You, Empowered
Body. Mind. Spirit.Hungry for fantabulous Fish Sass?
If you love to eat fish, but sometimes get in a fish-rut with your prep, this is for you. Wake up your taste buds and rock the dinner table!
The inside secret to success and achievement
How to succeed?….to achieve? We multi-task, take classes on boosting productivity, and ride ourselves so hard. Learn how to put all of that into perspective, and to achieve whenever you choose.
Holiday Food Fun…and Registration is CLOSING!
Take a guided tour of how to easily access aaallll of the fantabulous Food Sass? recipes on this site AND check out this vetted Labor Day Weekend menu!
Beware of this joy-stealing little faker.
Busy day? Full life? Too flat out to stop and smell the roses? Learn about the insidious joy-stealer that lurks in our everyday lives…and what you can do about it!
Ready to Cleanse? How about a FREE RecipeBook too?!
The September 2017 Body Sass? Cleanse is open for registration. And for any of you signing up early, receive the GIFT of my as-of-yet unpublished Food Sass? eRecipeBook. Woo-hoo!
A Body Sass? re-set for ya…
Summer is fun! And, sometimes summer fun leaves us feeling like our weight, and our health, need a re-set. My hallmark Body Sass? Cleanse starts soon and it’s time to get yourself registered and ready to feel AH-mazing!
The glory of a wet blanket
Chronic inflammation quietly erodes our health, until it’s not so quiet anymore. Learn more about how and why this happens, and how you can put out the fire of inflammation and create vibrant health!
Do you plan to fail?
If you want better health, less fat, more energy (anything, really)…hope is not a plan. Learn some foundational tactics in how to get some traction in creating your vibrant health.
Are you fooled by the mirage?
Free yourself from media-induced unhappiness with your body, and focus on what’s right for YOU. And don’t fret that you don’t look like those magazine cover models. They don’t look like that either!
Are you SHOULD-ing yourself to misery?
Join me around a summer fire pit and get the inside scoop on how the repeated SHOULD’s and SHOULDN’Ts that run through your mind are causing your stress and misery. AND what to do about it!
Food Sass? Teleportation
While it may be true that we haven’t yet figured out teleportation (to the best of my knowledge!), you can enjoy some Food Sass? that can teleport you with your taste buds. Thailand, anyone?
Not so sweet.
Chemical sweeteners, like NutraSweet and Splenda, are dangerous chemicals that are permitted in our food supply. Protecting your Body Sass? means avoiding these “diet sugars.”
A new venture and a (time-sensitive) invitation
Compassion is the empathic desire to alleviate suffering and it?s often thought of as the highest form of love. Join in on a day of unpacking compassion and how it affects our mind, our body, and our lives.
Rock your Food Sass? with simplicity.
Learn how to have MORE meal satisfaction in LESS time, by leaving food perfection behind, and using these simple tricks for your meal planning.
The joy of being a speck
The ability to help ourselves get perspective amidst our very full, sometimes rather messy, lives helps us show up and enjoy this precious life experience.
Warm Salmon & Asparagus Salad with Simple Pesto. Mmmm.
This recipe meets all of these criteria for super-charged Food Sass?: tastes AH-mazing; chokablock full of nutrients; looks gorgeous on the plate; obscenely quick and easy to make; and minimal clean-up. Rock on with all of THAT, right?!?
3 Confessions of a Vibrant Living Advocate: Confession #3
This 3rd installment of a 3-part blog series may bring a different, and much needed, perspective to your health journey. Learn more about the complexities and mysteries of being a body-owner; and how you can care for your health, and keep your sanity, all at the same time!
3 Confessions of a Vibrant Living Advocate: Confession #2
You?re not alone. If you?re a human, you very likely have some ?avalanche foods? in your life. Find out what an avalanche food is, and how to invite it to tango.
3 Confessions of a Vibrant Living Advocate
Enjoy a riff about fashion emergencies, self-honesty, self-kindness, and a healthy approach for menopausal weight gain.
This soup will knock the socks off your taste buds
Enjoy this nutrient-dense soup that is bursting with flavor. Great as an appetizer, or as the main show!
A Valentine?s Day Experiment
I invite you to experiment on Valentine’s Day, and EVERY day, with the power of love (love before it became a Hallmark Moment word 😉
Top 7 Tips to Boost Your IMMUNITY
Keeping our immunity strong is one of our main jobs as the steward of this beautiful, miraculous body that we get to ride around in. Learn my top 7 tips for keeping immunity strong, which helps us do everything from healing a papercut?to protecting our bodies from cancer.
