As a health and wellness coach who serves corporate clients, I am excited to announce I have completed the training and examination to become a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist®.

PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome – this is the entire reason I enrolled in and received my Hormone Specialist Certification, after hearing from a handful of health coaching clients that they suffered from this condition. So what is it?

Situation: You’ve just walked in the door after a long, stressful day of work. It’s late, you have nothing prepared for dinner, and you’re too exhausted to chop, peel and cook the vegetables in your fridge.

For ages, fasting has been a part of our worldwide culture. Before it was ever a fat-burning, lose-weight-quick technique, it was a religious practice in Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism to demonstrate sacrifice or serve as a gateway to a greater spirituality. Only recently has it become mainstream as a dietary approach.

All My Child Wants is Cheetos and Mac N Cheese!

“Chicken nuggets or pizza please!”

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that response when my children were younger I would be a millionaire.

I certainly am not perfect. My children have had hot dogs, pizza, birthday cake, chips and have occasionally eaten something off the floor that has been there longer than five seconds. But as I studied nutrition and became more aware of what was in our food, I started paying attention to what I was feeding them as well.

I have found that self-care ALWAYS without fail pops up as a goal during my clients’ early health coaching sessions. (What do I mean by self-care? Read my earlier post here  What is Self Care. The fact that every one of my clients lists self-care as a goal has shown me just how desperate we all are for a little self-love and nurturing.