by McKenna Gordon | Jun 22, 2016 | Nutrition, Parenting
I am constantly being told that the biggest problem parents face is that they want to raise their families and kids very healthfully but it’s hard. Sometimes the problem is “I don’t know how” but sometimes the problem is that it’s just...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 21, 2016 | Mind & Soul
I feel like we are constantly taught from society and health experts: “You can’t have this”, “Only have one bite”, “You want less sugar” “No.” “Can’t.” “Shouldn’t.” That’s...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 21, 2016 | Mind & Soul, Well-being
Five Beings We have 5 aspects to our being: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic. It’s really important to not neglect any of these if we want to make a true change in our life. I think it’s crazy when we are told to just throw willpower at...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 15, 2016 | Mind & Soul
There are 2 main functions in the body that take up so many resources and energy that other less important body processes are paused until these functions are complete. These two processes are digesting food and managing emotions. Both of these require...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 15, 2016 | Mind & Soul, Nutrition
When we take a look at how and when emotional eating began (for all of us), we can start to realize how ridiculous it is to fight emotional eating with “willpower,” and instead embrace our emotions and give them a place at our dinner table. -McKenna Gordon It started...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 15, 2016 | Mind & Soul
Soak in relationships and set a goal to get to know someone more deeply at that gathering instead of focusing on the food. Can you remember a time when you got home from a stressful day and went straight to the fridge like a zombie, not even realizing it, just...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 15, 2016 | Mind & Soul
“What are you really hungry for?” I’d like to just pose this question. Is it the sugar we’re addicted to? or the dopamine response that occurs when we eat sugar? – And where else in life can we turn up our happiness hormones and neurotransmitters?...
by McKenna Gordon | Jun 7, 2016 | Mind & Soul, Parenting, Well-being
It’s a completely normal scenario: your child starts flipping out over something seemingly small, like being given the the pink cup instead of the green cup. Or having to get off the swings at the park because it’s time for dinner. They go from fine to...
by McKenna Gordon | May 30, 2016 | Mind & Soul, Well-being
What percentage of your average day is spent in stress? What We Have to Worry About Vs Our Ancestors Compared to 50-100 years ago, we are taking in a LOT of data every day. Did you know that every single day, the average person takes in the equivalent of...
by McKenna Gordon | May 25, 2016 | Nutrition
Every box of cereal plays the same exact trick, whether it’s Froot Loops, Honey Nut Cherrios (which are both actually lower on the sugar end than a lot of cereal in the market believe it or not) or Mallow Oats Mom’s Best Cereal which is an organic choice...
