At 8:30 pm on New Year’s Eve I was diagnosed with MS. Yep, we’re getting real-real, real-fast. You in? Because here’s the deal: I realized that from the outside, my life has looked like a series of half truths. And now I’m ready to get a little uncomfortable and share with you the whole truth. […]

Are you scratching your throbbing head as to what is triggering those awful migraines? While the direct cause is still a little foggy in the mind of researchers, the food on your plate could reveal many culprits. With millions of migraine sufferers in the United States alone, the triggers and level of tolerance can vary, […]

It was Sunday afternoon, which for Farmer Kevin Flaim, meant he had just a few short hours out of the entire week to rest. Yet this week he generously traded those hours in to tour me around his farm. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” […]

Food is Medicine. Yoga Transforms. The Body Heals. I experienced these three truths first hand. I changed my diet. I change my lifestyle. I changed my migraines. And that changed my life. It sparked an insatiable craving in me to learn more. What else could food do for the body? What other benefits did yoga […]

  I was thoroughly prepped for my first yoga class. I arrived 15 minutes early in my black pants and cute tank. I figured I should at least look the part when I walk into the studio. The instructor signed me in and gave me an overview of the class and benefits of yoga. She […]

Thanks to discovering and eliminating my triggers, the migraines weren’t as fierce or frequent. Food became my medicine. I knew if I went back to a free-for-all eating, I was sure to be back in migraine misery. But as I got older, the stakes got higher as I entered college (i.e. all work and all […]

After much research in the personal lab of pint-sized me, I started to identify the migraine troublemakers. It was time to kick them to the curb. What were my migraine triggers and where had they been hiding? Here are some biggies that really made a difference to me. Caffeine – aside from the obvious coffee, […]

On the outside, I was living a happy childhood, but on the inside, my body was going bonkers. As told through my first column, the mere smell of chocolate made my head feel like it was going to explode. But chocolate wasn’t the only monster that brought on this horrifying pain that made me lie […]

How did my fascination with food begin? It started with a kiss … a Hersey kiss that is. At age seven, I was barreling down the stairs on Christmas morning as my sister and I discovered the mound of presents under the Christmas tree. Among them was a giant Hersey kiss. We could think of […]

Why Yoga? People come to the mat for a variety of reasons … to stretch tight muscles … to reduce stress and anxiety … to improve posture … to quiet the mind … or simply because it’s “trendy.” Yet regardless of the initial reason, a regular practice begins to reveal countless benefits and a new […]

I was getting migraines – that much we knew. To get me off the merry-go-round of constant pain and sickness, I took the medicine the doctor prescribed. But taking medicine certainly wasn’t cool as a kid. Medicine was for old people, not me. Plus it made my already out-of-sorts tweenage body feel even more unfamiliar […]