Healthy Habits with Jen

  What is sugar doing in your body? I've dealt with sugar addiction for my whole life! Those food companies are so smart! They know how to keep us addicted. In fact, they have something called the "bliss point". They know exactly how much sugar and chemicals to put into processed food to keep us going back for more.😨 Kicking the sugar habit has been a lifelong process for me. I know how good it tastes and how hard it can be to stay away. 🍫🍪🍩🍨🍦 As a Health & Life Coach, I believe in almost everything in moderation. There are some exceptions of course (as there are to almost any rule). Some of us have allergies to certain foods. Others of us have aversions or sensitivities. These are some reasons for cutting certain foods or food groups completely out of your diet. But for the most part, I believe that we should be able to enjoy what tastes good on occasion. Does this mean we should indulge on a daily basis in processed foods, alcohol and foods that we know don...

  4 Health Paradigms to Live Your Life By Many potential clients reach out to me for help with nutrition. Although I am not a dietician, I have read and researched, learned and experimented, lost and gained weight, studied and….well you get the picture! I love sharing what I have learned and I have many paradigms that naturally come up in coaching sessions with my clients.    I’d love to share my “Top 4” with you now as well as a brief bit of reasoning behind them.   #1: There is no one perfect diet that exists for everyone on the planet.  We are all very different humans. And thank goodness for that! How boring would it be if we were all the same and ate the same things day in and day out? We all have different genetic makeups and were raised in and currently live in different environments. All of these things in combination not only influence our microbiome, but also our life experience. It only makes sense that one way of eating will not work for everyone. If...

Teaching people to “Rewind the Clock” and actually begin to reverse aging, is one of my favorite workshops to host. Most people I’ve talked to believe that we decline with age in every which way. Most people think that we are doomed to be a mess of unbalanced hormones, unsightly wrinkles, aching bodies, pudgy tummies, and riddled with brain fog. No wonder why no one wants to get old!! That sounds absolutely miserable and nothing that anyone would want to be a part of. No wonder why the preventative aging beauty market and plastic surgeons are making a fortune!   So what is the alternative? What if we could age gracefully and reverse some of the signs of aging that we might already be experiencing? What if we could begin to improve with age; become more comfortable in our bodies; more comfortable with who we are? What if we could spend most of our time doing the things we love with people we love? What if we could live an enjoyable life to a ripe old age and simply pass away peacefu...

  Health & Life Coaches have been around for quite some time. But if you are anything like I was, you had never considered them much or had a complete misunderstanding of what a coach actually is and does. For this reason, I wanted to give you a little more information.   To begin with, I think it is helpful to discuss what a coach is NOT. A good coach is not someone who tells you what to eat, how much to exercise or how to behave in order to be healthy and happy. How does that land for you? Is that upsetting? Like maybe you were thinking, “why can’t I just pay someone to tell me how to lose weight/have energy/feel my best/have a fulfilling career/get the most out of my relationship?” After all, that would solve all of my problems, right? Wrong!   The fact of the matter is, most of us already know what we SHOULD be doing. We have a general idea about the kinds of foods we should be eating and how much we should be exercising. We know we should be taking better care of...

Do you have a Morning Routine? If you’re like most people (myself included), your morning routine has gone out of the window during this pandemic! Let’s face it. All of our lives have changed over the past few strange months.  Maybe you’re working from home and no longer have a long commute into the office. Perhaps you have children and have to wake up even earlier than you used to in order to fit homeschooling into your schedule. Maybe you have lost a job and your schedule is completely different and unpredictable. Chances are, your routine has even shifted from the beginning of quarantine to now. This new “things are opening” time when a lot of us cautiously leave our homes a little more often but things still don’t feel “normal”. I don’t know about you, but I can sometimes “forget” the times in which we are living when I am at home during the day. I busy myself with exercise, coaching, homeschooling, cooking and cleaning and it isn’t until I walk through t...

My Liver Rescue 3:6:9 Journal: Days 7-9 & Final Thoughts Day 7 I’ve made it to the final 3 days. Whoo hoo!  I have to admit. Last night I was OVER my second serving of salad and brussel sprouts and asparagus. But I managed to eat it and feel full afterwards. Thankfully, today the meals are a little different- perfect timing for a change. I have to say that my family is also very over me steaming asparagus and brussel sprouts! They aren’t loving the new aromas around the house!  I’m actually very excited about the results I will notice. Anthony William says that these last few days are where the big change happens. I am ready! In fact, I have definitely noticed improvements in my mood over the past couple of days. I haven’t really noticed any other detox symptoms, although that could still happen. This morning I prepared 2 16-oz servings of celery juice since I will be having it twice today. Yay-only cleaning the blender once! Remember, ce...