by Allyson | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Primary Food/Self Care, Randy & Christa Show, Relationship with Food, Stress Management/Emotional Health
Today we interview the very first nutrition expert I heard speak at my nutrition school, The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Marc David. While listening to him on stage back in 2005, a major light bulb went on for me that hasn’t ever turned off. Our relationship...
by Allyson | Aug 27, 2016 | Brain Health, Stress Management/Emotional Health, Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamin B12 Miracle Nutrient By guest blogger, Dr. John Dunn I watched the unresponsive 89 year old woman in her wheel chair as her daughter gave the story. “Doctors say my mother has end stage Alzheimer's and all we can do is comfort her while she dies, but I...
by Allyson | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Relationship with Food, Stress Management/Emotional Health
It is not only what we eat, but how we eat that has a profound effect on our health and wellness. Much of our modern lives revolve around convenience and the mounting pressure for sky-high productivity. Many people actually feel that taking the time out to fully enjoy...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Relationship with Food, Stress Management/Emotional Health
How’s your food relationship? What kind of eater are you – a stand-at-the-kitchen counter or over-the-kitchen-sink eater? Or maybe an eat-on-the-go or in-the-car eater? Perhaps most of your meals are eaten in front of the computer or the TV. Or maybe you are one of...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Stress Management/Emotional Health
Pesky things, these emotions. They just keep showing up despite our best efforts to control them, make them go away, or bend them to our will. If only they would obey us and behave as we think they should, then of course we would be happy. But there they are...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Stress Management/Emotional Health
No doubt there are appropriate times and places to use these medications, but our increasing reliance on them is creating untold suffering of a kind and magnitude we can barely imagine. All because of a blindness that dominates our age — a blindness that...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Seasonal Eating, Stress Management/Emotional Health
With the holiday season comes a broad array of emotions, expectations and high demands. Our culture portrays idealized images of what the holidays are supposed to bring. For some, if not most, the holidays do not match this ideal. However when we set ourselves up for...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Primary Food/Self Care, Stress Management/Emotional Health
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain Have you ever wished for a few more hours in the day?...
by Allyson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Blood Sugar Balance, Relationship with Food, Stress Management/Emotional Health
Who doesn’t feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? We spend each moment in a rush, going at breakneck speed, and end up exhausted. Somehow these days full of duties, obligations, and busyness have begun to stack up and become our lives. We spend our time...
