the foundations of wellness

the foundations of wellness

My goodness it’s been too long since I’ve written a post. This last year has been a busy year to say the least. A beautiful year of ups and downs, stresses and relief, celebrations, joy, mourning and contemplation. Certainly, a year full of personal growth and Nourish had alot of growth of her own.

My goal is to start writing shorter, more frequent post with tips on health and wellness that you can implement (or not if they don’t resonate!)

One thing that keeps coming up in my brain is the expense of wellness. Or that it needs to be expensive. We are inundated with exciting supplements, red lights, saunas, protein powders, cold therapy, sleep trackers, drinks and elixirs and therapies of all kind. Do I love these things and use and take many of them? YES! And I genuinely love researching and trying new things so I can feel my best. Do I do them all the time and all at once? No... there is a season for everything. Most importantly, are these things necessary to be healthy? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Having the foundations in place first will make up 90% of your health. The rest are extra and are a part of the fine tuning of your health. So don’t stress or spend on the supplements and wellness tools until you have these foundations in place. Lets talk about the free medicine. (Or relatively low cost)

Healthy Food for Road Trips

Road trips have been on the rise these last several months. Kimber recently drove all the way to California with her girls and mother in law and my little fam drove to Colorado a few months ago. Because not feeling crappy and eating delicious food are both so important to Kimber and I, you know we prepared a car full of food. Lord knows the middle of Kansas is not a bumpin food scene.

Not all Smoothies are Created Equal

Not all Smoothies are Created Equal

Generally, when you think of smoothies you assume you are making a healthy choice for yourself.  Smoothies, especially those at large chain smoothie and coffee shops, can contain 80 plus grams of sugar (some over 100 grams which is more than 3 sodas…come on!!) and are loaded with preservatives. This is fine if this sugar bomb smoothie is your occasional treat, but let’s hope that your occasional treat is not a smoothie, but rather something chocolate based from a dessert menu. They are trying to convince you that these “healthy” smoothies are actually good for you by showing cross fit athletes, yogis and runners with six packs on their website. We understand the power of marketing, but don’t be fooled and please know there is a BIG difference in smoothies.