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June 29, 2017 By Alison Hector 10 Comments

How to create margin and boost your health and happiness

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Can you recognize a lack of margin in your life?  Is it your inability to arrive on time for appointments?  Eating your entire meal in five minutes and not recalling how the food tasted?   A home that’s more obstacle course than soothing retreat? A margin intervention might be just the course correction you need. What a margin deficit […]

June 15, 2017 By Alison Hector 10 Comments

Change these personal care products to reduce toxin exposure

Do you pay much attention to the ingredients in you personal care products?  I mean, soap is soap.  Right?  Same for deodorant.  If you’re not smelly, it’s all good.  And lotion?  As long as you’re no longer looking like a patch of parched Saharan desert, you’re good to go. Well, maybe not. We’ve been too trusting of the makers […]

June 1, 2017 By Alison Hector 6 Comments

Five kitchen tools for healthy meal prep

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For those of us looking for efficient ways to prepare our meals, investing in practical kitchen tools that simplify meal prep can make a tremendous difference.  I’m sharing with you five of my favorite meal prep kitchen tools that have helped me to eat healthily and happily. Spiralizer With this five-blade spiralizer, I forgo the energy crash from high-carb […]

May 18, 2017 By Alison Hector 10 Comments

12 Ways to Curb Your Sugar Consumption

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Are you a “sugar mama”?  Do you get a sugar “high” from your food and drink?  Is it difficult for you to go without some form of sugar for even a day?  If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may need to drastically curb your sugar consumption to escape the “sugar blues” […]

May 4, 2017 By Alison Hector 8 Comments

Is it time for a conversation about constipation?

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What constipation symptoms are you experiencing? If your time on the porcelain throne is less than pleasant due to constipation, chances are you’re dealing with digestive upset that shows up as: Infrequent bowel movements; Bloating; Rabbit pellet-type stool; Straining to pass stool; Flatulence; Stomach pain; and Incomplete evacuation. Think about it: you eat daily, so […]

April 20, 2017 By Alison Hector 4 Comments

Five small steps that lead to big health wins

So, 2017 was to be your year to make changes to your health.  How are those big health wins going so far?  Guess what?  We’re already in April!  What wellness goals do you really want to achieve, and how are you going to achieve them?  My tagline for Healthy Woman, Happy Woman is “Small Lifestyle […]

April 6, 2017 By Alison Hector 16 Comments

Your spring kitchen cleanup: here’s how to get it started

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More than any other season, spring energizes me to make a fresh start.  Where better to begin than with a spring kitchen cleanup!   I’m going to wear two hats today: health coach and professional organizer.  Clutter can keep us from living our healthiest, happiest lives, so the first step in this spring kitchen cleanup is decluttering.  In nutrition […]

March 23, 2017 By Alison Hector 8 Comments

Here’s to a healthy, happy mouth!

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Few experiences are more painful than toothaches and mouth-related problems, so a healthy, happy mouth is probably high on everyone’s list of best hygiene goals.  And why not?  Think about it:  digestion begins in the mouth, so what better area to focus on to keep illness at bay! According to the World Health Organization, “60–90% of school […]

March 9, 2017 By Alison Hector 4 Comments

So you’re STILL awake; what’s next?

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In the last blog post, we looked at six morning practices that can lead to a healthier, happier life.  So… I presume you’re still awake; what’s next?  Here are the other six of my Delightful Dozen morning practices that I promised to share. Weigh in I’d love for everyone to weigh daily, but most people […]

February 23, 2017 By Alison Hector 8 Comments

Okay, so you’re awake. What do you do next?

Okay… so you’re awake at the crack of dawn and have a demanding day ahead of you.  What do you do next? Dash into the shower, pull on the cleanest outfit within reach, grab some coffee, and rush, half-awake, to work?   Attend to the details of getting the kids ready so that you all can get out of […]

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