Lactation Energy Balls - the perfect bite for any mom (or dad!)

These no-bake treats take minutes to throw together, are filled with good-for-you ingredients, and make for the perfect quick snack or healthy dessert that are satisfying and won’t spike your blood sugar.

These energy balls are the perfect healthy dessert or snack for anyone, especially new moms. They contain anti-inflammatory healthy fats along with tons of fiber and cinnamon which can help control blood sugar and cravings, promote healthy digestion AND can help with postpartum weight loss. Lastly, these bites help promote milk supply and healthy lactation. Not to mention - they’re so good they’re borderline addictive!

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2021 HOLIDAY GIFT LIST

Here’s a peek at what was on my Holiday Wish List / Shopping List this year (and some recommended gifts, including great stocking stuffers). I’ve included a little bit of everything from cozy clothes, to clean beauty, to healthy kitchen staples.

Remember to gift yourself something this year, no matter how tiny. It’s important to treat yourself once in a while, especially after a long, hard year.

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11 Steps for an Empowered Life

I’m sharing 11 recommendations to be healthier, more present, more conscious, and live life to your fullest (inspired by a podcast 10 Steps for a Powerful Birth - from Taking Back Birth). These are principles that I’ve gradually introduced into my life since I started my health coaching journey, which I feel have helped me so much, so I wanted to share them with you today.

Here are 11 inspiring steps for living a healthy, balanced and empowered life.

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My Favorite Non-Toxic Hair Products for Gorgeous Hair

Today I’m sharing some of my best tips to take care of your hair health and my favorite nontoxic hair products.

First, remember beauty comes from the inside out. I recommend to start by improving your nutrition and lifestyle to heal your gut, manage your stress and balance your hormones. This is will have a huge positive impact on your beauty, including your hair.

While everyone is different, for beautiful hair in general I suggest loading up on whole-unprocessed foods, primarily plant-based with plenty plant-based proteins and unprocessed healthy fats. That’s my number one recommendation. Read more for my hair health nutrition tips HERE.

On top of that, we want to give LOVE to our hair, and for that, it’s essential to make the switch to non-toxic products. Below I share some of the best nontoxic hair products that I recommend

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8 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (including prenatal recommendations)

Pregnancy is such a unique and special time in a woman’s life, that really requires love and attention. We are creating life after all! Everything we DO, everything we EAT, and even what we THINK affects the health of our baby. So making natural, healthy choices everyday to maximize our health, our happiness, and that of our baby, is SO important.

So today I share 8 of my best tips for a healthy, happy pregnancy and baby.

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One Type of Stress We're all Facing – and 8 tips to decrease it

Nowadays, we are all experiencing some degree of oxidative stress in our bodies, which is keeping us from attaining our health goals. It can negatively impact our fertility, our ability to reach our ideal weight, our ageing process…. and more.

So what causes oxidative stress, and how can we decrease it?

In this blog, I lay out the key contributors to oxidative stress and 8 tips to reduce it in your day to day life.

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11 Tips for Balancing Blood Sugar

Sustaining balanced blood sugar levels (aka blood glucose levels) and minimizing swings in blood sugar is absolutely paramount to weight loss, and moreover, to a healthy lifestyle and avoiding disease.

The good news is that there is so much we can do through small DIET and LIFESTYLE changes to support our blood sugar levels and simultaneously boost our overall health.

Today in my bog I share 11 tips to keep stable, healthy glucose levels (which simultaneously support healthy weight loss).

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A Different Kind of New Year's Resolutions: My 10 Intentions for 2021

After a 2020 filled with much needed reflection, I decided to make my year-end intentions for the upcoming year different than previous years... Less restrictive, more loving and accepting (yet still motivating!). I share my 10 goals for 2021 - focused on more body-love and deeper connection.

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Let's Unite in Gratitude and Health this 2020 Thanksgiving Holiday

This year has been a rollercoaster for ALL of us; for each one of us in it's own way. More than ever, we are joined together (globally) in this feeling. Which is why we need to celebrate Thanksgiving with extra purpose, extra meaning, extra love, extra appreciation, extra HEALTH and extra UNITY.

Let’s make this 2020 Thanksgiving holiday extra healthy, fun and unique. Here are some tips and recipes to help you out!

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One Tip to Make Healthy Living EASY

Are leftovers healthy? While reheating food is not ideal, I believe in finding those “healthy hacks” that can make a healthy lifestyle and diet more accessible for you. For me, the principle of “cooking once and eating twice” has been a huge help for making daily healthy eating stress-free in my home. So it’s a principle that I personally apply and recommend. Let’s make healthy eating easier on ourselves and enjoyable!

