I’ve always loved pottery, and lately, I’ve been thinking about getting back into it. I’ve taken a few classes here and there over the years, but I never really stuck with it or made it a regular thing. Then I went to Japan and Korea, and oh my gosh, the ceramics there! Everywhere I went,…
Category: Mind-Body Connection
Your Life Doesn’t Need To Be Content
How many times have I picked up my phone to check a text, only to look up half an hour later and wonder how I ended up watching someone turn an old tire into a fancy coffee table? I do this all the time. I open Instagram to check one thing, then I see a…
A Dream I Keep Coming Back To
I have this café completely made up in my head. The afternoon sun hits these worn wood tables through the front windows. You hear low chatter, spoons clinking against pottery, and whatever quiet music is playing in the background. It smells like dark coffee, warm cake, and cinnamon. The cups are handmade, a little crooked,…
Between Japan and Korea
Ever since I got back from Korea, people keep asking me the same thing: “So… which did you like better, Japan or Korea?” Honestly, I don’t have a real answer. I’ve been lucky enough to visit both, and they’re both special in totally different ways. I love them for different reasons, and I don’t think…
You Can’t Make Everyone Happy…And That’s Not Your Job
For most of my life, I really thought that if everyone around me was okay, then I’d be okay too. Like my own wellbeing depended on everyone else being happy first. So I got really good at reading people. I could tell when someone’s mood changed, even if nothing was said, and I’d adjust myself…
May 29 Is World Digestive Health Day
Every year on May 29, the World Gastroenterology Organisation marks World Digestive Health Day, a global initiative that brings attention to digestive health and some of the symptoms that can easily get overlooked or brushed off. This year’s theme is “Chronic Diarrhea: Don’t Flush the Signs Away.” The message is pretty simple: pay attention to…
Maybe We Need to Pay More Attention to How We Actually Feel
Not rules. Not a plan. Just seven quiet observations for anyone who’s doing everything right, and still wondering why something feels off. I actually ate healthy the other day. Like, genuinely healthy (which I haven’t in a while, to be honest). Good breakfast, good lunch, didn’t even snack (usually sweets), and I felt pretty good…
Top Reasons to See a Holistic Nutritionist
A lot of people think seeing a nutritionist means sitting across from someone who’s going to hand you a meal plan and being told to eat more vegetables and drink more water like you haven’t heard that a hundred times already. But holistic nutrition is different. It looks at the whole picture: how you’re sleeping,…
Mental Health Is More Than a Mindset
May rolls around every single year with a massive wave of conversation about mental health. You see all the posts, the heavy statistics, and the well-meaning reminders to check in on your people. All that definitely matters. But if I am being completely honest, sometimes it starts to feel a little bit surface-level. It is…
The Many Paths of a Holistic Nutritionist (And How to Find Yours)
You put in the time. You studied the biochemistry, the nutrition foundations, and a more whole-person approach to health that isn’t always the focus in more conventional programs. Now you’re either working toward becoming a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, or maybe you’ve already finished, and you hit that point where you start thinking…okay, what does this…
The Role of Nutrition in Children’s Mental Health
When we talk about kids and mental health, we usually talk about things like screen time, school stress, sleep, or therapy. But there’s another part that flies under the radar, nutrition. There’s also a growing amount of research looking at how what kids eat may affect things like mood, stress and how they handle everything…
Slow Down When You Eat
No, seriously. Your body will thank you. I want you to think about the last time you actually sat down for a meal. I don’t mean grabbing something quick while standing at the kitchen counter, and I definitely don’t mean scrolling through your phone while you chew. I mean the last time you weren’t just…
Understanding Yin in Women’s Health
There’s a particular kind of tired that doesn’t go away with a good night’s sleep. You sleep, you get up, and technically you’re functioning, but you still don’t feel fully recharged. I’ve felt like that for years. It’s hard to explain because you’re not necessarily exhausted all the time. You just feel like you’re running a…
Why Some Foods Just Work Better Together
You know that feeling when you’re doing everything “right”, piling on the greens, cutting back on junk, grabbing the healthier option, and you’re just sitting there wondering why you don’t feel any different? Here’s the thing nobody really tells you: it’s not just about what you eat, it’s about what you eat together. I touched on this a…
What Your Supplements Don’t Know About Each Other
Anyone who’s ever stared at a wall of vitamins in a store knows how overwhelming it gets. It’s so easy to walk away thinking you just need to buy five different bottles. But what I’ve learned, both personally and through studying holistic nutrition, is that more isn’t the point. It comes down to how you…