CBD oil benefits are numerous -- so I wanted to give you some thoughts on my personal experience. I had never heard of CDB oil until a few months ago, but the moment someone said it was a natural way to help with anxiety, I was in. Anxiety seems to have increased as winter creeped in -- and I'm trying to decrease my use of "wine to relax," so this seemed like a good idea. I immediately found an online shop and ordered it, not realizing it's actually pretty widely available in natural grocery and health food stores as well. And it makes sense that more people are selling -- the market is set to hit $22 billion by 2022 (wow!) What is CBD?Simply put, CBD is the portion of a marijuana plant that doesn't include THC (the main psychoactive … [Read more...]

What's it like to be a multi-passionate, positive and successful force of nature? Meet Katy Widrick, a business owner, Orange-Theory addict, political activist and mother of two. I'm hooked to Katy's Instagram stories, where she provides daily doses of wisdom on everything from parenting to exercising. And when she cares about an issue -- like gun control -- she is one of the most pro-active and passionate players around. She even did phone banking this year! In todays' conversation, we talk about our shared love of social media, mom life, Katy's uber-successful media business and for a large chunk of time, we talk politics. Specifically, we discuss how two people who disagree politically, as Katy and I do, can still be friends and … [Read more...]

Intuitive eating sounds vague, mysterious even -- but it's simpler than you think. Also, did you know the way to stop feeling guilty about eating is to eat MORE of what you love? Dietitian Lauren Rieker, who specializes in eating disorders and founded Renovate Your Plate, is a different kind of nutritionist. She says "emotional eating" can be a good thing -- and gets into the meat and potatoes (no pun intended) of WHY we binge or restrict -- or just feel plain bad about what we eat. "Diet culture tell us what we shouldn't trust our bodies, that we should put our nutrition into an app and have an app tell you what to eat, versus listening to your hunger and fullness cues...once you make peace with food and remove that judgment, then … [Read more...]