savor

This week swirling Autumn leaves and dwindling daylength has me contemplating the gifts of a slower season of life, the fleeting nature of things, and the need to savor the moments and things that really matter to us most.

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