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For everything pertaining to mental health nutrition and it’s relationship to stress, lifestyle habits, and sleep quality. Find the secrets to a simple peaceful life and a quiet mind.
Holistic Nutrition
Gut health, sleep + nutrition fundamentals
5 ways to simplify nutrition for the overwhelmed and anxious
Nutrition is such a noisy space. Even myself, as a nutritional therapist find it overwhelming. I still remember the specific lecture in school when everyone started sharing the many extravagant ways they avoid EMS waves and I just remember thinking- "I can't keep up...
Your stress migraine survival kit
If you’re one of the millions of people who struggle with chronic stress migraines, you know the toll they can take on your life. The pain, the nausea, the sensitivity to light—it's exhausting. And for many, it’s not just the migraines themselves, but how much life...
How to bake healthier: 9 essential healthy baking alternatives
To understand me more, you'd have to know I graduated culinary school with my focus on baking and pastries. Baked goods and pastries I love to my core. While there are many quality gluten free, or paleo recipes out there, my heart still prefers using wheat flour and...
Mental health
Stress, anxiety + depression
Poor gut health and anxiety: The surprising connection
We all know the saying "trust your gut," but is your gut just a metaphorical source of intuition? Or is it a real player in your mental health? Your gut might be more connected to your anxiety than you realize. Medicine in the past would view the digestive system as...
How to manage holiday stress: A less stressed December
In my practice, we can trace a lot of symptoms back to the effects of chronic stress. And for the month of December- it only increases.Stress levels and body signaling are frequently ignored for years (or decades) before we actually decide to do...
Living with OCD: Best resources to get you to recovery
For me, reaching recovery was so much more than just completing a couple years of ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. It was also the 100 other little things, like creating a calm home by slowing down, getting into nature more, healing my gut etc. This...
Cooking
Breakfast, family meals, whole food desserts
Sheet Pan Sesame Chicken: Gluten free, Dairy free
I'll confess, my takeout order is not Sesame chicken or the beloved General Tso's either. However, it is what my son loves. I find the quality provided by many establishments is pretty low. I wanted to create a similar recipe that didn't face me to pan fry chicken,...
One Cup High Protein Mexican Hot Chocolate
One clear 90's day- in a local Denny's, one particular waitress gave my sister and I bottomless hot cocoa, which mean of course- bottomless whipped cream. No charge. I couldn't tell you who our family was with or what we ordered or anything else about that day except...
Quick and easy homemade Pico de Gallo
"Salsa is now the number one condiment in America." "Do you know why-? Because people like to say 'Salsa'." "See, this should be the show. This, just talking." "What? Just talking? Well, what's the show about?" "It's about nothing." This homemade pico de gallo will...
About Leana
I married my highschool crush and we’re now a family of 5. I have a great big love for big dogs, black coffee, and really good food. I’m so glad you’re here. Join me and others just like you as we take time to prioritize and nourish our bodies, simplify and rest, and restore our quiet mind and peaceful spirit.