The Nutritionista Podcast

Some people are reluctant to take food supplements because they associate them with drugs. The two classes of substance are actually worlds apart. The only thing they have in common is an outward appearance (i.e., tablet or capsule). 

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Enter to WIN a free nutritional consultation with Wendy. 5 names will be drawn at the end of the month and will be contacted within 24 hours.

It may be the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease. It’s known for its anti-aging power as well as its benefit in fighting cancer, heart disease, dementia, and other chronic diseases. It’s also important for treating everything from autism and Alzheimer’s disease and more.

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Enter to WIN a free nutritional consultation with Wendy. 5 names will be drawn at the end of the month and will be contacted within 24 hours.

Restless Leg Syndrome (or RLS) is a neurological dynamic in which a person has a periodic compulsion or need to move their legs in order to relief a general feeling of discomfort.

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Sleep Hygiene is so very important, not only for our physical health, but also our mental health. 

Download your FREE PDF of Sleep Hygiene today and start getting a better nights sleep today. 

PROGESTERONE: ESTROGEN’S UNRECOGNIZED STEPSISTER

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

ESTROGEN: FAT LOSS HORMONE, OR FAT GAIN HORMONE?

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

If your diet consists mostly of highly processed refined foods, it’s a smart idea to make the change to include more fiber-rich foods, but it’s not a good idea to suddenly start eating 30g of fiber per day. The body needs time to adjust to higher fiber levels and doing too much too fast can lead to bloating, gas, and constipation – effects that might make you think eating more fiber won’t agree with you.

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Enter to WIN a free nutritional consultation with Wendy. 5 names will be drawn at the end of the month and will be contacted within 24 hours.

THE ADRENALS: THE METABOLIC GAS PEDAL

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

THYROID: THE METABOLIC MANAGER

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

CORTISOL: THE STRESS HORMONE

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

INSULIN: THE FAT STORER

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive.

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again

Most women know instinctively that their hormones influence their weight. But here’s the thing… It’s not the hormones you think.

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This is the first of 3 different recipe packs available only during our 6-week NON diet Nutrition Intensive. 

• 15 recipes
• Suggested meal plan
• MyFitnessPal integration

All designed for you to begin your journey towards a macronutrient balanced way of eating that will help you to begin a life free from:

• food cravings
• binge eating
• with toddler level energy all day
• in clothes that fit
• in a body that feels lean, sexy and strong again 

Hello my lovelies, Wendy here... 

I've changed things up a little for this, my love letter to you for your health and your heart. As part of a Nutritionista team, I adopted the name for this podcast - with permission from my co-Nutritionista - to lighten things up, to shift directions, to give you a better idea of what I am offering to you, my devoted listeners. 

While the content won't change to much because, afterall, I am still ME, the direction of the chit-chat will always ebb and flow as I evolve and shift and grow as a practitioner and lover of life. 

rRest™ is cutting edge technology in the field of mental wellness. As a licensed rRest™ coach, I provide opportunities for release of situations that no longer serve us.  

By integrating neuropsychology with alternative modalities, including kinesiology, mindfulness meditation, acupressure/acupuncture, and the chakra system of the Vedic tradition, emotional traumas that continue to upset our day to day lives can be released in as little as one to five sessions.  

If you are someone that seems to be always stressed out, and is constantly looking for more to add to your plate instead of managing the stress you already have, you might be an addict.

You're not alone. Stress has become common place and even odd, when we see someone who isn't stressed these days. 

So how can we recognize it within ourselves to begin the healing? 

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul.

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime.

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020.

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world.

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace.

#findingpeaceseries

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The secret to living a healthy, balanced and happy life lies on the seven main chakras and their alignment. The chakras are our energy centres and each chakra has its own individual emotional and spiritual benefits. They are in so many ways associated with happiness, creativity, self-confidence, love, self-expression, vision and connection with the higher self and your spirituality.

Looking at the dominent emotions associated with each chakra, stress testing for it's presence and then clearing it, helps us to move forward with the help of rRest™. 

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul.

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime.

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020.

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world.

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace.

#findingpeaceseries

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When you are trying to reduce your stress, there are many methods you might want to try out. This includes having healthier habits, eating right, exercising, finding out what your stressors are, and many other options.

Ideas for Stress-Relieving Affirmations

Here are some stress-relieving affirmations and mantras you can start with. These give you a good idea of what the statements might be like, whether you choose from this list or create your own:

I am at peace.

I will remain calm today.

This is temporary.

Exhaling allows me to release the stress.

My body is at peace.

I feel loved and complete.

Today, I will let go of my worries.

