Reimagine your Diet: More Abundance, Less Restriction
I don’t usually wake up starving. In fact, I don’t get hungry for a few hours after I wake up and if I’m not careful I will forget and skip breakfast all together! Unless it is Yom Kippur of course, the one day out of the year that I agree to fast. Inevitably, I wake […]
Exercise with Dylan Conrad
I have a cousin who lives in New York, and despite the fact that I love her dearly, we rarely get to talk. Partly because of the time difference and the fact that every time I think to call her I have just 10 or 15 minutes and I think to myself, “Its been so long […]
Forgiveness and Weight Loss in the New Year
Forgiveness has been top of mind for me these days. With all that is going on around us, I realize that forgiveness might be the first step to healing our world. And as I start to see my patients in the office after the new year, I realize that forgiveness is essential to their practice as […]
WELCOME 2024!
Hi cecilia, Happy 2024!!! I love the possibilities of a new year! I find it exciting, energizing, and well, filled with possibility. But I am not much for the new year new you click-baity messaging. The subliminal messaging that suggests we are deficient or not good enough and tries to motivate us into action from a […]
Merry and Mindful, Taking Time for Yourself during the Holiday Season
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays I am dropping into your inbox on this holiday to offer you a soulful conversation I had with certified life coach, yoga teacher, and self-care aficionado, Erica Diamond, who lives by the words: “When you take care of yourself, you take care of the world.” I think we can all […]
Mindful Holiday Weight Management
We are in the midst of the holiday season. A time of fun, festivities, family, friends and of course food, which has left my patients asking, “How are we to manage the holiday season without weight gain?” Well, first let me say this. If you happen to gain weight during the holidays, it is not the end of the world. […]
Words and Thoughts – Why Mindset Matters More than the Food that You Eat
If you have read Hungry for More, you may know that words have a very special place in my heart. I grew up in a house in which the words used were very, very exact. My father, a bonafide word connoisseur, would never say, for example, you are being impolite, if I was being impolite (which was rare […]
Tirzepatide | New Ground Breaking FDA Approved Weight Loss Medication That You Have to Know
Hi Friends! Its been a while since we have had a newsbite and what a week in health news it has been! Last week we received the long awaited approval of Tirzepetide for the treatment of obesity. Zepbound, (which you may know as Mounjaro – the drug with the same active ingredient approved nearly 2 […]
Nourish and Medicate Through Food and Herbs with Dr. Anne Kennard
We can sometimes view food as something that we have to restrict or feel guilty about, but the truth is, when we look at food from nature’s perspective, we can see that it is simply a gift full of color, nutrition, and taste – and that is what makes it a valuable food source. This […]
3 Things I am Doing Right Now to Navigate Tumultuous Times
Dear Friends, I was not planning to write to you this week. Full transparency, I have been in a funk and it has been hard to do much of anything other than take care of my kids and take care of my patients. And from speaking to many of you, I know that you are […]