Strength in Well-being - The Durango Herald

Cheating and ‘diet culture’

The notion of “cheating” when adopting healthier eating habits that serve us better creates a trap of self-sabotage that many of us fall into and then justify with some elaborate, sophistica...

DATE: Nov 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Trouble losing weight? Maybe it’s stress

For years, research has revealed that stress significantly impacts our bodies and our health; from a metabolic standpoint stress impacts our body’s ability to achieve peak health. For examp...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Right mindset, right action, right reward

Making the decision to do something differently is hard, but following through with your decision to do so is really the most challenging part. For example, making the decision to lose weig...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Hypoglycemic or hypochondriac?

Bipolar, depression, mania, anxiety, fatigue, headaches, psychotic-like episodes, brain-fog, temper outbursts, panic attacks, excessive mood swings. All of these symptoms are difficult to li...

DATE: Aug 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Say goodbye to sugar wrinkles

Say what? A new Botox procedure? Not quite. While we all know that sugar plays a significant role in weight gain and many diseases that significantly impact our health, such as Type 2 diabet...

DATE: Jun 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

How low sodium diets may increase health risks

Salt’s value has changed with the industrial revolution, but it still plays a very important role in our individual health. Salt has been used as currency. Roads and cities have been formed...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Seven tips toward a better diet for your kids

Let’s be real, feeding kids is tough! I’ve realized from firsthand experience with my three little ones that the goal here cannot be perfection. Through much trial and error, I ha...

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Dietary fat: Is it your friend or foe?

Over the last seven years, I’ve created meal plans for clients in my clinics to combat a plethora of maladies such as chronic diarrhea, constipation, heartburn, joint pain, autoimmune condit...

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Hijacking the brain’s reward mechanism

A key component of behavior change is the brain’s reward system, which consists of neurons in the different regions of the brain communicating to one another using dopamine, the feel-good ch...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Your thyroid and your weight loss

If you are worried about your thyroid, think it may be causing you to gain weight or have noticed your thyroid numbers changing as you lose weight, read on. In addition to weight ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Will eating breakfast really fuel your day?

As we bring in a new year filled with new beginnings, it’s time to reflect on your own health and vision for what you want to achieve. You might establish new resolutions, or you ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Cultivating your image of success

What will it feel like? For many of us, optimal health or our individual “peak state” has always been a far off dream. It’s been a dream that has been at our side for years – sinc...

DATE: Dec 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being