5 Ways to Feel your Best Through the Holidays This is the season of indulgence and while we don’t want to zap the joy out of it by a lot of rules these are 5 ways that I plan on making sure that I can enjoy each moment! 1. Drink...
My Favorite Ways to Eat Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
I love a good Turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving, topped with cranberries, stuffing and gravy but I especially love coming up with new ways to use leftover turkey. A few of my favorites are the Simple Enchilada Casserole. The recipe calls for chicken so cooked turkey is an easy...
What’s for Thanksgiving in the Gleeson Family household.
We generally have a full house on Thanksgiving Day It starts with the Thanksgiving Day parade all in Pj’s and then Happy Hour at 3 with Dinner following. I have spent a lot of time in the past years revising some of our favorite recipes so that they are a...
Healthy but Incredibly Tasty Desserts
Life without dessert is no life at all! A healthy lifestyle does not have to exclude desserts. Celebration is part of living and dessert is always a celebration so here are a few options that are delicious but won’t derail you as you pursue a healthier lifestyle. Enjoy!!! ...
Healthy Snack Options
Snacking can either give you a large energy boost or it can most definitely be an energy zapper depending on what food you are choosing. I have found with healthy snacking that I can give my body and really good boost of energy when I concentrate on those foods that...
What Do I Eat For Lunch?
Lunch can be tricky for some especially when they are having to carry it with them to a work or school location. It can also be the meal that can sabotage your health and weight management efforts if you are eating out every day. I have a great list here...
What I Eat For Breakfast
I get this question a lot…what do you eat for breakfast so I thought this would be a great way to share it with everyone. While I work hard to readjust the eating patterns of my clients. We are not changing everything at once so breakfast is a great place...
One Of My BIG Life Lessons!!
There is the quote that I recently heard which I feel sums up where I have been personally this past year and that is: “Are you living out your intention and purpose gifted to you by your Creator?” Whew! What big thoughts but this is where I have been sitting....
Disordered Eating
One of my clients made a statement in her last session, “I blew it this week. I had chips, salsa, taquitos and a margarita.” My response was, “Did you have fun?” And of course, her resounding answer was “YES”. Why do we have so much guilt and shame surrounding food? Isn’t...
The Sown Life’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019
Happy Holidays! Here is a list of some of my favorite gifts and they are all items that I regularly use in my day to day life. I managed to find Amazon links for everything in hopes that this will be helpful. I get many questions when it comes...