healthy living

Mindful Eating for Healthy Living This Summer

Summer can be a great time to go into vacation mode, sit back and relax. However, for many parents who work during the summer, squeezing in time to be with their children and keeping them entertained can be challenging. With warmer weather comes a lot of expectations of fun family adventures, but trying to meet these high expectations can be especially stressful. Trying to meet these expectations can lead to considerable stress and, as a result, emotional eating and unwanted weight gain. To eat

7 Must-have Tips to Keep You Healthy and Fit for the Unpredictable COVID Future

With a lack of certainty surrounding the future, being and feeling healthy may help bring the security that you need during these unpredictable times. When it comes to your health, there is a direct relationship between nutrition and physical activity that play an enormous part in physical, mental, and social well-being. As COVID-19 continues to impact almost every aspect of our lives, the uncertainty of the future may seem looming. Sometimes improvisation is necessary, and understanding how to

5 Tips to Prioritize Your Wellness During a Pandemic (and All the Time)

It's challenging to think that it takes a global pandemic to force us to prioritize our health and wellness, but instead of dwelling on the past, I am encouraging my clients to use this time to create a healthy and sustainable wellness routine — for the pandemic and beyond.However, in these stressful and uncertain times adding on even more to our busy schedule can feel overwhelming and even somewhat paralyzing. In this article I'll guide you through the tools and strategies I use with my clients

How To Create A Conscious Morning Ritual

The morning is a powerful time of day.

Tapping Into Strength: A Life With Healthy Boundaries

As a mental heath clinician, I was fascinated by the podcast on NPR One last spring entitled "The Shrink Next Door" (produced by Wondery and Bloomberg) for several reasons. For one, it is an alarming story of betrayal and of a degraded mental judgment on the part of the patient that occurred in this day and age, this century, which is probably the main reason for most of the shock. However, I have to say that most shocking of all was the tepid response to Marty Markowitz' initial conclusive comp

#HowIDidIt: From Cooking Meals Out Of My Apartment To Running A 9-Figure Meal Delivery Brand

How can we help overcome the national health crisis and allow people access to nutritious food on a regular basis? It's a question I've been driven to answer since 2009, catalyzed by one of the scariest scenarios a daughter can imagine - the health crisis of a parent.

Five Exercises That Will Keep You Healthy At Home While Social Distancing

Gyms and workout studios are closing across the nation.

2020 Clean Eating: How I Tap Into The Power of Food to Look and Feel My Best

As humans, with the curiosity to learn and the drive to create + experience, we can nourish our minds, souls, and bodies to the fullest extent possible. Yet recently, and especially within the wellness space, we have exploited the notion of balance.

How This Accidental Entrepreneur Launched One of Chicago’s Most Successful Kickstarter Campaigns

From undergrad to businesswoman, Shivani Jain shares how her company, Cubii, became one of the most funded Kickstarter campains in Chicago which helped get her visa granted.

You Can Now Get High Naturally Thanks To This Infrared Sauna

It often feels impossible to find time to workout while also prioritizing your overall health and wellness. However, at HigherDOSE, you can achieve your health goals while also attaining a natural high—all from the comfort of an in-house sauna.

How Celebrity Trainer, Anna Kaiser, Revolutionized Boutique Fitness

Debunking the Juice Cleanse Fad: Why they are NOT good for you

This CEO Raised Over $3M to Beat Sugar At Its Own Game