I left you last time a little weepy after sending my first son off to college. I’ll be emptying the nest this fall as my youngest son and talented, self-taught digital musician heads to Columbia College Chicago. My instinct is to say, “thankfully, he’ll be close to hom...

Hope you're doing well and settling into fall. With summer still in the rearview mirror, October can feel like a heavy load to bear. Here, the dismal Chicago gray sky and thick misty air weighs me down. Some days, getting dressed simply means changing sweatpants. Curli...

Happy almost Labor Day! It’s hard to believe summer has passed, but then there are many things that are hard to believe. It’s even weirder that something called “The Bliss Point” is one of those hard-to-believe things. 

I recently learned about The Bliss Point from a po...

Hope you're well. Happy May!

If you've been busy spring cleaning your house, then I have some food for thought for you as you make your way room-to-room. Just like ‘you are what you eat’, I like to say, ‘you are what you live in.’ Our homes and our bodies are connected...

Hope you're well and enjoying the start of spring! Soon, the energy of warmer weather and sunshine will propel us to get up and out to do more. As a health coach, I have the tough job of trying to convince my clients to do less. 

I've even been known to suggest that som...

As a health coach, I meet most my clients when they’re not feeling so great. I get much joy in explaining that despite this, their bodies are working perfectly. Our bodies are complicated networks of systems that are programmed to process any input it receives – food,...

Photo: Circa kindergarten. Me (far right) with my family about to start the ride...

Greetings from 2018! I'm feeling good about this new clean slate, but I'm very grateful for the year that has passed. Despite all the crazy, there was much to learn. (Consume in one dose...

In searching for a thank you gift, I found my way to these cute little deconstructed s'mores packages on Etsy that said "Thanks S'more." Just having had a s'more at a recent yoga retreat bonfire, I knew I wasn't a big fat melted marshmallow lover - but I did love the i...

Crispy restaurant-style Brussels are hard to replicate at home. Many attempts left me frustrated with burnt, hard sprouts that gave them their former bad rap. The missing restaurant ingredient I learned was a really hot deep fat fryer. Yes, most likely, this crispy, de...

One of my favorite ways to play with food is to take a traditional recipe and make it healthier. So when I saw green frosting out there on the foodweb, I knew I had to give it a try. This concoction is super simple and extremely tasty. I brought this beauty to a family...