Lifestyle & Wellness

Take charge of your money and change the world

Ah, money. We want more, but we are not always sure what to do with it. Do we save it, spend it, invest it, or just avoid the whole thing and hope it all works out? I work with people every day who feel less than confident about money. Some even feel anxious, overwhelmed, and…

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How to Find Fresh Olive Oil

Olive oil boasts many heart-boosting properties, such as oleic acid and polyphenols. The trouble is that many olive oils in the United States are old, tainted, or rancid. This means that the olive oil might be mixed with another oil by unscrupulous dealers. Or that it is old and rancid, rendering the healing polyphenols as…

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8 Ways Cloves Heal Us & How to Use Them

Cloves are under-appreciated blossoms that heal many health ailments. When all my wisdom teeth were removed, I quickly discovered the agonizing pain of dry sockets. Vicodin left me with a hangover headache that was worse than the dry sockets. In desperate search for a solution, I remembered the old home remedy of using cloves for a…

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How You Can Set Smarter Goals

If you’re like many people, you craft goals (or resolutions) with good intentions, but then watch them fade like an old dream. If you're like me, you might set lofty goals that are tough to reach in the given time-frame! Both problems erode confidence in yourself. Thankfully, there are intelligent solutions to these problems. By…

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#7: Ten Toxic Ingredients In Your Personal Care Products

Personal care product labels can be misleading and confusing, costing or even harming you, the consumer. It might list that 98% of its ingredients as organic, but fail to mention the other 2% as toxic. As a consumer, how would you know which ingredients are safe and which are harmful? Many ingredients aren't listed in…

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#4: Give Your Meal the Sparkle Appeal

People eat with their eyes first. Are your meals delighting the eyes, or could they use some sparkle and shine? Lean into this conversation, where professional Food Stylist, Rachel Sherwood, unpacks tricks and techniques for making a yummilicious meal. She will help your meals (and mine) evolve from ordinary grub to an eyeball-ishious extravaganza. In…

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Awesome Road Trip Foods

When I was a kid, I remember taking a road trip with my best friend Amy's family. It seemed so entertaining to spray cheese whiz into our mouths and chasing it down with soda. We munched on Keebler Elf cookies - the frosted kind - and Ritz crackers. When I grew into a mighty teenager…

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How Bacteria Are Bringing Sexy Back

Bacteria are vindictive, life-sucking demons who must be shunned with every antibacterial scrub and spray made available. At least, that's the conventional wisdom to date. Thankfully, news is leaking out of a surprising, life-supportive relationship with bacteria. Yep, I did say it: bacteria supports life all over, inside and outside, of your body. Many of…

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