I am able to relieve stress and tension from my body.

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul.

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime.

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020.

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world.

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace.

#findingpeaceseries

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“Coherence is the state when the heart, mind, and emotions are in energetic alignment and cooperation,” HeartMath Institute Research Director Dr. Rollin McCraty says. “It is a state that builds resiliency—personal energy is accumulated, not wasted—leaving more energy to manifest intentions and harmonious outcomes.”

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul.

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime.

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020.

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world.

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace.

#findingpeaceseries

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When you start looking at ways to reduce your stress levels, you probably focus on how much work you are doing, what your daily responsibilities are, and whether or not you practice good self-care. These are all very important, but don’t forget about the simplest choices you make every day that could be impacting your stress.

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul.

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime.

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020.

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world.

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace.

#findingpeaceseries

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Overcoming the stress in your life starts with noticing what your stressors are and working to reduce them, but you can’t prevent every situation that could potentially cause you stress. This is your body’s natural response, which leads to a fight or flight response. You still need to get out there and live your life, so it is more a matter of how you react to stressful situations when they arrive.

Keep reading to learn how you can remain more calm and relaxed even when incredibly stressful things are happening around you.

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Summer is here and things are opening up again, at least here in Ontario. We are slowly navigating this strange new world and doing the best we can to strengthen ourselves, mind-body and soul. 

It's not always easy and the residual effects of what we've been through will last a lifetime. 

Let's face it... we're all a little stressed, even more so now then when we entered 'change', and for some of us, it's just compounded upon what we were already living with prior to March 2020. 

That's why throughout the next month I will be focusing on STRESS and the lasting impact it can have on our health and our world. 

Stress not only affects our sleep, relationships and mood, but it can have lasting ramifications on our bodies by exasperating health issues like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes. 

Talking stress and ways to help alleviate it so we can then take control of our bodies and our health and finally find some peace. 

#findingpeaceseries

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Remember, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT

Virtually all major health conditions stem from one primary cause: chronic systemic inflammation. It’s the silent trigger behind conditions as varied and seemingly unrelated as Alzheimer’s, asthma, heart disease, chronic pain, digestive disorders, diabetes and cancer.

But what causes chronic inflammation and how do we fix it. 

Over the past month we discussed disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

'FOOD FIRST'

As a nutritionist, I will always promote 'food first'. This isn't always the popular choice as many people don't want to give up certain food in order to get healthy and would prefer to continue eating and living the way they do and pop a pill. 

It's not that easy and it really comes down to.... how much do you really want to get healthy? 

Inflammation is often the root cause of many of our issues today. By doing what we can, using simple techniques like increasing omega-3 and decreasing omega-6 there can be a world of difference in your body. You will feel better within days. 

It baffles and saddens me that we've come to accept things like:

• Body pain, arthralgia, myalgia.
• Chronic fatigue and insomnia.
• Depression, anxiety and mood disorders.
• Gastrointestinal complications like constipation, diarrhea, and acid reflux.
• Weight gain or weight loss.
• Frequent infections

....as NORMAL or worse yet, unavoidable! 

Over the past month we discussed disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

Inflammation can get out of hand and last longer than necessary. This is called chronic inflammation, and studies have linked it to many diseases, including diabetes and cancer. Diet plays a crucial role in your health. What you eat, including various herbs and spices, can affect inflammation in your body.

Why not spice up your meals, explore some new flavours and add some depth to your regular meals with the addition of herbs and spices that will not only help you produce some delicious meals but help you reduce inflammation at the same time. 

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. People are most familiar with acute inflammation. This is the redness, warmth, swelling, and pain around tissues and joints that occurs in response to an injury, like when you cut yourself. When the body is injured, your immune system releases white blood cells to surround and protect the area.

In contrast, when inflammation gets turned up too high and lingers for a long time, and the immune system continues to pump out white blood cells and chemical messengers that prolong the process, that's known as chronic inflammation. 

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

Keeping it on the (pardon the pun) lighter side today and getting back to my roots. I love food. I love to cook food, I love to eat food. I've even used food to snag a boyfriend or two. Yes, I'm that good of a cook. lol 

Recipes for you to dive into this summer:

In a healthy body, toxins are eliminated continually and consistently, which allows genuine healing to occur. But if the body is constantly inundated with a stream of toxic material, the body has difficulty keeping up with elimination, and toxins begin to accumulate. 

This slow poisoning affects the body’s pH balance by pushing the body into an acidic state, allowing cancer to thrive. Toxins and heavy metals must be removed in order to return the body’s pH to an alkaline state.

