Food of the Month – Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes provide some surprising and unique health benefits – antioxidants, anti-inflammatory nutrients, and even improved blood sugar regulation.
Fitting in Physical Activity for Caregivers – 6 Easy Steps
We all know that physical activity has numerous health benefits. We also know that with a busy lifestyle, it can be difficult to make time for physical activity no matter how hard we might try. In fact, recent reports show that more than half of Americans do not participate in regular physical activity. This is […]
I Am Still Dreaming Big!
I am the four percent! Only four percent of stage IV stomach cancer patients survive five years after diagnosis. It has now been five and a half years since I was told that I had Stage IV advanced, incurable stomach (gastric) cancer.
Caring for the Cancer Caregiver – November is National Family Caregivers Month
Cancer Caregiving is often a fulfilling experience, but can also bring on added stress due to the many physical and emotional demands involved. In honor of National Caregiver Month, we will be featuring a series of blogs on how caregivers can improve their own health. Each blog will focus on an aspect of your lifestyle that can […]
5 Tips for a Happy and Healthy Halloween
Halloween can be a dangerous holiday, health-wise at least. With all the tempting candy and festive witch’s brew, it can be easy to over-indulge. Luckily we have you covered with our 5 tips on how to have a healthy, happy Halloween and a delicious recipe for pumpkin muffins!
Transform Your Internal Landscape with the Five to Thrive® Plan!
Nature versus nurture. Do you think that your genes are your destiny? Think again! The truth is, we can directly and profoundly influence how our genes behave. While it is true that our genes do have influence, they are more like a blueprint. The house built from a blueprint depends on the skill of the […]
Apple Recipes
As you saw in our recent post, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not just a catchy phrase. Apples are packed with nutrients and are in their peak season NOW, which is why they have earned the prestigious title of food of the month. As much as I love to grab an […]
Ten Things I Learned to Become More Fearless and Fabulous During and After Breast Cancer
In 2009 I was living the New York dream. I had a successful wine and food public relations firm, organized glamorous events, hobnobbed with famous chefs, and traveled the work drinking great wine and dining in the best restaurants. And I was making money doing it! Life was delicious!
Food of the Month: 4 Ways An Apple a Day Can Keep the Doctor Away
There is nothing I love more than biting into a crisp, slightly tart-slightly sweet apple on a fall afternoon. This is my go to afternoon snack through the months of September, October, and November. And with good reason – apples pack a wallop of a nutritional punch with a ton of disease-fighting potential.
30 Days of Teal
This year more than 14,000 women will lose the fight against ovarian cancer. Every 24 minutes another case of this deadly disease is diagnosed, resulting in more than 22,000 new diagnoses each year. With subtle symptoms and no early detection test, only about 15 percent of these cases are caught early. So unfortunately, by the […]