Thanks-giving [Gratitude]

When was the last time you took a moment to ruminate on all the good in your life?

With Thanksgiving, a time when our attention is drawn to the idea of giving thanks, fresh on our minds I wanted to take a moment to discuss the life-changing effects of Gratitude.

So what is gratitude? And why should you be thinking about it?

Transformation: Meal Prep. My journey from “I can’t cook” to “What, like it’s hard?”

When I met my ex husband at 21, my dinner repertoire consisted of chicken breasts cooked on my George Foreman grill or baked tilapia with a frozen or canned vegetable and serving of boxed mashed potatoes. This was my dinner more often than not and I was content with it. Typically breakfasts consisted of pop-tarts,Continue reading “Transformation: Meal Prep. My journey from “I can’t cook” to “What, like it’s hard?””

Health: Hypothyroidism and Hormonal Imbalances

In 2014 at a routine OB appointment, my doctor felt my neck and asked if I’d ever had my thyroid looked at before. I told her I had not and she scheduled an ultrasound for that afternoon. What the ultrasound showed was that half of the left side of my thyroid was a nodule andContinue reading “Health: Hypothyroidism and Hormonal Imbalances”