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

A good rule of thumb is this: if you can’t pronounce an ingredient and if the product isn’t certified labeled organic or non-GMO, it probably contains cancer-causing GMOs and should be avoided.

This isn't new to you is it? 

But what may be new is that due to regulated loopholes, most of the ingredients in and on our foods aren't listed on the label. Sad and scary at the same time. 

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

The Problems Hiding in Our Food ~ Processed & Packaged Foods

Food today isn’t what it was just half a century ago. Much of the problem lies in the fact that our food supply is largely depleted of beneficial trace minerals and other key nutrients that have been stripped from the soils as a result of chemical-based agriculture. The healing compounds that are meant to fortify our bodies against toxic breakdown are all but missing from the foods that most people eat every day, resulting in an epidemic of nutrient deficiencies. 

Then there’s the plethora of cancer-causing toxins present in our food, as well as in water. Toxins that, in many cases, were birthed from the same failed philosophy of “better living through chemistry” that led to the stripping of nutrients from our soils and the advent of widespread chronic disease.

Here’s something to always remember: If you want to live a long and healthy, cancer-free life, eat foods with a shorter shelf life.

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

What is your why? Why do you eat the way you do?

Is it blind, unconscious, automatic...put food in mouth and go? Or do you take a second look at what you are actually putting into your body?
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All those images you see on television of happy cows munching grass on pristine pastures next to fields of picture-perfect produce ripening on the vine aren’t exactly the most accurate depiction of reality.

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

What is in your water? Do you really know? And why is it so important?

As a Holistic Nutritionist we are taught from day 1 to get more people to drink water. ;). While I'm being dramatic, it's not far from the truth. Water is essential for so many of our bodily system functions. We are made up of 75% water. It is the main component of who and what we are. 

But when we drink unfiltered water from the tap, we are not helping our bodies. In fact we are hurting them and that's what we're looking at today in this supplemental episode of More than Hope podcast. 

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

A cancer diagnosis and the prospect of cancer treatment is scary, even for the most positive person. There are probably a million questions and thoughts running around in their head and sometimes the stress of everything can be worse than the disease.

Nutrition, when used as a therapy is incredibly powerful. But it's often over looked by the conventional medical world as it's getting busy setting up chemotherapy, radiation and surgery appointments. 

In the whirlwind of a diagnosis, we don't listen correctly, we forget. We need someone there as an advocate, to ask questions, to allow for alternative points of view to come in, to be your voice when you're lost in the fog of a diagnosis. 

That's what Holistic Cancer Practitioners do. 

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

"Cancer is a word, not a sentence." - John Diamond.

Although so many of us have been swimming in the swampy section of the genetic gene pool, it doesn't mean that we are destined to a life of medical appointments, diagnosis', pain and suffering. We can swim to cleaner waters and rid our bodies of the sludge that has built up. 

It's a choice you have!

I want to provide you with as much information as you can handle in order to make the choices you need to ensure the best possible outcome. These are only suggestions mind you. Like everything in life, there is no guarantee, but it will help give you a fighting chance...granted you come at it from a holistic mindset.... body, mind and soul!

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives?

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can.

Todays episode was adapted from Healthy Living for Life from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. 

Modern medicine is miraculous but does it provide the opportunity to prevent the disease process from expressing? Not usually! It will however allow you to remain sick for many, many years. Most of us live a life that, undoubtedly will allow for the expression of disease processes in our bodies over time. This is unfortunate as I'm sure most of us would prefer not to develop diseases. 

As a Holistic Cancer Practitioner and knowing that 75-95% of lifestyle diseases are preventable, why are we not doing everything possible to prevent disease from taking hold of our bodies and destroying them, and our lives? 

Over the next month and going forward I will be discussing disease prevention from a holistic perspective and I invite you to follow along, ask questions and being to take responsibility for your health like no body else can. 

Todays episode was adapted from Thetruthaboutcancer.com and the wide variety of helpful information you can find there. 

Trying to decode the signals our bodies send us can feel like a giant puzzle sometimes. Why do we feel great some days and crappy on others? And what do those nagging symptoms really mean?

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.

Finding that missing link to eating issues isn't easy. Most of my chats centre around learning what is going on with your body and your life and then implementing a few changes to shift towards greater possibilities. 

Tuesday Talks with Wendy was a series that started 'before the world changed' and I thought, since it was Springtime (where I am) that I'd rebirth an old favourite and give it 'shift' by bringing it to my podcast. 

Based upon the work of Louise Hay and her book Mirror Work ~ 21 days to Heal Yourself©2016, these meditations can be life changing, if given the chance.