What We Are Thinking About
Our intention is to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the world of Optimum Wellness. We’ll blog about what’s for dinner, the latest and greatest exercises, positivity, spirituality, and healthy living. Our mission is to serve and inspire. If there is something you’d like us to write about, please send us a note and let us know.
Dr. James on Mirroring Love
February 13, 2012
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It’s February and a lot of you are thinking about your heart and that’s always a great idea. You may be thinking about exercising and eating well and those are both awesome ways to take care of your heart. Let’s also think about something else. This is the month where we have Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is all about the quality of love.
Join Us!
January 4, 2012 by Optimum Wellness 2 Comments
2012 Wellness – Eat! Think! Move!
Expand Your Brain, Shrink Your Belly
Come Get Your Blueprint for Creating and Unleashing Your Best Life Yet
The Real Happy Meal
January 3, 2012 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
We are blessed with bio-chemical individuality. To a certain extent you need to be somewhat of an adventurer and investigator to discover what feeds you best. Keeping a food journal along with how you feel physically and emotionally can certainly help you discover which foods really work for you and which ones make you a little crazy, cranky or just plain uncomfortable.
Reset-Sational!
January 3, 2012 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
Who’s in favor of a do-over, a mulligan, a second, fourth or twelfth chance? This is our time. We are collectively conscious and poised to begin again our quest for greatness. This is the perfect moment to access our present picture of vitality and if you are under-whelmed then vision anew. Go inside and feel your sense of fulfillment.
Mulligatawny Stew
December 20, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
We adapted this recipe from Emeril Lagasse’s original Mulligatawny soup recipe. For more recipes from Emeril, click here.
Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, canola or olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 each celery stalks
2 each garlic cloves, minced
2 each Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, [...]
Winter Hydration
December 9, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
Every winter those painful cracks appear at the corner of my thumbs. It is a gentle reminder that winter has arrived and it’s time to amp up the hydration both inside and out. Skin is especially vulnerable to dryness and cracking during the winter for many reasons. One of the biggest causes is the forced-air/dry heat that we invite into our homes.
Ten Ways to Thrive Through the Holidays
December 6, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 1 Comment
The holiday season can bring out the best and worst of a person. While some can’t wait to spread the good cheer, others are more “bah humbug!” Not surprisingly we may find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or both this time of year. There is inadvertent pressure to be on top of things, whether you celebrate the holidays or not.
5 Tips for a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving
November 15, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
Thanksgiving happens to be our favorite holiday of the year. There is no better excuse to express gratitude for those that you love the most and open your heart and your home to spread the love. Although some people look forward to, literally, pigging out all day, there is a more mindful and healthful way [...]
Holiday Harmony
November 14, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
This month we turn our lives and open our hearts to giving thanks. Thanksgiving offers the opportunity for introspective reflection and gratitude. To create and maintain a sense of gratitude is at once inspiring and humbling. Most of us have the best intentions to experience the holiday season with grace, openness, and love. By nature and physiology we are innately positive beings, programmed for optimism.
The Art of Gratitude
November 14, 2011 by Optimum Wellness 0 Comments
This time of the year we are enveloped by gratitude and encouraged to be grateful. The art of gratitude is simply being open to seeing the blessings in all of life, all around us all the time.