Comfort Soup for Sassy Seasonal Eating
This tasty, hearty root vegetable soup is fantabulous comfort food.
Join the 8%, and create true growth in your life!
Learn why New Year?s resolutions fail, and how you can create a process for growth that is effective, gentle, and enjoyable. Bring more joy, prosperity, and satisfaction to your 2017!
Can You Be Introspective & LIT?!? You bet.
Engage in a simple process that has the power to educate and CHARGE you for 2017, while celebrating 2016.
Holiday Hangover 911
Protect your Body Sass? during these final holiday weeks! My Top 10 Tips for Holiday Hangover Rescue will guide your way.
Holiday stress? Re-define YOUR holidays.
Tap into your Mind Savvy? to re-define your relationship with the holidays, and re-discover what the holidays mean to YOU.
YOU are, definitionally, Irrepressible.
I?ve already had so many inquiries about the next Body Sass? Cleanse Group Program, and is it running in January, and can I just commit now because I already know I need it, etc. So, YES to all of that, and save that date for Jan 7 ? 27, 2017 and get ready to...
Two Invitations and Thanksgiving 911
I?m servin? up some great Thanksgiving recipe reminders and inviting you to?
Small things are big things.
?Go big or go home? isn?t always the best approach. Often with food and health, slow & steady wins the race, and today?s post will provide food for thought and food for your Thanksgiving table!
What feeds your soul?
Beautiful nutrient-dense Food Sass? is a great start toward creating vibrant health. And, our BodyMindSpirit needs mindful nourishment, on every level. How do you nourish the deep essence of your Being?
Free training to SASS up your sweet bod
Learn about the Dieter?s Dilemma; what?s more important than counting calories; and how you can get some serious traction on your weight, energy, and health.
YOUR Food Sass® Halloween Treat
If you?re someone that gets tempted by Halloween candy, this Food Sass? recipe will appease the Candy Monster (Cookie Monster?s twin brother) in you. Absolutely delicious?AND nutritious!
Take the pressure off!
I have lots to share with you today! First, did you miss me last week? (this is the part where you say ?yes!? 😉 I have been committed, for years, to delivering education, inspiration, and empowerment every week to this blog playground. And, I will continue with that...
Create more JOY with the power of reframe
If you ever find yourself not liking an experience, a person, a relationship (etc), this video will explain a key secret behind happiness, and how to create your health & joy, every day.
Boredom-be-gone. Jicama’s in da HOWSE!
A great way to add some pizazz to your health-building food choices is to try something NEW. Learn about jicama, and take with you an easy, delicious, & nutritious way to serve it on up!
HEALTHY Eating on the Go
If you WANT to eat for health, but struggle with doing that in the context of a full life, you?re not alone! Learn more about healthy eating on the go, served up with a delicious recipe to make on that evening when you DO have some space for Food Sass? creation.
Live YOUR Life.
There are moments when we find ourselves noticing the passage of time, and reflecting about our lives. These can be gorgeous moments of insight and I invite you, as you lean into these moments, to mindfully live YOUR life.
Mind Savvy® for Social Eating Sass
When folks give you a hard time about what you are/aren?t eating/drinking at social events?it actually has NOTHING to do with you. Learn how to navigate social eating that allows you peace while pursing your health goals.
You Can Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Feel AH-mazing
Many hidden obstacles keep us from our goals of less weight, more energy, and vibrant health. These two videos will offer you insight & actions to steer around those obstacles!
Your Body Wants Its SASS Back!
Registration is OPEN for the autumn 2016 Body Sass? Cleanse Group Program. This Program offers a foundational reset that delivers serious results, and inspires long-term lifestyle changes for health.
What’s not to love about eating dessert for breakfast?!
Q: What?s jam-packed with nutrients, takes 5 minutes to make, is inexpensive, and tastes so yummy that you feel like you?re eating dessert for breakfast?
A: Chia Seed Pudding!
What’s Beautiful, Heavenly, AND Has Rocket-power?
This month?s Featured Food Sass? Recipe is not only amazing, it also gives you a preview of how we eat like kings & queens at my upcoming Vibrant New YOU Retreat. This crowd-pleaser can be made on the spot, or entirely prepped ahead for a no-hassle dinner party main course with WOW-factor. Looks beautiful; tastes like heaven; and blasts your sweet bod with health-building nutrient rockets.
What do MLK Jr., Edison, and Nate Robinson have in common?
We all have habits, beliefs, and thought forms that minimize our ability to be the most full, awesome, and VIBRANT expression of ourselves. Our self-DOUBT encourages us to play small, in big and little ways, every day. Learn how to develop a new relationship with the specter of doubt. Put Debbie Doubter in the quiet chair!
