Health and Wellness and Beauty products and services

Want Younger Looking Skin? Of Course You Do!

It’s been a while since I wrote Beautiful Sexy Skin For Women Over 40, and since then I’ve found another natural product that I really love, which I’d like to share with you today. A couple of months ago I began to use BADGER Damascus Rose Face Oil, and I fell in LOVE right away,…

Gardening Causing A Pain In Your Back? RELAX!

I am excited to say that I have planted my garden this year BEFORE Memorial Day! Can’t remember ever doing that before; hope that means an early and fruitful harvest… May is the month for gardening in the Berkshires. And, once again this year, most of my friends and neighbors are walking around with stiff…

Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategy!

  A while back I wrote about a study that showed aerobic exercise increased the brain’s hippocampal volume in older women, which increased memory performance. Now, another study has confirmed that meditation is good for your brain. This Harvard study used MRI scans to document, for the very first time in medical history, how meditation…

Ready For Shorts and Tanks?

Yayayyyyyyyy! Sunshine and blue skies! Just went for a walk between my classes and I am soooooo enjoying this sunshine. Summer will be here in the blink of an eye (I hope). Are you ready for shorts and tanks season? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 36 percent of…

Healthy Recipe For Rosemary Chicken

  Here’s a delicious recipe that includes Rosemary from Dr. Mark Hyman’s book, “The Blood Sugar Solution.” Lemon Rosemary Chicken with Swiss Chard and Baked Delicata Squash   Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Delicata squash halved and seeded (I used Acorn squash) 1 Lg head of Swiss Chard roughly chopped 2 (6…

Want to Sniff Some Rosemary With Me?

  You have most likely seen the info passing around on Facebook that sniffing Rosemary is good for your memory. Did you think it was baloney?  I wondered too. So, of course, I did some research, and here’s what I found.   Rosemary has been known as the “herb of remembrance” for centuries! That’s pretty…

Healthy Irish Fare

This week is St. Patrick’s Day, and being the good Irish girl that I am, I will be joining my son for his favorite Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner. It’s the one time all year that I eat corned beef, and only a mouthful at that. This is a cured meat, so very high in…

Take Care Of YOU!

With all the excitement this month of Irish festivities, preparing for Easter and spring hiking/biking starting earlier this year, please remember to take care of you. The more I teach, and the more clients I see, the more important I realize self-care is. So many people – especially women, forget how important their own health…