Here's the biggest struggle I see with clients. Something changes where they go off of sugar, or off a medication, or they get off some food that was not good for them. And then they may have a shift in the body where something is out of sync for a moment.. sleep is off, they get sick, etc. And then they always point to the supplement or healthy food that's supporting them as the possible culprit when it is always the sugar, the medication change, the wifi and being on their screen too late before bed, etc. that's impacting them.

Along my journey of research and wanting to support a cause, I learned about the people of Guatemala who are some of the most malnourished people in the world. The main reason they are so malnourished is their primary food source is corn, and corn has no zinc; making it so they lack a vital mineral needed to fight disease. This story struck me deeper, as I have researched minerals to find what my clients need, and zinc in particular is one that is widely deficient in the US as well. Zinc has far reaching effects and deficiencies can even cause food cravings and weight gain. On a positive note, when we have sufficient amounts of zinc, it balances the blood sugar as well as it balances hormones in women.

I love chopping up these chioggia beets, they're always so beautiful and it makes the chopping that much more fun! 🍅I've been getting in lots more cooked veggies than raw with the changing season. 🥦What about you?😃 We’re approaching the autumn equinox, and a change in season brings in a change in our eating habits. We’ve been in Virgo season, which has everything to do with our habits and our health. 💪So I know you’ve been getting triggered around your health habits, and perhaps even changing some. But if you haven’t fully engaged, this is the time of year to do so, as we reach that balance point, the time of Libra season. 🌓✨

I love making my own muesli. And the reason I love to is that I can make it healthy, save money, and not have anything with added sugar in it to ruin it for me. It is unbelievably hard to find a healthy breakfast cereal, but this is it. And the small amount of time it takes me to make it every two weeks is worth it.

People see that I look and feel happy, and I often do. It's been a long and conscious journey to get here, and I love sharing with others how to do this too.

Our bodies and how we operate within them are so connected to our traumas and experiences in our youngest days and throughout childhood. When humans are triggered with trauma, they cope through various ways which always equates to some kind of numbing. And so we can learn to eat to numb things more, or we can learn to not eat, or so many other things become problems with physical manifestations as we age. This is part of the human experience, but we can learn what our triggers are, and our coping strategies through awareness.

The earth element rules our time between seasons, and in the northern hemisphere we are in the late summer, that time between summer and fall. This means we must take extra care to build our earth element, which correlates to our stomach, spleen, pancreas and the lymphatic system. What kinds of health practices do you currently have in place? What messages is your body sending?