Did you know it’s possible to accidentally lose 50 pounds? I did. My family and I dieted for years and it never worked, at least not for long. We experienced that wretched dieting yo-yo effect in which we regained more than we lost. We would get so hopeful and motivated, then when we ended […]
Can’t Stop Eating in Quarantine? Why it’s perfectly natural and what you can do about it
A friend posted this on Facebook: “I can’t stop eating!” My first thought? Well of course, that’s so very natural. I read the many comments and, as we would all expect, she is not alone. This whole novel Coronavirus situation has been extremely stressful, so of course people are stress eating. Why do […]
Healthy Hedonism Carrot Cake (or Cupcakes) with Faux “Cream Cheese” Icing
Learn how to modify a recipe to reproduce this amazing dessert! Traci here! It was my birthday last month. My dear friend and fellow healhty hedonist, Nicole Holley (aka The Conscious Cake Queen) asked me if I wanted one of her cakes for my birthday. Is that even a question? Of course I wanted a Nicole […]
VIDEO Love Your Guts: Addressing Root Causes of Illness & Mental Health Struggles
Join Megan Wood, gut health advocate and soon-to-be medical student, as she interviews me (integrative and functional health coach, Traci Potterf, PhD). One of the most important topics we landed on is the connection between gut issues and mental-emotional health, including anxiety and depression. I’ll share about the science and my personal journey […]
Podcast: The Myths of Aging Workshop Preview
Our culture has a lot of confusion around aging and the treatment of elders. We shame aging and our taught our value diminishes with age (unlike many cultures). At the same time, so many of us live a lifestyle that accelerates metabolic/ cellular aging (which makes us feel “old” at a relatively young age) […]
Coconut Whipped Cream: You won’t believe it’s not dairy!
Are you looking for a literal spoonful of paradise experience? Then, dip a spoon into some of this! I was sitting down to serve it at Thanksgiving one year, I saw my friend taste it, then overheard him telling his girlfriend not to eat it since she had a dairy sensitivity. I told him that […]
Video: What the #$*! is organic and is it really that important?
Join us for this video as the tables turn and fellow wellness professional, Rebecca Kelso of The Healing Coaches, interviews me about whether or not organic is really that important and what it even means. She asks really good questions from the lay consumer point of view and some of the info here may surprise you! […]