The Link Between Blood Sugar and Sleep

You are exhausted. You've dreamt all day of finally hitting the pillow and easing into a night of restful sleep. 

When suddenly you are awoken at 3am for no apparent reason. Maybe you can go back to sleep, maybe you can't. 

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The holidays are meant to be a time of joy and connection, but let’s be honest—they can also be full of stress, overindulgence, and putting your health on the back burner. But here’s the truth: you don’t have to sacrifice your goals or well-being during this season! In...

Ugh, the dreaded beige foods. 

Is this all your kids will eat?

Breads, crackers, cereal, chips, cheese…

If you’ve ever struggled to get your child to eat anything other than chicken nuggets or plain pasta, you’re not alone! In fact, most kids I work...

As I sit here and attempt to write this article, I’m tempted by my phone, the ding of my email, and the urge to get up and go for a run to deal with the stress of a self-imposed deadline of blog completion. 

Is it any wonder that ADHD diagnoses are on the rise? 

As...

You are running out the door for a day of soccer games, track meets, or basketball tournaments. You know that you won’t have time for a sit down meal. You also know that you’ll spend most of the day in the car racing between all the events. 

You grab what’s easy from...

You wake up tired. You struggle through the day tired. You go to bed tired. 

Maybe you get an infusion of energy after you exercise or have your coffee. 

But otherwise, you are tired. Tired, tired, tired. 

If you are among the few that don’t live this...

If you are of the 35+ age group, you likely are starting to think about your hormones. If you aren’t yet, you should be. 

We should all be, actually. 

I have many soap boxes, but one of the biggest is how little we educate our young women about their bodies. And then...

After questions about protein, help with meal planning and prepping is the most popular ask my clients have. 

They will be making progress in their health goals and things are going well, but they will come to their 1:1 coaching session exasperated:

“I HATE meal planning,...

We ALL know sleep is important. Why else would our parents have made us have lights out by 8pm every night growing up!?

Sleep IS important, but as we get older, it’s for different reasons. 

We are talking today about the impact of sleep on weight, BUT know that sleep...

You wake up tired. You struggle through the day tired. You go to bed tired. 

Maybe you get an infusion of energy after you exercise or have your coffee. 

But otherwise, you are tired. Tired, tired, tired. 

If you are among the few that don’t live this...

We are all searching for the ONE thing (or a group of things) that will be the quick-fix, cure all for our health woes. Here’s an example of the latest one:

“What can I eat to fix my hormone issues?”

Well, just eating one thing or picking one type of diet will not...