Do You Know What Is In Your Food?

Food additives are a real problem in our society. There are SO many more children born these days with food allergies that are directly linked to different additives and chemicals in our food. We as Americans need to OPEN OUR EYES and learn the REAL truth! First, the truth about food additives:   To make …

DIY Anti-Inflammatory/Food Allergy Advent Calendar

I love everything Christmas. Christmas lights. Christmas carols. Christmas socks. And I most definitely love Advent Calendars. The ones with the chocolate, obviously. This year I knew I wasn’t going to find a calendar that had chocolate in it that I could eat SO I decided to make one myself. And let me tell you, …

Chew On This: An Anti Inflammatory Thanksgiving

Last Thanksgiving I made a great dinner… well I thought I made a great dinner. (Want to see over 101 Holiday recipes? Check out this post here!) I had gluten-free stuffing, gluten-free gravy, steamed veggies, turkey and dairy free/gluten-free/refined sugar-free pumpkin pie. The stuffing was GROSS, but everything else was good. The pumpkin pie, if I do …

The Secret Side of Food: How To Heal Yourself In The Kitchen

New Year’s is around the corner and let me guess. . .  next year you want to exercise more and lose weight? Was I close? According to statistic brain, the number 1 2014 new years resolution was to lose weight. 39% people ACHIEVE their resolution, with only 14% achieving their resolution if you’re over 50. I know that …

Compassion, Mind, Body & Healthcare

This is the second post in a series of Dr. Siegel posts regarding his keynote speech and master class I attended at Medx. You can read the first Dr Siegel post here! I’ve discussed numerous times with other patients how important a connection with your doctor is. Unfortunately, the health care model we have today …

How Can I Get Into Yoga?

I get a lot of questions regarding how I got into yoga and how others can get into it easily as well. For most, it would simply be checking out your local area for studios and picking a class to go to . . . BUT a lot of the individuals asking me these questions …

10 Things I’m Thankful For This Year

As I was reading through my 2013 Thanksgiving post earlier today, I couldn’t help but contrast where I am right now to where I was a year ago. Last year I was really grateful for myself and how I was finally starting to get back to feeling like good old Julie. This year, I’m way …

Dr. Dan Siegel Medicine X Keynote Speaker & Master Class

Take a deep breath and center yourself to be present in this moment. I had two favorite lectures during Medx – Dr. Dan Siegel’s Master Class Workshop and Dr. Bonnie Feldman’s Autoimmune presentation. This post is the first of a few that I’ve written about what I’ve learned from Dr. Siegel. I was accepted into …