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Healthy Living is about nourishing your body, using food as fuel, progress not perfection, and bringing people together.

I love creating with what’s in season and trying new ways of preparing and sharing recipes. Roasted Butternut Squash soup was a recent that I just enjoyed!! So I had to try to replicate !😂 🧡

Recipe:
Roast 2lbs squash, 2 gala apples, 1 yellow onion, chunks of fresh ginger, 3 whole garlic cloves, 3 bay leaves (remove after roasting) with evoo, 1/2 tsp allspice 1 tsp cinnamon salt pepper and a dash of cayenne if you like a little spice
400 30 ish min convection roast, remove from oven and cool a bit
Add to vitamix with veggie broth blend
Heat on low
Add a can of coconut cream before serving
Heat through
Top with crispy sage (crisped in olive oil) and crushed pistachios

Celery and toasted pecans add tons of crunch to my Go-To Chicken Salad, and the cranberries add little bits of chewy, tart sweetness. Just enough avocado mayo to hold it together, add Kosher salt and WOW. I keep it in the fridge and eat it straight out of the container with a fork for about 3 days.

Perfect for summer !!!

ROUGHLY:
3 C diced chicken breast
3/4 C toasted pecans
3/4 C diced celery
1/2 C dried cranberries
3/4 C avocado mayo
Big pinch of Kosher Salt

NO DAIRY – why?
· Added hormones
· Most cows are fed inappropriate food
· Added pesticides
· Dairy products, when metabolized, are acid-forming
· Dairy products are mucous forming
· Research links dairy product with arthritis
· Most milk is homogenized which denatures the milk’s proteins, making it harder to digest
· Cow’s milk is intended for baby cows
· Most dairy cows live in confined, inhumane conditions
· Studies show that dairy causes some degree of inflammation in the majority of people
What substitutions have you found for dairy?
POST HERE in the Comments Below. One of our favorites is Nutritional Yeast in place of parmesan cheese.

Have you tried overnight oats!!?

Literally amazing in the morning !!

These are my staples in my pantry

I make my own salad dressing using Braggs Liquid Aminos , Apple cider Vinegar and olive oil....
Pro tip
The nutritional yeast is amazing for seasoning and anything you would you put cheese on !!

Your body is a machine - and like all machines, it needs the right fuel to run well, especially if you are active and workout regularly!
Protein is important for exercise because
#1- it can boost your metabolism and give your mind and body energy
#2- it can help build and maintain muscle , since protein is the building block of muscles 💪
#3- helps with recovery and post workouts within 15-30 minutes later to replenish nutrients lost during your workout 🏋️‍♀️

Monday Motivation 3 Health tips!!
Forget the"New Age"hype and let's simplify and go back to the "Stone Age".
Tip 1.. Live in Motion Daily. In the Caveman days, people walked everywhere. Nowadays, we confine our activity into a short workout session. Brisk walking daily builds muscle in our legs, core and builds our cardio. This simple movement daily can reduce the risk for heart attack by the same amount as a vigorous exercise and you can burn 500 more calories per day, which could equal 1 pound of weight loss per week!!
Tip 2... Strong Village, Strong Self. Cavemen lived in close-knit groups. You may heave heard that sharing you health goals with others can help you stay on track. IT works! and here's another idea! Invest in the health of others! Helping others has a boomerang effect! When you help others hit their goals, you'll become more dedicated to your own goals!
Tip 3.. Intuitive Eating. Our ancestors didn't DIET. They didnt beat themselves up for eating"bad foods". They ate what they needed and to feel energized. Trust your gut, listen to your body, are you actually hungry or not? Eat before you are starving and stop before you are stuffed!

Well of course I have to share here !!
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I just had to just leave this here!
Arbonne truly hit this out of the park with these!!
The limited edition coffee protein is absolutely amazing!!
Hot and cold, healthy and delish!! And I love this new spiced cider fizz warm!! Like a hot apple cider 🍺 perfect for the holidays and winter months !!

