Good Reads

Recipe: Maple Sesame Glazed Chicken from The Migraine Relief Plan

February 6, 2017

When I first heard about Stephanie Weaver’s new book The Migraine Relief Plan, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I’ve always been someone that has suffered from migraines, and migraines suck.

When I went gluten-free 8 years ago (I can’t believe it’s been that long!) I did notice an overall decrease in the amount of attacks I had. From time to time though I still get migraines and sometimes they last for a few days. In the past, I would just pop an over-the-counter pain reliever and pray it would do the trick. More than often they wouldn’t and they would just give me side-effects (cue the stomach ache). I just keep thinking that wouldn’t it just be better if there was a way to prevent them all together, without medicine? I love Saje’s peppermint halo for treating my headaches too, but sometimes it isn’t strong enough to completely do the trick.

The Migraine Relief Plan is a book that was created with that purpose in mind. So, naturally when I heard about it in a gluten-free Facebook group I jumped at the chance to get my hands on it.

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You Care Too Much: the important act of self-care

November 16, 2016

What does self-care mean to you? For me, in addition to my daily routine of putting my face on, it’s getting that much needed “me time” and letting my body relax and recover from life. I make a conscious effort to not schedule anything on Sundays. Sundays are my “me day” – I catch up on freelance work, my TV shows, stay in my PJs and end the day with a lush cosmetics bath. It’s my Sunday ritual.

Self-care is such an important act, one that I think we often push to the sidelines for various reasons: we’re too busy caring for others, we don’t have time because of our jobs, school work or adulting, blah blah blah. I won’t lie, I catch myself making excuses too sometimes. When I chose to dedicate one day a week to self-care, the excuses started happening a whole lot less. And honestly, it taught me just how important and valuable the simple act of self-care is.

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Why Sleep Should Be Your #1 Bae

May 25, 2016

Let’s talk about sleep (baby*). If you haven’t figured it out already, your relationship with sleep is the most important relationship you have in your life. Seriously.

Every month my office does a bookclub, and we’re currently reading Arianna Huffinton’s book, The Sleep Revolution. Sleep has always been very important to me. I’m not a nice person when I don’t get enough sleep, and I require a lot of Z’s. And I always knew that it was important for our health, too.

But I never realized just how important it is, or how fascinating it actually is.

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Currently Reading: Leave Your Mark

August 5, 2015

I’m the first person to admit that I always buy books based on the cover. (I’m a total sucker, an advertiser’s dream if you will.) Because of this, more often than I’d like to, the books I end up buying are terrible with only a few occasional surprise gems. Spoiler alert: don’t buy books based on the cover. Unless it’s this one.