Create Abundance with Generosity
Want to feel more awesome in your life? Get the inside scoop on abundance, where it manifests, and how it relates to its kissing cousin?generosity.
Healthy eating can be easy! Here’s how.
Honoring your beautiful body, and elusive health goals, doesn?t have to be hard. Today?s discussion provides an amazingly delicious, nutritious, and EASY Food Sass? recipe, for sure. And so much more?
Your Greatest Power
You literally create your life…your health, finances, relationships, etc…using one incredible power that you use 35,000 times a day. Move from sleepwalking to intention and create the body, health, love, and life you desire!
The ONE Person in Charge of Your Body Sass®
A new FDA-approved surgery raises a lot of questions. It also reinforces that there is one person you can trust to advocate for your health and well-being.
A Perfect Food Sass® Pairing
Caesar salad is a great side for so many dishes, including last week’s Swordfish Kebobs with Delish Herb Pesto recipe. Trouble is, most of the store-bought dressings have anti-sass ingredients in them. Never fear! Give this recipe a whirl, for taste and wholeness to please fine-food lovers and foodies, alike.
A Featured Food Sass® Recipe That’s a Grillin’ Crowd-Pleaser
Is your grill calling? Pick up the phone with this delicious & nutritious Food Sass? recipe for Grilled Swordfish Kebobs with Delish Herb Pesto. This crowd-pleaser can be made on the spot, or entirely prepped ahead for a no-hassle party favorite.
Meet Them Where They Are
We create an immense amount of suffering for ourselves, and waste a great deal of energy, feeling aggravated that people aren?t ?living up to our expectations.? Instead of allowing thoughts that make you, and the other person, feel badly to run your life, learn how to lean into NOW and create more love, joy, and healthy relationships in your life.
Our Stories: Truth or Fiction?
One of the most powerful resources that you have at your disposal to shape your health, joy, and life experience is your MIND. Do you really want 98% of this power to be made up of fictional stories that compromise your ability to create health & joy? Of course not?
Fire up your grill! Easy chicken Food Sass®.
Creating meals that Create Vibrant Health? doesn?t have to be hard. If you?re a grill-lover, this delicious and EASY chicken recipe is for you!
7 Everyday, FUN Activities to Build a Healthy BRAIN
An important area of Body Sass? is BRAIN HEALTH. As rates of Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s, dementia, ADD, and other mental challenges increase, you can take mindful steps to support & build your brain.
Feeling Fractionated? Embrace SPACE.
SPACE is actually healing to our body, mind, and spirit. The concept of creating space may seem contradictory in a culture that places huge value on material things and multi-tasking, but I suggest that this is exactly why we need to EMBRACE SPACE. And this has many, many applications, large and small, for creating more peace, creativity, productivity, relational connectivity, & joy in your life.
Bonanza Salad and a Sassy Bod!
Holy brain-bonanza, Batman! This salad tastes amazing and is absolutely loaded with nutrients that feed our BRAIN and whole body. This splendiferous salad is Body Sass? Cleanse-friendly if you replace the walnuts with sunflower seeds and forgo the optional goat cheese. And still YUMMY!
Your Exciting Debut as a Movie Director!
You can create your experience?this moment, this day, this life?by understanding and applying a simply Mind Savvy? shift in your inner approach to events. Unleash the power of your mind!
A New Take on Salmon. Easy & Mmmmm.
Sometimes our best planning intentions fly out the window and we?re left wondering what on earth to make for dinner. This Food Sass? recipe features ingredients we often ?have around? and boasts insane nutrition with plenty o? healthy fats.
Top 10 Ways to Reduce Sugar
Sugar is eroding our health, in numerous and far-reaching ways. One of the most important things you can do for your health is to reduce your intake of sugar. This post will teach you how.
Fantabulous Fennel Food Sass
Fennel is a versatile veggie that has a texture similar to celery and is used a lot in French and Italian food culture. Why? Because it?s nutritious & delicious! Check out this great stew recipe.
Honor Your Amazingness
You are the only YOU there ever has been, the only you there is, and the only you that will ever will be. Don?t let the ?school of hard knocks? create shadows over the gifts that only you can bring to the world!
Heaven in a Glass
This Food Sass? recipe offers you a true ?meal in a glass? that is delicious, filling, and nutrient-dense. It literally tastes like you are drinking a dessert, and what?s not to like about that?!
