Relax & Reclaim

The kitchen and bathroom are absolute powerhouses in the home.  Focusing on these two spaces for a fall refresh gives you some incredible, high-impact ways to invite warmth and mindfulness into your daily routine without needing a massive overhaul. As the leaves start to turn and the air gets that familiar crisp bite, our natural instinct is to hunker down and make our living spaces as warm and welcoming as possible.  Last year, we looked at  transforming our living rooms and bedrooms into cozy sanctuaries.   But what about the spaces where we actually kick off our day and nourish our bodies? Bringing a sense of hygge —that cozy, contented feeling of well-being—into hardworking spaces like the kitchen and the bathroom is a wonderful way to ground ourselves for the new season.  As a holistic health enthusiast , I love finding simple, budget-friendly ways to make our everyday routines feel a little more mindful and nurturing. Here is how you can g...

This is going to make a few weight loss and fitness enthusiasts  pretty mad. They'll get over it... So here's the thing about exercise and weight loss that rarely makes it on the shiny fitness posters at the gym. Exercise may not be as impressive as you'd expect when it comes to helping you shed pounds. But after you've lost the weight? Exercise becomes far more valuable. Recent research suggests that physical activity may be more beneficial for maintaining weight loss than for achieving large weight loss in the first place. A study that involved more than 1,100 participants found that physical activity did not have a significant effect on initial weight loss, but was strongly associated with weight loss maintenance after the fact. And those who were physically active didn't just win in terms of "my jeans still fit." Physical activity was also connected to improvements in cholesterol, inflammation , blood sugar regulation a...