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One Key Element to Transform your Body + 10 Actionable Tips to Achieve it NOW

One thing that I’ve learned as a fitness trainer in the past 5 years is this: better POSTURE is key to transform your body and overall health. If you want to have longer, leaner muscles, a tight, strong CORE, and better posture, you need to focus on proper ALIGNMENT in everything you do, especially during your workouts. When your body is properly aligned, your workouts are safer, more effective, and believe me, it will also strengthen your metabolism and help promote weight loss.

One KEY element to develop better alignment, and therefore better posture and a long, lean, toned body is to KEEP A HEALTHY FASCIA.

READ MORE to learn more about Fascia, the benefits are of a healthy fascia, and 10 STEPS YOU CAN TAKE NOW TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY FASCIA AND TRANSFORM YOUR BODY to be healthier, more toned, more flexible and have better posture.

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A Transformative Tool to Achieve Your Goals & Boost Your Health

If there is one thing that has completely transformed my life (and health), and that of many of my clients, too, it’s JOURNALING.

When you do it regularly, the benefits are huge and so visible.

I personally view journaling as a “must” right up there with meditation to help us achieve a healthier, more balanced and happy life. WHY? Because in our nonstop modern day life, we NEED those moments to pause and to organize our thoughts. It helps us get centered, to focus on what we really want, and yes it helps us get healthier, inside and out.

READ MY BLOG to learn more about the HUGE benefits of journaling (that I’ve personally experienced, and millions of others, too) and for my guide of journal prompts to get you started and motivated.

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Reestablish Your Healthy Routine

Now is a hard time for almost everyone. So much has changed, and we’re facing so many unknowns. So it’s totally understandable that our previous healthy routines and self-care habits have been on the backburner.

But it’s been almost two months of this new reality, and I feel that most people are now ready (even borderline desperate!) to reestablish a healthy routine.

So I wanted to share 7 tips to get you back on your feet, back to that routine and healthier diet, back to feeling a little bit more in control and a lot more healthy.

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Earth Week Special: 6 Easy Steps You Can Take Now to Help the Planet

If we think about the ENVIRONMENT for one second, we’ve recently seen some of the biggest wildfires and hurricanes, and now this. Scary stuff.

But maybe this pandemic – which has forced us to slow down, only grocery shop when it’s absolutely necessary, use our cars much less and consume less overall – has it’s positive side.

So what can we do?

Read more for 6 easy steps that you can start taking now.

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Must Read Books

Are you finding yourself with a bit more time now that you’re stuck at home? Or maybe just looking for an escape from the kids? Or something to read and distract you that’s NOT all about Coronavirus?

I figured today was an opportune moment to share some of my favorite books - including romance, self-help and nutrition/wellness.

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Embracing Sundays: My 5 Simple Acts of Self-Care

Sundays are my absolute favorite day, because i have no schedule and I make time to do what I love most.

What do I do on my Sundays that brings me so much JOY?

Above else, i make time for:

*checking-in and reflecting

*moving my body (doing something different and/or something I love)

*connecting with family

*doing an act of love (like making breakfast for my hubbie)

What is YOUR favorite day of the week and why? What act of self-love, of self-care, can you add to your day?

READ MORE about my reflexions and get inspired to make a special day (or morning or afternoon) for YOU!

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One Day Reset Plan

During the holiday season, we get jammed with (usually fun) events, but that also means less time for relaxing, for exercise, for healthy cooking, and always implies lots of food (usually not so healthy) and booze (for most of us).

So what can we do to maintain a balance, to avoid gaining weight and feeling heavy, and to keep up our wellness game?

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10 Ways to be Healthier this year

 I wanted to share some of my best tips to help you have a healthier year in a DOABLE and SUSTAINABLE way.

The key lies in finding your happiness, destressing, and learning to enjoy more healthy foods and healthy habits that sit well with you. The idea is NOT to stress about what you haven’t done, or to do something that will cause more stress in your life. Instead, be kind with yourself this year, and know that any little steps you take will be making you healthier and deepening your sense of wellness.

Here are 10 key ways you can start improving your Health and overall Wellness this year. Choose one or two steps to start, then build your way up!

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Why your SOCIAL LIFE matters for your Health and Longevity

Did you know that hanging out with friends is almost just as important to our health as eating our greens, drinking tons of water, sleeping our 8 hours, meditating and exercising? YUP there is tons of research, new and old, that links having a solid social network and frequent social interactions, to longevity, better brain health, and more. While being lonely can increase our propensity for poor health.

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