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 […]
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 […]
Is Social Pressure Keeping You Sick? One Woman’s Journey out of Chronic Illness
Welcome to our third podcast! Can you think of moments in your life when you were struggling with your health and happiness? Did you notice situations where concerns about fitting in or societal expectations got in the way of you making the right decisions that will really help you heal? If we’re honest, we all […]
Podcast: How Is Your Emotional Hygiene?
We brush our teeth and wash our hands, but do we clean out our emotions and tend to our emotional needs? Or do we neglect them, letting them pile up and get stinky like week-old dishes or mounds of mildewy laundry? Which causes more damage to yourself and loved ones, stinky armpits or a stinky disposition? […]
Cleansing Part 1: Feeling dirty? When is cleansing clean and when is it a punishment?
We are writing this article as a love offering to all the people we have known and will know (including ourselves) who have wanted to feel better and, let’s be honest, look better, and have struggled with feeling disgust, anger and confusion towards their body. See if any of this sounds familiar. So, a very common […]