All kids can benefit from mindfulness practices and the earlier we start the better! We owe it to our kids to give them tools - ones we can do together, and they can do on their own, so they can navigate the world feeling grounded & confident. There’s no better time than now to dig in, have curiosity and explore new options.

Don’t we all want to make life easier? Know the best recommendations, tips & tricks to make life simpler on a daily basis? For me this idea of favorite things spun from Oprah, naturally.

Alright, I’m no Oprah, but I’m doing my best to share with you my favorite things! My recommendations come directly from my house, and are some of my best ways to life easier in our home. Read on to discover my go-to can’t-life-without items.

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is next week! This can stir up a lot of emotions when it comes to our health goals, eating habits and daily routine. I’m here to support your health goals, and provide you with delicious and simple spins on traditional favorites. I gathered four of the best healthy versions of traditional recipes. These are tried and true by yours truly, and I’ll be candid in saying they live in my rotation far beyond the holiday season. Read on to discover your new favorite twist on traditional favorites!

Today I’m going to break it down for you and provide 3 gratitude practices that are doable in real life. Practices are far from elaborate, time intensive and complicated. I’ll help you to understand the power of simplicity and help you gain an understanding of the positive impact of your mindset. I believe gratitude is the simplest, most powerful and overlooked mindfulness technique. For this reason I can’t wait to dig into the how-to’s, so you can start shifting your mindset today.

Discover the incredible impact of gratitude in your life! Learn why gratitude changes everything, and simple ways to add it into your daily routine.

What’s your first thought when you think of rest & recovery days? Do you look forward to days off from your workouts? Or is your workout routine so engrained in your daily routine you find it challenging to hit pause for a day or two? We all know the importance of movement and working out but current research emphasizes the need to incorporate rest & recovery days. As diligent as you are with your workouts, it’s equally important to allow your body time to rest & repair.

I explored the world of hyper wellness by experiencing cryotherapy, PBM therapy, infrared sauna and compression therapy. If you’re like me, and you’re adventurous and up for trying new things, but like to have an honest opinion and semblance of expectations going in, you’re in the right place. Read on to learn the science behind each treatment, along with my candid experience & results.

Today there’s a coach for every possible area of our lives. Coaches for life, career, finances, fitness, accountability, health and wellness - how’s that for an endless & confusing list? It confuses me and I am a coach! Today I’m breaking down Holistic Health Coaching, to empower you with understanding of what it looks and feels like in real life to have a coach by your side.

Disclaimer: Don’t take it from me, be sure to read to the bottom to read the client success story. Her honestly, vulnerability and kind words are not to be missed!

Together let’s go against the grain and fight the messages that tell you to go go go. Meditation can provide you a reset button in as little as 1 minute. We all have one minute to spare in our day, even Oprah, and if Oprah can make time, I know you can. Today my hope is to empower you with knowledge and an understanding of how to meditate in real life, free of beautiful zen dens and silent spaces. No, this is real life, you can meditate in your car or between meetings or while your kids are at soccer practice. You can do this, you just need tools and understanding to help give you the nudge to start. I’m a firm believer that our health is formed by baby steps, not big grand changes, nope it’s all the tiny micro changes you make and continue to build upon. Those are what change your path for the better!

What comes to mind when you think about the idea of “staying young?” Do you think of your skin care regime, or physical abilities such as running along-side little ones? Today we’ll I’ll share tactical ways to keep our brain young through daily activities and choices we make.

Learn the top 6 areas to focus on to optimize your brain health and keep your brain young!

No matter where your summer has taken you, we’re here to get you your fitness back on track and help you feel energized, strong and confident going forward!

Watch the video for more details, and learn how to win the program for free!

We choose the foods we eat for a wide variety of reasons, but how often do you think about how food choices impact your brain functions? The link between nutrition and brain health is being talked about more and more, and the science is incredible to prove the the impact food choices have on the brain.

Read on to learn the top foods to incorporate into your diet to optimize your brain health!

Summer time is all about enjoying amazing seasonal food, incredible get-togethers and creating memories with friends and family. The pinnacle kick off for summer in my mind is the 4th of July, which embodies all of these wonderful aspects of summer. I don’t want to spend time worrying about what I’ll bring to a gathering, stress over having the right ingredients, or spend all day in the kitchen preparing. If your “don’t” list aligns with mine, read on, I have three phenomenal recipes to share that have limited ingredients, are simple to prepare, delicious and sure-fire crowd pleasers!

We all want to cut to the chase, and understand what to do to be stronger, in the most efficient way. Today my goal is to provide you with a quick list of five ways you can incorporate functional training in your daily life, so you can better understand the real life application of this practice.

It’s Sunday evening, you spent your day outside enjoying a beautiful summer day; you went to the farmer’s market, a park, and snuck in time at the pool. Now you’re back home, everyone is ravenously hungry and you have no idea how to get dinner pulled together. Am I the only one this happens to?

Read on to gain a sneak peek into the summer installment of my “Meal Prep Made Easy” that will solve this ongoing challenge for you!

When I find something I love, I can’t help myself, I have to spread the word. Frankly, I think I watched too many Oprah’s “Favorite Things” over the years. When recommending something new, it’s important to understand the whys, and also someone’s personal experience behind the recommendation. You hear me speak about the barre3 workout, but if you’ve never been you may wonder why I chose this over another option. Or you may be curious what keeps me going back, or why you should step in the studio for the first time. I hope to answer each one of these questions below in my top 5 list of benefits of a barre3 practice.

Isn’t it a dreamy thought that you could gain strength from activities in your daily life, instead of scheduling time to workout? This is true if you understand and implement functional training. I had the opportunity to sit down with my friend, personal trainer & nutrition expert, Elizabeth Hills, to break down the concepts of functional movement and training. These are terms we hear thrown around frequently, but I think most of us lack the foundational knowledge of what the concepts mean, and how they impact our holistic health picture. My goal is to provide you with a better understanding of these concepts, so you can find ways in your daily life to focus on building strength.

Some people are born to be athletic, made to move and take part in sports. Oh how I wished to be one of those people! I can remember being in middle school and wanting to be able to run fast around the school path, but instead I’d start out as fast as possible, and be spent in another 10 minutes. School sports, let’s just say it was not a fit. Despite all this, and because I'm a driven person, I set out to follow the nagging voice in my head reminding me to be curious and somewhere there would be a fit for me. My story is not unique, I have tried a lot of exercise options, and found them hard to stick to. For me it all clicked into place when I was open to trying a “new” class called barre3. It must have been divine intervention, as a small room of mirrors, windows and ballet barres would not normally fall in my wheelhouse. Something clicked for me in that space, I felt comfortable and encouraged, and curious to learn more.

This blog is for all the people who claim they aren’t creative. People who don’t believe they have an artistic way about them, and have no clue what creativity would look like in their life. I had the opportunity to sit down with Ivy Newport, an incredible Artistic & Creative Guide, to break down creativity, and provide simple tangible steps to allow us all to tap into our creative & artistic instincts.