Go with your Gut: Increase Serotonin by Improving Gut Health

The Gut-Brain Axis The gut-brain axis is a communication network that connects the gut and the brain, allowing them to exchange information and influence each other’s function. This communication is bidirectional, meaning that signals can travel from the gut to the brain and vice versa. The gut-brain axis is composed…

Added Sugar: Are You (And Your Kids) Ready For the Emotional Rollercoaster Ride?

Written By Susana Sanchez, Holistic Health Coach   We’ve heard many times that what we put in our body directly affects how we feel emotionally and physically. But, as parents & caregivers, do we really act according to this premise? Formerly, when a child or teen was suffering with anxiety,…

Reframing Fertility

Using supportive language to frame your fertility journey Where Do We Begin When We Treat Infertility? With an invitation + body trust + acceptance of the mystery. Read the following contrasting mantras and, as you read them, feel how they land on you:     I am doing everything perfectly…

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

Welcome to Fall, folks. Even in Houston we’re feeling it. Cooler temps, rain, maybe you’re even noticing a change in mood from feeling super care-free to feeling a bit more serious or melancholy. Even if your mood hasn’t changed, we’re guessing your schedule probably has tightened up a bit, right?…

Fertility, Working with What Is

The word fertility can conjure images of round pregnant bellies, or a field rich with flowers being pollinated by adorable bees, or the food we are blessed to eat from our earth……or tearful women and men because fertility is not coming easily to them. It’s difficult to not feel like…

Chocolate – A Labor of Death…Er, Love

Chocolate, believe it or not, does not start out its life as the ooey-gooey deliciousness we love to consume. There’s a lot that goes on from cacao pod with white, bitter, slimy seeds to get to a smooth, decadent chocolate dessert. For starters, the appearance of chocolate beans before they…