Mistakes in the Making: Letting Go of Perfectionism in the Kitchen

Mistakes in the Making: Letting Go of Perfectionism in the Kitchen

Mistakes in the Making… I was recently advised to start making more mistakes, on purpose. Why would a therapist encourage me to set up mini failures, not only for myself, but for my kids as well? I’ll explain. About three years ago, my husband and I noticed our...
Help Your Employees be More Healthy with Body Fat Testing

Help Your Employees be More Healthy with Body Fat Testing

Of the many corporate wellness services we offer at MNT, one of our most popular is body fat testing using a technique called bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). That may sound a bit foreign and scary, but BIA is a quick, easy, painless snapshot of certain...
Five Healthy Lunch Box Ideas!

Five Healthy Lunch Box Ideas!

Time to dust off those brown bags or bento boxes. School’s back in session. Are you on the hunt for healthy lunch box ideas? I’m kind of lucky, I guess. My son wants the SAME lunch day after day. But in August, not only do we celebrate back to school, we...
My Morning Routine – A Key to Health and Happiness

My Morning Routine – A Key to Health and Happiness

Five am to 6:30 am is the time of my morning routine. It’s my favorite 90 minutes of the day. PERIOD. To be fair, I’m a morning person. It’s easier for this to be the golden hour of my life because I’m wired for it. My morning routine was born after the birth of my...
Carrot and Coconut Curry Soup

Carrot and Coconut Curry Soup

This carrot and coconut curry soup was the first recipe I prepared after getting back from our summer vacation. I couldn’t WAIT to put a healthy meal into my belly, and I also wanted to recreate some flavors from vacation – hence the coconut. (I might have had a pina...