the healthy happy mindset

10/07/2025

I would add prayer and giving it to God at the end of that, but great advice!

03/30/2024

"Holding onto anger and resentment is like scuba diving with an anchor. As long as you're clinging to it, you're bound to the seabed, limited in movement, unable to appreciate the coral reefs and the colorful fish that dart in and out of view.

Forgiveness is letting go of the anchor. It isn't about declaring what was done to you is okay, but about unburdening yourself so you can swim freely. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. It's the gift of letting go of the anchors you've been carrying."

James Clear-author of Atomic Habits

07/07/2023

07/06/2023

While sandwich meat remains a lunch box staple nationwide, several choices contain preservatives like nitrates and nitrites, which have been linked to potential health risks. Learn more: https://ewg.life/3OzVHeG.

07/06/2023

Walking, reading, praying. 🚶‍♀️📚🙏

05/06/2023

It’s time we stop thinking of the way we eat as relevant to only one piece of our health, it dramatically influences the entire body.

These six strategies can help shift your mental health:

Eat whole, real food. Feed your brain and body with a nutrient-dense, whole, fresh, plant-based diet that includes plenty of protein and healthy fats. Your brain is about 60 percent fat, so it makes sense eating plenty of healthy fats (and including anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids) and protein can help heal your brain.

Cut out sugar. If you’ve ever eaten something sugary, “crashed” a little later, and felt absolutely miserable, you know how sugar can contribute to depression. Studies confirm sugar consumption can contribute to depression. Become a detective and find and avoid hidden sources of sugar, which are more prevalent than you think.

Exercise regularly. Studies show exercise is as good as, and even better than anti-depressants.

Get enough sleep. Terrible sleep will only contribute to and exacerbate depression, so you want to aim for eight hours’ solid, uninterrupted sleep every night.

Control stress levels. Constantly feeling stressed out becomes a surefire way to become depressed or stoke the fires of depression. Find what calms you and practice it regularly.

Take the right nutrients. Many nutrients can alleviate depression and support optimal brain health, including omega-3 fatty acids and 5-HTP. I suggest working with an integrative practitioner to customize a nutrient program that works for you.

Additionally, I recommend testing for nutrient deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, blood sugar imblances, and inflammation.

05/06/2023

Food additives can cause many serious health issues. Read your ingredients. It's important to know what going inside your body. What's going inside your cells.

The FDA does not review the safety of food additives when new science reveals potential health risks. That means there are thousands of food products on U.S. store shelves containing chemicals linked to health harms.

We created a guide so that you can avoid the worst food additives allowed on US store shelves. https://bit.ly/2WixVeo

05/06/2023

I always aim to fill my plate with about 75% vegetables. Stick with mostly non-starchy veggies. These foods are high in fiber, too, so they’ll fill you up.
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Winter squashes and sweet potatoes are fine in moderation (½ cup a day). Not a ton of potatoes! French fries don’t count even though they are the number one vegetable in America. Always choose real vegetables in their most whole and natural form.

Choose organic and regenerative when possible. Use the Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen guides by the Environmental Working Group (ewg.org) to choose the least contaminated fruits and vegetables and save money.

04/27/2023

RESTING IS DOING

If only we could see the power in rest.
If only we could attach to it, the worth it so deserves.
If only we could open our minds to the idea, that everything in nature has its time to rise and its time to descend.
That each of these acts is just a important as the other.
And that is exactly as it must be.
If only we could see the courage it takes to lay aside the worries, the fears and the comparison, just for a few hours, to let the mind, spirit and body come together again.
Doing the one thing they all require so much… nothing.
If only we could see the power in rest.
Because resting is very much doing.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘life’
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Art by the utterly delightful Tarn Ellis (her prints and gifts are simply beautiful)

04/22/2023

There are 25,000-plus phytochemicals in the plant kingdom identified to date, and they’ve only recently been deemed critical for health.

Surprisingly they are also found in animals, such as in grass-fed cows, who consume a wide array of nutrient-dense plant foods.

While deficiency of these phytochemicals may not result in an acute disease like scurvy or rickets or in protein malnutrition, it can lead to long-latency deficiency diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, dementia, depression, and more. ⁣
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Every time you take a bite of food, consider that you are programming your biology for health or disease.

When you eat healthy food, you are, in fact, eating medicine. ⁣