The Mind Savvy Answer is Commitment
We all have things we?d like to accomplish, but sometimes (often?) get frustrated with our inability to reach our goals. Learn the key components of a true goal or desire, and the steps that get the rubber on the road.
Create Body Sass with FIBER
Most of us are at least vaguely aware that fiber is good for us. Why? How much? Where is this fantabulous dietary fiber most concentrated in foods? Great questions! Read on.
Portobello Mushroom Recipe, Stuffed With Sass
If you are a fan of Portobello mushrooms, this is for you! Learn about the health benefits of this fungus amongus, learn how to store mushrooms, and give this nutritious, delicious, satisfying recipe a whirl.
Peruvian Quinoa Soup Recipe for Sassy Comfort Food
This delicious & nutritious soup recipe is ?comfort food? in a bowl and offers great plant protein. Special bonus is it is Body Sass? Cleanse-friendly!
5 Tips for Afternoon Energy
Find yourself with an energy crash in the afternoon? These simple 5 tips will help you create even energy throughout your day, including starting your day with NUTRIENTS!
Mindy Savvy for New Year?s Resolutions
We are often hard on ourselves when our New Year?s Resolutions fizzle out by mid-February. We think there is something uniquely wrong with us. There isn?t! Learn about your powerful subsconscious mind.
Courage is the Foundational Virtue
If you are seeking more joy and less worry, learn about how our fear-based culture is eroding your health, your joy, and your life experience. This far-reaching information about embracing courage contains the seeds for a whole new way of approaching your life. Freedom!
A Recipe for Sunset Salad; Food Sass Nutrition & YUM
If you are hankering for a new dish that?s a little different, but still has all that nutritious and delicious SASS that you?ve come to expect from me, this is for you! This is so delicious and beautiful, and is building your healthy body with every bite.
Beat Holiday Stress with Mind Savvy
Holidays are not inherently ?stressful;? we make them that way with our expectations and our minds. Learn how you can take the reins and guide the horse however you choose.
Top 5 Tools for Diabetes Type 2
Diabetes Type 2 is nothing you have to live with. Don?t just throw in the towel, because now you ?have? this ?disease.? This lifestyle-created disorder is almost 100% heal-able!
Green Machine Shake Recipe for More Veggies
Most of us are not getting enough of our beloved, health-building plant food friends. Learn how much you need for vibrant health, and a delicious way to make that EASY!
Understanding the POWER of Perspective Reduces Stress and Increases Joy
Each of us sees our life experience, and the actions of others, through our own tiny individual lens. ?Reality? looks different to each of us. Learn how to soften your judgments, and widen your perspective. Huge joy-factor!
Sweet Potato Heaven Recipe for Thanksgiving Food Sass
If you want to be the rock star of Thanksgiving dinner, or any potluck gathering, try this interesting take on sweet potatoes. The sour of lemon provides a great foil for the sweet of the potatoes. Heaven on a plate and, of course, nutrient-dense!
Top Tips for Avoiding Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) has an apropos acronym with ?SAD.? It makes millions of folks feel down and listless, pushing them to eat the very things that will make them feel worse. Learn how to turn the tide on the ?winter blues.?
A Love Letter
My work helping folks Create Vibrant Health: BodyMindSpirit? is a passion, and a calling, that brings me joy, every day. I am grateful for all of the people that invite me into their health journey, in whatever form that takes. Thank you.
Mind Savvy for Changing Your Inner Game
I invite you to check in on the beauty and abundance that ALREADY exits in your life, today. And I encourage you to mindfully tend the most important relationship you have?the one with yourself.
Dal Soup Recipe Is Food Sass Royalty
This Indian-inspired red lentil dish, according to the LW insiders that have made it (again and again and?) is ?addictive.? Being addicted to something that is delicious, nutritious, and stacked with Food Sass? is a GOOD thing. Three cheers for cumin!
Forgiveness Opens the Door to Joy and Freedom
True forgiveness is a decision, not an emotion, and is a deeper process than just saying ?I forgive you? or ?I forgive me.? Learn to soften into experiencing the emotions that then allow for the decision of authentic forgiveness. Humans are messy, each and every one of us, and compassion for self and others is necessary for joy and freedom.
Mindfulness and Emotional Eating
You will not likely suddenly adopt health-building foods and practices, simply because you have become educated on how to Create Vibrant Health. If it were that simple, most of us would be vibrantly healthy, joyful, and at our ideal weight. Learn how the power of mindfulness can interrupt old mind patterns that aren?t serving you.
Enjoy This Chili Recipe Food Sass
Enjoy this Chili Recipe that packs some serious Food Sass? and is a huge hit for a crowd of hungry football fans. Even if ?football? isn?t part of your vocabulary, this recipe will delight your taste buds and blast your cells with health-building amazingness!
