Life Less Toxic RSS

Let Go to Find Flow
Anyone out there on Strava? I am 🙋‍♀️, but not for the normal competitive reasons a regular athlete may choose. I've never been one to really care how good I am compared to others at athletic endeavors. I kind of assume...
Continue reading
I Quit Alcohol
Summer was a (boozy) blast!  🍻 Summer, for my husband and I, involved lots of fun trips, including our first journey across the pond since COVID.  We went to the lands where whisky flows like water and beer is a...
Continue reading
Releasing Yucky Build Up
That last item on the checklist was the one that really struck a chord, and perhaps that's why this harvest moon stood out to me this time so blatantly... apparently I had some releasing to do.  There wasn't any 1 specific thing going on in my life that I could point to as a source of negativity, rather it felt like more of a yucky build-up. 
 
One suggestion, thanks Chat (first-name basis), was to write down all the things you want to release and then light it into flames, symbolizing their lack of existence or presence in your life.  That sounded kind of pyro-cool 🔥 , so I went for it.  I sat down with my family and we all wrote out our lists of all the negative energy we wanted to release.  My family members wrote a few lines, my 4-year-old a few words "no more whining", but mine kept going.  Yucky build-up indeed.
Continue reading
Obesogens: Are Chemicals Making you Chubby?

What Exactly Are Obesogens?

Imagine if toxins in your products and body fat had a secret love child—that’s obesogens. They’re chemicals that disrupt your body's normal metabolism, fat storage, and hormone balance, essentially turning your body into a fat-storage machine. Yup, these are the toxic frenemies hiding in plain sight, found in everything from your food packaging to personal care products. 🤯

They mess with your metabolism in a way that makes your body more likely to store fat, regardless of how much effort you put into eating well or working out. I know, this is a cruel and unusual joke, right?  Sadly, it is not.

Continue reading