Tag: integrative nutrition

How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Your Body

After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body-relationship, Marla Marla Mervis-Hartmann has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and appreciate their bodies. Marla has been featured at TEDx Salinas. Marla has followed her passion for women's health down many study paths, including women's sexual wellness; postpartum care; Restore Your Core … Continue reading How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Your Body →

Do We Need More Mental Health Awareness?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here's my controversial opinion: we don’t need more mental health awareness. We need more tools to get well and stay well. We need practitioners willing to think outside the box, beyond the checklists and low-efficacy treatments.  At 18, I met the criteria for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. When … Continue reading Do We Need More Mental Health Awareness? →

21 Days of Nourishment: A Virtual Group Coaching Program

Virtual Group Coaching Alert! If you are feeling: Drained  Defeated Discouraged Disconnected Overwhelmed  Anxious Scattered Out of control with your eating and/or schedule Or maybe you are experiencing symptoms like: Bloating Gas Constipation Diarrhea  Headaches Fatigue Hanger Constant cravings I have a group for you! Starting October 8, I’m launching 21 days of nourishment using … Continue reading 21 Days of Nourishment: A Virtual Group Coaching Program →

When the Christmas Season Doesn’t Go as Expected

Do you ever have the feeling you just don’t do holidays as well as other people? Or maybe the holiday season hasn’t gone as you wanted it to?  We’ve had a difficult fall, as I’ve been dealing with some heavy past trauma I didn’t know I had. My Christmas spirit has been minimal. I don’t … Continue reading When the Christmas Season Doesn’t Go as Expected →

Putting My Mental Illness into Remission

I was medicated for bipolar disorder for 18 years. Ten years ago, I went off anti-psychotic medication. Eight years ago, I weaned off my remaining medication, an SSRI antidepressant. Today, I am mentally healthier than I've ever been, particularly in the last five years, since I have been (mostly) gluten free and eat a lower … Continue reading Putting My Mental Illness into Remission →

New Year, Same Me: And That’s Okay

The biggest transformation that happened for me this last year had nothing to do with my body and had EVERYTHING to do with how I see my body. If you want to lose weight this year, great. If you want to take a different approach to health by balancing things from the inside out, that's … Continue reading New Year, Same Me: And That’s Okay →