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Elimination diets are the Gold standard when it comes to identifying food addictions and sensitivities.
I did my first 30 day elimination diet in 2013 and was able to figure out that gluten and diary were huge triggers for me, as well as my addiction to sugar.
Removing these things gave my body a reset, rest and a chance to reduce inflammation; which is key to the first step to any healing process.
From there I was able to repair my gut, increase my energy, clear my skin, improve my sleep and so much more !
Here’s some tips to get started :
1) eliminate addictive ans allergenic foods and beverages for 2-4 weeks
2) increase nutrient dense and Whole Foods (fruits, veggies and whole grains) and remove processed foods (packaged foods, additives, sugars etc)
3) slowly re-introduce the foods one at a time and assess how you feel, reactions or changes in your health or body
This is a kickstart to a healthy lifestyle and journey and I’m passionate about helping others discover how true health should look and feel like!
Message me if you want to get started or join my nutritional coaching groups!

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IN these CRAZY times right now with COVID-19.. there are 87% of Amercians under Stress...
How to Fight Stress with Intentional Breathing
This simple yet effective form of deep breathing defuses the stress feedback loop and teaches your brain and body to relax.
Taking a deep breath or two to relax in and of itself isn’t new. Many people take a few deep breaths when they’ve feeling overcome by stress, and the adage, “just breathe” appears on everything from billboards to t-shirts. Deep breathing, often referred to as “belly or diaphragmatic breathing,” is incorporated in many different mind–body therapies. There is one fundamental problem with breath modification techniques, however. The majority of people are not fully aware of their lungs’ capacity. Consequently, they fail to inhale or exhale fully. Why is this the case?
A great many individuals are disconnected from the sensations and feedback from their bodies. This absence of body awareness may be a result of life experience, such as trauma, or of living in a culture that has embraced a medical model in which body and mind are divided rather than being considered holistically. In the years that I have been teaching breathing techniques, I have witnessed many clients, students, and workshop participants marvel at the discovery of their full breath capacity. Not convinced? Here’s a fun exercise. Inhale deeply and then measure the length of your slowest possible exhalation. Now do it again, but this time, measure the duration of your exhalation as you hum a single note as slowly as possible. Did you find a difference?
We can get in touch with our breath with a simple yet effective form of deep breathing called intentional breathing. Unlike other breathing techniques, the emphasis here is to allow the natural flow of the breath by inhaling from the top down and exhaling from the bottom up. Before you begin, there are a couple of things to remember:
Two things to keep in mind when practicing intentional breathing
• First, this is a practice. It may feel strange, awkward, or difficult. That is to be expected when trying something that you’ve never attempted before. Be kind with yourself and see this as an exploration rather than something to be immediately mastered.
• Second, and more importantly, if for any reason, you feel uncomfortable or this doesn’t feel right to you, it is perfectly okay to take a break or discontinue the exercise and try again another time.
How to Practice Intentional Breathing
1) Sit comfortably and observe your natural breath.
2) Place your hands on your chest and belly
3) Breathe into your chest.
4) Breathe into your lower lungs
5) Take half breaths into your chest and then your lower lungs.
6) Take full breaths
7) Notice how you feel.
How Intentional Breathing Relieves Stress
This exercise is intended to activate your parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) which initiates the relaxation response, depresses heart rate, blood pressure and respiration, and allows your body to engage in reparative and restorative functions. While not everyone experiences relaxation right away, most report feeling a sense of calm and a reduction in the feeling of stress after this exercise.
Want to learn more: This was adapted from Mindful Relationships: Seven Skills for Success – Integrating the science of mind body and brain (Handspring Publishing, 2019), by B Grace Bullock PhD

Hi Friends and Welcome to the All Things Healthy VIP Page!! I want to first Thank YOU for your support and friendship because without YOU in my life, it wouldn't be as blessed!! I created this private page to create a community of positivity, wellness and education! I seek to empower you with knowledge, because knowledge is power! There will be inspiration, healthy lifestyle tips, recipes and so much more!! Also, I will keep you posted on all the exciting things that Arbonne has to offer, new deals, new products, etc! I invite as much engagement as possible because we are better together and can learn from each other!! Cheers to a Healthy and Happy YOU!! Much Love, Kris