I often think about the motivations behind the goals in my life. I know that I need to be able to connect to the emotions of the purpose behind a goal in order to achieve it. If I don’t feel it, I often lack energy and focus for it. The problem for me then comes down to which emotions are driving me. In hindsight, I’ve often been motivated by the wrong feelings.
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If you are on a low carb diet or just wanting some healthier options for Thanksgiving dinner, this is the side dish for you. You will never miss eating mashed potatoes again now that you can have this deliciously creamy, bacon-flavored mashed cauliflower instead!
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For a healthier holiday season, try swapping some of your traditional ingredients for healthier alternatives. Try coconut oil or grass-fed butter in place of vegetable oil and other fats, oat or almond flour in place of all-purpose white flour, and coconut sugar in place of white sugar. That’s just what we’ve done in this recipe! We can’t exactly say this pie is a health food but it will definitely leave you feeling guilt-free after a slice (or two).
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Bitters are what ancient civilizations called medicinal solutions made from infused herbs. Andrographis paniculata is a plant native to southern India and Sri Lanka and is one such solution. Its leaves and stems have been used as a medicinal herb for centuries in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine. Historically, the herb has been used to treat the common cold, flu, lung infections, as well as a variety of infectious diseases.
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This soup is from “Go With Your Gut” by Robyn Youkilis, which a cookbook of 75 recipes that are super satisfying, gentle on digestion, and keep you from feeling bloated.
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Have you ever felt weighed down by what you see on social media? Have you ever logged off feeling suddenly in a funk? Sometimes it seems like everything we see on social media is negative, other times our news feed is strangely aligned with our hobbies and interests. Either way, it’s easy to get sucked in to comparing ourselves to others, knowing way too much about people we aren’t actually friends with, or mindlessly wasting time. So maybe, it’s time for a break.
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With the days getting increasingly shorter and the nights starting to cool down a bit (well, not in Florida…but we can pretend!), I think it’s safe to say we’d all like to cozy up at the end of the day with a warm, healthy muffin in hand. And we all know the fall season just wouldn’t feel right without consuming all things pumpkin, right? What better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than with guilt-free, DELICIOUS pumpkin muffins!
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Diet and exercise. That’s the key to good health, right? Whether you want to achieve a full body transformation or simply want to feel better, the majority of health experts teach that health begins and ends with what you put in your body and how often you move it. While I do not wish to diminish the importance of these two components, I would like to encourage another approach: Instead of exclusively focusing on how your body feels, try focusing on how you feel about your body.
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Bulletproof Cupcake
These rich and delicious cupcakes are packed with healthy fats and other nutrients but with no refined sugars, they won’t leave you feeling sluggish like other baked goods. Using 85 percent cacao chocolate packs even more health benefits through polyphenols, copper, and antioxidants.
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I’ve tried countless techniques to make the best hard boiled eggs. Today I’m going to share with you my favorite way to do it. Keep in mind that I like my hard boiled eggs “soft.” I greatly dislike the dried out, overcooked and covered in a gross green outside layer yolks you find in most hard boiled eggs. You know what I’m talking about.
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