Category: Wellness
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PIVOT!!!
This is my return to blogging. I am taking a different route this time. Hence the title “PIVOT!”
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Chicago Tea Festival 2019
First Annual Chicago Tea Festival https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aB4qgACrb/ Day One: Located at Holiday Inn Express Merchandise Mart in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, I was thrilled to discover a view of the Chicago River from my hotel room. This is the first time there has been a festival like this in my hometown, so I really…
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World Tea Expo 2019: Two Worlds Collide
Ravings of a Tea & Wellness Fanatic!
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Tea for Two…Four
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and as a wife and mother of two and half (dog) it isn’t your typical candlelit dinner celebration with romance afoot anymore. After twenty-two years of marriage Valentine’s Day and our idea of how to celebrate evolves over the years. These days a celebration is showing each family member how valued…
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3 Week Elimination Diet: Day One
NO Gluten NO Dairy NO Eggs NO Soy NO Corn NO Alcohol Why? Determine what possible irritant is causing my perpetual abdominal bloating. All the listed items being eliminated are possible common irritants. The Elimination Diet I will be following is one suggested by Dr. Susan Blum as part of my education at The Institute…
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Kombucha? Where to Start and Why
If you have ever seen how Kombucha is made you would have thought it came straight out of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. Kombucha is after all, ALIVE!!! In fact it is one of the healthiest of drinks you can put in your body. What is Kombucha? Kombucha (also tea mushroom, Manchurian mushroom, formal name: Medusomyces gisevii[1]) is a variety of fermented,…
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The Hippies Had It Right
No I’m not talking about “special” brownies. I’m actually talking about mushrooms. Yes, just like the ones the Super Mario Brothers were wise enough to eat and power up. You can learn so much from video games if you just pay attention. Important tip, those mushrooms they were eating aren’t actually safe for humans just…
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Jumpstart To Your Healthiest Holiday Season Yet
Get a head start into the holiday season and crowd out those sugary treats and start feeling better and more energized to take on the holiday stress now. Consider it a pregame to the big game. This year is your year to enjoy the holidays and not be bogged down, feeling your energy zapped by…
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Refined Sugar Experiment
Feels like ages since I last wrote my last blog post. Seems pretty accurate since it has been a while. I can tell you that starting school, dealing with wasp invasion in my home for two weeks, volunteer commitments, plus school issues with the kids, and a hectic schedule was what kept me away. All…
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Food Detective: Entry Four – FINAL
Over, done, kaput, the juice cleanse is done. I learned a lot. More than I expected. Some good, some bad, but overall I am glad I went through it. I know I complained off and on but it wasn’t a difficult as I expected it to be. Perhaps it is my previous experience being on…
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Food Detective Diary: Entry Three
882 calories, all liquid, for three days. Final day is today. However, let me tell you about day two. Every scent, every picture, every time I go into the kitchen I get the sudden urge to eat. I haven’t touched any food this whole time. I am strong and I will survive. The urge to…
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Food Detective Diary: Entry Two
Survival was the only thing on my mind. How could I possibly drink juice for three days? I love food, for goodness sake I consider myself a foodie. I keep telling myself it is for a good cause. Clearing or resetting my body is what has to happen. I need to figure out what is…