Compass Rose Nutrition & Wellness
Blog
With Gaylene Gomez
One of the most common questions I get is about snacking. How can I quit snacking, or how can I find healthy snacks. One of my biggest tips is to make them at home. That way you know exactly what’s inside. Plus, it’s less expensive than store bought, and you can tweak the ingredients to your taste!
This Energizing Power Ball recipe is a great way to fuel your body pre-workout or to give you a mid afternoon energy boost.
Mindfulness is all about training yourself to pay attention in a special way to things happening around you.
It is about learning to focus on the present moment, letting the past be, and trying not to think about what may be coming up in the future.
So much time is spent thinking about things that happened in the past, and worrying about what might happen in the future, that we forget the present moment is all we really have.
Mindfulness is a way of helping us to experience life as is happens. Mindfulness does not happen automatically. It is an ongoing training process of developing new thought patterns, but the benefits to your mental and physical health will be worth it.
When we think of "vitamins," we know they're super-important for health.
But vitamin D is special.
It's difficult to get enough vitamin D; vitamin D is, therefore, a very common deficiency especially for those living in northern climates like I do.
So, let's talk about how much of this critical fat-soluble vitamin we need, and how you can get enough.
