Comfort Food Craving Secured with This Turkey Ricotta Meatball & Tomato Bake
It’s funny how cravings work – we usually crave foods we’re mildly addicted to, which are also usually the foods we eat a lot of. It’s like a perfect linear relationship (shout out to Math 7!) – the x and the y-axis increasing at the same rate and all that. So when...
Back to Your True Nature: Lifestyle Design & Coaching with Melissa Colleret
Have you ever felt like you've lost touch with your true nature? This is not to say that anyone feels A+ in every area of their life at all times. But if the best word to describe how you're feeling lately is "blah," then a little life re-design is in...
Preventing SAD as Part of Your Winter Wellness Routine (8 Ways)
Is it getting harder to fight the urge to build a blanket nest on the couch and wait for spring? Denying something as wonderful sounding as a blanket nest is hard.
Winter is a time of year many of us don’t feel at our best or most energetic. We may think...
These Dreamy Coconut Cream Pie Truffles Are Just What January Needs
We’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts! Well, coconut cream pie truffles to be exact. Rolled in a dusting of vibed-up shredded coconut or coconut sugar, lovely is an understatement.
Coconut, or more precisely the oil, may just be one of the healthiest foods on earth. In addition to its incredible taste...
Toxic Thoughts? Here Are 3 Steps to Cleanse & Detox Your Mind
We all have a friend who loves to declare, “I can’t eat that. I’m on a cleanse.”
For better or for worse, cleansing and detoxing have been the rage for years now. Most detoxes focus on physical health by eliminating toxic substances like alcohol, caffeine and sugar. Some seem to eliminate...
4 Ways to Bring Comfort & Ease to Your Meditation Practice
Steadiness, comfort and ease. According to the ancient author of the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali, this is what you're aiming for in your physical body when you practice meditation.
These may not be the first three words that come to mind when you're sitting still, on the floor, with a straight spine,...
Indonesian food sits among my ‘world’s top tastiest’ from all of my tasty travels. So many flavours, so little time. The cookbook I’ve sourced this from is similarly becoming my favourite for the international flavours exploding from its pages.
In cooking, I often feel that specific measurements are somewhat unnecessary. Unlike...
A Mindfulness Meditation for When You Are Isolating
In a world full of over-sharing, I have a tendency to under-share. It's my naturally rebellious nature rearing its ugly head.
When things get tough, I isolate. I let my cells soak in loneliness and then I further accentuate this loneliness with a good dose of avoiding and denial.
Just because I...
New Decade, New Goals? How About These 6 Fresh Perspectives on Goal Setting
So, here we are. A week into the New Year, and how are those goals coming along? Hmm. Maybe you need to look at them in a different way.
Here are six fresh perspectives on goal setting.
1. Start at the Finish
This might sound a bit backwards, but you can better understand the journey...
The most ubiquitous word in January has got to be 'detox'. And rightly so - we are post-party season after all.
So, if you're on one, it's your lucky day. This is one of my favourite detox support smoothies formulated to cleanse and enhance your digestive system. How? Pineapple, dark leafy greens,...
