In most of my initial calls with potential clients, one of the first barriers to eating healthy is being too busy. Being moms, with or without full times jobs, taking care of household chores, finding time for significant others, and keeping up with other aspects of...
30 Things You Can Do Right Now To Feel Better About Your Body
While I love the work I do as a Health Coach and the positive, goal-reaching effect it can have on people, sometimes clients just want to feel good in their skin immediately. They do not want to wait the full 6-12 weeks it often takes to create healthy habits or to...
Meal Planning Guide
Save money on your grocery budget and avoid food waste with this free easy meal planning guide. Use these five steps to take the guesswork out of meal time. It took me a while to learn how to cook. Coming off of a college meal plan, I knew how to make exactly two...
7 Kitchen Gadgets To Make Your Life Easier
This post contains affiliate links, which means I get a small kickback if you purchase something using one of them. I appreciate your support! My oldest sister, Kate, has an obsession with kitchen gadgets. I distinctly remember her buying a garlic peeler for my mom a...
What I Buy At The Grocery Store
On Instagram last week, I posted a quick video of what Rob and I buy from Costco and the grocery store each week. A few of you mentioned that you wanted to know what we make with all that food, so I figured a glimpse into what we bought and what we eat in a typical...
I Get Home Too Late To Cook Dinner
It seems to be the plight of every working person, that getting home to cook a meal after a full work day seems nearly impossible. In fact, just a few days ago, when I asked a client what she was planning for her dinners for the week, she responded with, “I get home...
7 Ways to Enjoy the Holiday Season and Not Stress About Food
With Thanksgiving behind us, we are now officially into full holiday season swing. This means holiday parties, work gatherings, and the countdown to New Year’s Eve is on. With all that fun comes some stress in terms of making good choices around food and staying...
8 Common Barriers to Exercise and How to Overcome Them
This post contains affiliate links. I appreciate your support! Happy Monday! This is a particularly bittersweet Monday for me as Zoey is starting full time daycare and I am heading back to work. Since I’m a teacher, I’ve been lesson planning behind the scenes for the...
How to Share House Cleaning Duties With Your Spouse
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc and its advertiser. All Opinions are mine alone. #MyPledgeCastle #CollectiveBias Cleaning is not my thing. I think I have a condition where I actually don’t see the pile of clothes on the floor or the clutter on...
Working Out is Only Half the Battle: Why You Need a Health Coach
While studying to become a personal trainer, I learned a great deal about the human body, especially the chapter on over and under active muscles. Even with all this knowledge, I felt like something was missing. While the program touched a bit on the mental side of...
6 Questions to Ask When Re-Evaluating Your New Year’s Resolution
Ah, March. The time of year where the majority of winter is behind us, spring break is on the horizon, and New Year’s Resolutions have long since been left behind. We don’t spend time reflecting on, and analyzing, the ways in which we want to better ourselves for an...
9 Ways To Stay Healthy When You Have No Time To Workout
The past few weeks have been busy. Things like teaching four separate classes, grading, coaching cross country, helping put in the new kitchen, and camping, this is the first weekend I haven't had a full agenda. And it has been glorious. The downside to all that go go...