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I’ve written extensively about my battle with anxiety on this site. If you’d like to read my various articles on the topic, you can do so here. To sum it up, I had a traumatic childhood, a crazy parent, was homeless by 19, had really terrible relationships, then somehow got it together, married my husband and now I’m crazy happy. But the reality is that despite the fact that my life is infinitely better than it was, better than I ever could’ve imagined it or even expected for myself, I still battle with anxiety. It’s a struggle I’ve improved greatly, but have yet to 100% overcome. So here are some things I do every day to keep my anxiety at bay. They make a huge difference and really help me, so hopefully, you can use some of these as tools to help you too. Please note that I am not…

I probably should’ve written this before New Years Eve, but at least you’ll be able to reference this for all of your future hangovers (let’s get real, you’re bound to get another one at some point in your life). While I actually don’t get many hangovers these days, I was once a pretty big party girl. To an unhealthy point. Day drinking? Check. Having a drink at brunch the next morning to get rid of a hangover? Check. Drinking several nights in a row? Check. Drinking on a school night? Work night? Tuesday night? Any night? Check. Check. Check. I’ve always been interested in health, but in my late teens and early twenties, I was more concerned about partying with my friends. I was also pretty unhappy and drinking was fun, so I found myself doing it way more than I should. Hangovers once in a while are okay, regular hangovers are not.…

True story: to freak me out and annoy me, my husband used to awkwardly rub my belly and in a disgustingly creepy voice whisper to me, “I’m gonna put a baby in there.” It was the worst. But now we’re actually planning on getting knocked up in 2015. I’ve talked a lot about preconception diets, how important they are, how I plan on doing one before I get preggo, etc.  Actually, we both are doing a preconception diet. Don’t forget that dudes need to do this too! It’s just as important for the husband to take steps to detoxify as well as nourish himself to be able to make a healthy baby. It takes two to tango ya’ll, in more ways than one. Why You Need To Do A Preconception Diet When Dr. Price traveled the world studying indigenous cultures, he discovered that they prepared for pregnancy from three months…

Fermentation is an ancient method to preserve food. The earliest fermented food dates back to 6000 BC and virtually every culture has their own version of fermented food. The Koreans have kimchi, the Germans have sauerkraut, and us Russians have kefir. Other examples include wine, cheese, yogurt, cortido, pickles and kombucha. Fermented foods are food that have allowed the natural bacteria to feed on the sugar and starch in a food to create lactic acid. This creates different strains of powerful probiotics, enzymes, B vitamins and even omega-3s. Fermenting food also preserves it, I’ve kept my fermented salsa in the fridge for up to six months (although it usually doesn’t last that long before I eat it)! I used to be SO intimidated by fermenting my own food. I knew it was an amazing addition to a healthy diet, but stuck to store and farm bought ferments. What if I…

Last month was my bridal shower. Since a few of my friends were coming in from out of town, we had it the Saturday before the wedding and went from bridal shower to bachelorette party. My friends know I don’t eat gluten and am more or less obsessed with food, so I’m pretty sure they expected it to be gluten-free. I actually got rave reviews on the food. I made almost all of the food myself. Here’s the menu: caprese salad Greek pasta salad chips and salsa chocolate cupcakes vanilla cupcakes potato chips antipasto platter from Whole Foods (SO good – prosciutto, salami, cheese, marinated mushrooms and tomatoes, etc.) spicy smoked mozzarella pasta salad (this is the pasta salad I always get compliments on) homemade chicken salad This was enough to feed about 20 women. The bread you see is Against All Grain’s loaf, which is one of my favorites.…