I came across this adorable video of one smart little girl, and wanted to share it with you. This experiment is a great idea! Moral: Beware of what you can’t see and/or taste!! Chemicals are one way we are killing ourselves and the planet.  Buying organic or growing your own produce is one easy but [...]

Colds happen all year round, and that body of yours is pretty darn smart.  It does all sorts of things on it’s own, without your knowledge or direction,  all in the name of survival.  It’s always trying to stay healthy.  When you get sick, it wants to get rid of all the mucus, it wants [...]

I used to think that planning things out too much was boring.  It seemed to be much more fun to go with the flow, be spontaneous, see how I feel, play things by ear, see how the day goes, to “cross that bridge when we get to it”…and on and on.  It seemed so anal [...]

About 90% of the time I really go with the flow when I’m traveling.  But I do like to be prepared when it comes to snacks.  Because when I’m hungry, I’m seriously hungry.  The farther I’m traveling, the more prepared I get. I just went on a ski trip with the family, and this is [...]

There’s nothing like a great meal in a fun atmostphere, where you can relax and just have someone make your food for you.  I appreciate the idea of someone cooking for me so much more after cooking at home more these days!  Whatever healthy eating plan you are on, whether it’s trying to lose weight, [...]

One of the very first steps to eating more healthy is getting digestion on track.  To get started,  first take a good look at how you feel after you eat.  This will give you some idea about how well you are digesting your food. How we eat our food is just as important as what [...]

I’m a huge home-body. My apartment is, for me, an oasis from the rest of the world, a place where I can relax. Many of us who live in busy cities have no choice but to walk around all day, breathing in unavoidable toxins from pollution, exhaust fumes, that weird steam that comes out of [...]

I’ve been told this is the best smoothie I’ve ever made! This ended up being dinner for my 4 year old the other night. After making 3 different dinners trying to get him to eat something (I know they say not to do that but I kept thinking he had to be starving, and I [...]

I wonder sometimes just how many chemicals the average person is exposed to on a daily basis. Not to bum you out, but it is kind of overwhelming when you think of everything from just the smell of walking down a city street, to your “new car smell” to your freshly painted office to your [...]

Happy Holidays! This time of year brings on tons of fun, but also stress. Whether it’s money issues, family situations, work overload, overscheduling, or just simply too much to do, most of us find it hard to not be a little wiped out in the month of December. Right now I’m working on not getting [...]

I first made this about a year ago, just after I bought Laurie David’s The Family Dinner, Great Ways to Connect With Your Kids One Meal at a Time (which is now one of my favorite cookbooks!) This recipe is from the book, which I highly recommend because it offers so much more than recipes. [...]

It was one of those nights when I came home starving and without a plan for dinner.  The last thing I felt like doing was shopping, and I was too impatient to wait for take out.  I had some things in the fridge and really wanted to use them up.  So, I  made this without [...]

The summer almost always goes really fast, too fast.  Then I look at my my daughter Claire who just started 2nd grade, and I realize it’s not just the summer that goes fast, years FLY by once you have a kid.  It seems we as adults stop growing and watch as our kids (and/or other [...]

Recently I attended a training at Omega in Rhinebeck NY called Off the Mat, Into the World, with Seane Corn, Hala Khouri and Suzanne Sterling, three of the most inspiring, amazing, trail blazing women I’ve ever studied with.  It was a workshop devoted to service in the world and conscious activism, identifying our own traumas [...]

I love this recipe.  I just made it tonight.  I happened to have a bag of pre-shredded cabbage from Trader Joes and wanted to use it up.  In the past I’ve used whole cabbages and if you get a small one it takes no time to slice yourself if you have a good sharp knife.  [...]

I love to try new foods, and I often go through phases with things I love to eat.  What I was really into eating a year ago is very different from what I’m into now.  Things change based on how often I’m able to cook at home, who I’m eating with, what’s in season, and [...]

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love a sweet treat on occasion. Some of us, though, are eating sugar more than just occasionally. We can certainly live without refined sugar….or can we? It’s everywhere –in most anything packaged, including drinks, soups, breads, in a lot of things you wouldn’t even consider sweet. Every celebration involves [...]

Miso soup is one of the quickest, most delicious soups you can make at home. And miso, (in case you didn’t already know) has plenty of amazing benefits. For starters, it’s extremely effective in reducing the toxic effects of radiation, smoking, and air pollution. Here are some other great things about miso: 1. Helps fight [...]

The past few months I had good intentions of getting out and doing my runs outside, bundled up in my layers. In the past I would have been really into doing that, but this year with all the snow and ice I opted out. Exercising in winter is really important, I believe, for staying healthy [...]

Hi everyone! I know it’s been a long time since I’ve written. It’s been a killer winter here in NYC and I’ve been busy trying to entertain my kids while we’ve been snowbound! We’ve been busy doing lots of crafts, games, movies, and cooking. One of the biggest challenges I’m having this winter is exercise. [...]

Cleansing is a pretty popular thing this time of year, as it should be.  It’s the beginning of a new year, time to shed old stuff you don’t want to bring forward with you, and to make new habits, changes and improvements.  The thing is, we often have great intentions and visions for ourselves, resolve [...]

It’s that time of year again, the ramp-up to the holidays begins, and we finally got around to turning the clocks back. Shorter days, less light, and it’s dark by 5pm. At least that’s the case here in NYC. Flu season usually happens after a few months of short, dark days, and lots of sugar [...]

I heard about “oil pulling” about 3 weeks ago. When I googled it, I found out first of all that it is not new, and secondly there were all sorts of claims that it “pulls” toxins from your body. The great results that people reported included everything from relief from sensitive teeth and gums (which [...]

My kids have been excited for Halloween since school started almost 2 months ago. The costumes, decorations, pumpkin picking, carving and eating, and of course candy has been all the rage as we quickly approach the big day. It’s not ideal, but let’s face it, lots of candy is hard to avoid at Halloween. But [...]

I love quinoa! I love it so much that I hardly ever even do anything interesting to it, I love it the way it is, just plain cooked quinoa. For a while there I was really into it, eating it with almost every single meal. My favorite way was with steamed or sauteed kale, and [...]

With the quick change in weather to instant autumn (it seems) I know I can’t be the only one who’s got the sniffles!   It’s like, I somehow don’t appreciate when my sinuses feel nice and clear until I wake up one day all stuffed up feeling like my head was stuffed with cement.  It only [...]

I’ve had several people ask me some interesting questions about making changes in their life in terms of eating and exercise. I’ve been thinking lately about what it is that prevents people from making the decisions and taking the actions that make them feel good. Not too long ago I remember hearing someone say, “Most [...]

Have you ever heard someone talking about how Pilates can “lengthen” muscles? I’ve seen many a body transform with Pilates. And while I know that it’s impossible for muscles to actually lengthen, I get it why some people say that. Personally, when I began doing Pilates I noticed I felt less aches and pains. That’s [...]

I do a fair amount of traveling with my family. We took a 4 hour road trip from NYC to State College PA last month, and more recently we were in Fire Island and upstate NY on vacation. I love road trips! As long as the weather is good, the ipod is updated with great [...]

In this post, I address common questions about colonics by interviewing colon hydrotherapist, Janice Zwail. She addresses the benefits, contraindications and how it’s done. All the questions you wondered about but didn’t know who to ask!