Are you ready to dive into a plate of perfectly seasoned fajitas - with all your favorite toppings, of course - while keeping your weeknight meal prep super simple? With these sheet pan chicken fajitas there’s no need to marinate or stand over a hot skillet. Just toss a few ingredients together, spread them onto a sheet pan, bake and boom - you’ve [...] Continue Reading
3 Easy DIY Foot Scrub Recipes
Are your nerves feeling a little frayed lately? Chances are it’s a good time to soothe the 14,000+ nerve endings you walk on every day . . . while also exfoliating and softening the soles of your feet, of course. This DIY foot scrub uses gentle pressure to relax the 7,200 nerves contained in each of your feet, which in turn sends a message to [...] Continue Reading
Easy Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
Quick, name a recipe that’s ready in under 30 minutes, only requires a handful of ingredients, and comes out tasting like a restaurant-style dish. If nothing came to mind just now, it’s time to make a batch of this Instant Pot chicken teriyaki. With a sticky, sweet and savory sauce that’s based on this recipe, it makes an easy and flavorful [...] Continue Reading
DIY Dual Extraction Reishi Tincture (Benefits + Video)
Grab life by the . . . antlers? Okay, that's not exactly how the saying goes, but when I started growing mushrooms on my kitchen counter I knew the experience would not be complete without a batch of reishi. Specifically, the gorgeous, antler-shaped red reishi you see in the photo below. Sure, part of the reason was just that it's so [...] Continue Reading
25+ Mother’s Day Gift Ideas (That She Will Actually Want)
Most of us want the little things for Mother’s Day, like a 24-hour period in which someone picks up after us, feeds us, and handles all the household chores while we take a nap. Basically we want to be our kids, right? Of course, if someone wants to gift us something a little extra special, too, who are we to argue with that? My mind [...] Continue Reading
Chocolate Overnight Oats Recipe
Creamy and chocolatey, this overnight oatmeal recipe is a simple yet delicious make-ahead breakfast option for busy mornings. It’s rich in healthy fats, gut nourishing resistant starch, and beneficial bacteria, and it can made in big batches to save time on meal prep. I usually eat mine plain, but it can also be topped with: Fresh berriesNut [...] Continue Reading
What Is Inclined Bed Therapy? Benefits + How To
Last year, my functional medicine MD suggested raising the head of my bed by six inches to support my brain’s internal detoxification system. While it’s definitely not the only “out of the box” suggestion he has ever made, it might the weirdest . . . so of course I had to research it. Though modern inclined bed therapy can be traced back to the [...] Continue Reading
11 Benefits of Reishi Mushrooms + Beginner Recipes
Sometimes referred to as the “mushroom of immortality,” reishi has been used for thousands of years to promote vitality, support immune function, maintain stress resilience, deepen mental clarity and more. Once rare and mostly reserved for the Chinese emperor and his court, these days it’s widely cultivated and available for those of us [...] Continue Reading
