Eat from the Earth

The alarming rate that boxed and frozen pre-packaged foods are flying off the shelves is jaw-dropping. Yet those of us that seek out home gardens, organically sourced items and all the ways to source real, whole food, are finding ourselves plentiful right now. What we know is that the earth was meant to feed us,…

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what do you love

Is this a hard question or did the answer leap into your mind immediately? Love comes in all shapes, sizes and multitudes. And the answer doesn’t need to be complex or overthought. In fact, when you lead with your heart and not your mind in answering this question, you need to dig deep to really…

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detours

The road less traveled. The path we least expect. A new adventure….. So many sayings for what a divergence from a linear path or assumed plan really means. Yet – we often don’t give options their full due diligence until we need to. Why do we get comfortable with status quo? Is it easier? Simpler?…

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trust your gut

A dear friend recently shared this brave story with me and encouraged me to share this with you all as well, in hopes that it would reach the next recipient that needed to hear this divine message. We all know what’s best for our health and your voice is the loudest advocate you can have.…

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new healthy habits

GUEST BLOGGER: Eve Emerson As Jill’s parents, the diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer to our beautiful, vibrant and healthy young daughter was nothing less than a gut punch, devastating, and heartbreaking news – there are no words to adequately describe the feeling.  As time progressed, we all learned a lot about this disease in…

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My LUNGEVITY story

Read my full story below, in my own words, as featured on LUNGEVITY in January 2020.  I was 37. I was healthy, exercised daily, ate well, and had never smoked a cigarette in my life. Yet on August 17th, 2019, I received the news that changed my life forever. A tumor. A mass. Cancer. In…

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i-am-human

You’ve heard me mention #mindset and staying focused on what you can control, aka your thoughts. But let me tell you, there are some days where it seems I’m more inclined to “practice what I preach” than others – little life tests, tiny struggles, that all come crashing in at once. Monday was one of…

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meditation

No doubt, the benefits of meditation are endless – reduce stress, control anxiety, positive emotional health, love and appreciation, alleviate blood pressure/pain/disease – I could go on! What I have learned recently is that understanding what meditation is, what it means to you and what personal impact it will have on your life, is a…

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netflix-and-chill

Time to Netflix & chill this weekend. Cozy up with my top 3 healthy living documentaries and watch your way to a better lifestyle. A special shout out to my #luvyourlungs army who pointed me towards these gems. I can’t thank you enough. The more we know, the better! What the Health – This film…

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“The more you think of something the more you will your energy there.” After initial diagnosis, to say I wasn’t ‘numb’ was an understatement. I quickly encountered “all the feels” – grief, denial, anger, loss, hope, more grief – but then it was almost as if I catapulted into survival mode. I refused to believe…

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