Body Sass Self Care That Hydrates You
Most of us are not drinking enough of the life-giving water that we need. Our bodies are practically SHOUTING for more water. Learn how much you need, and how to create habits that make it happen.
Cauliflower Recipe is Food Sass with YUM
Cauliflower gets a bum rap for a lot of reasons. I?m here to change that! This cruciferous (cancer-fighting!) veggie has plenty of great ways to make it into your body, and this Food Sass? Recipe is a winner. Enjoy!
Connection Feeds Our Spirit
True human connection feeds our spirit. It is a basic Soul Food that helps us create joy and meaning in our lives. Technology has a place in the world, but cannot replace this basic human need.
The Whole Grain Fallacy is Eroding Your Health
?Eat plenty of whole grains for health.? Bunk. If you want fiber, eat an avocado (10 g!), but this ?whole grain fallacy? is confusing well-intentioned people that are looking to build health for themselves. Learn the inside, non-PC, scoop on grains.
Play Full Out to Rock Your Spirit
Each day, we have a choice. We can offer the fullness of our gifts and uniqueness to the world. Or, we can play safe and small. We tend to do more of the latter as we age. Embrace the richness of authentic you!
Veggie Burger Recipe for Food Sass Variety
If you?ve always said ?talk to the hand? when offered a veggie burger?I get it! This recipe is sure to change your mind and provide all the flavor and heft that you?re looking for in your ?burger alternative.?
Sea Bass Recipe with Sass
This delicious & nutritious grill recipe provides you with Sea Bass with Sass! And, the resulting flavor blends well with SO many easy salads and side-dishes. Enjoy!
Trans Fats Are ALWAYS Bad For You
I make it a habit to not use the words ?always? or ?never? because it is so rare that they actually apply. The word ?never? was made with trans fats in mind. Learn how to sleuth out these fats and remove them from your food lifestyle.
Mindful Communication for Healthy Relationships
Effective, heartfelt communication is pivotal for creating the relationships, and the life, that we deeply want. Learn the basics on how to bring mindfulness and meaning into your daily interactions.
Avocado Chimichurri on Cucumber Slices Recipe
Haul yourself out of your food rut by injecting your food lifestyle with new tastes and textures. This delicious & nutritious South American dish will have you dancing the tango in no time!
Learning Life Lessons With Less Pain
We tend to repeat the same mistakes?with jobs, relationships, ourselves?over and over. It often feels like the lessons get hard, but many of us still keep our head in the sand. Learn how to become wiser and expand your consciousness, with the touch of a feather, instead of the slam of a sledgehammer!
Quinoa Tabouli Recipe for Food Sass
What?s not to love about quinoa?! This Food Sass? favorite has people?kids, foodees, non-foodees, picky eaters?clamoring for more. They don?t need to know it?s PACKED with nutrients to Create Vibrant Health?; they can just enjoy how awesome it tastes!
Nighttime Eating Solved With Mind Savvy
Many, many people struggle with the nighttime munchies and it isn?t serving their health journey. Learn why this happens and my top 5 tips for HOW to shift this behavior that is bumming you out.
Sugar Is Damaging Your Health
Sugar is the Demon in our Diet and is eroding our health in more ways than many imagine. Learn a few simple tools to help you get started in reducing your sugar intake. It?s likely the most important focus you can choose, to Create Vibrant Health?. Also check out my Apr 2, 2013 post on my Top 10 Ways to Reduce Sugar!
Chicken Coconut Curry Recipe is Food Sass with HUGE Health Benefits
If you are a curry-lover, this Food Sass Recipe is right up your alley! Give this recipe a try, and learn about the fantabulous things that the turmeric (curry) is doing to help you Create Vibrant Health??while you eat sassy food!
Unscrambling the Confusion on Eggs
Confused about eggs? Are they good for us? Clear up your confusion about nature?s perfect food and understand what all the labels mean. Organic, free-range, cage-free?learn what it all means, so you can make mindful choices about your food.
Top 3 Strategies for More Energy
Learn my Top 3 Strategies for creating more energy, and more Joy!, in your life. It?s difficult to feel joyful, present, and ALIVE when we?re dragging through our days. These strategies will help you start to turn the tide.
Food Sass Dinner Rescue as Picnic at the Table
Sometimes (often?), making a recipe at night, with a busy family coming in and out of the house, can be a bit?er?challenging. Delicious, nutrient-dense dinners doesn?t have to be hard. Learn how!
