Healthy Chicks

New year, new Healthy Chicks in the Community feature, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness world and beyond!

I’m thrilled to kick off 2020 with Kristen Reed, a Holistic Nurse and Reiki Master sprinkling her healing touch out into the world! I love her holistic approach to nursing — bringing together her love for people and health through Reiki, health and wellness coaching, and self-care.

In this months’s uplifting interview, we chat with Kristen about how she continues to bring holistic modalities into the medical world, her recovery from two back breaks (and a break up), and her love for sumo oranges. I’ll let Kristen take it away from here!

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Kristen Reed, RN, BSN, BA, HN-BC

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS/LINE OF WORK: 

My holistic health business, “Nursing Your Way to Wellness” helps busy women like you find more balance, manage stress, and live their healthiest, happiest lives☀️through Reiki therapy, Health & Wellness Nurse Coaching and wellness workshops!

With 1-on-1 coaching sessions, we work together to help you achieve your optimal health: feeling more balanced, energetic, resilient, and vibrant, with lifelong insights for lasting, powerful change, so that you can do ALL … Read More!

Good morning friends, and happy October! To me, October is a month of digging out what’s no longer serving us and harvesting the new — be it new connections, work projects or creative avenues.

Speaking of new connections, I’m so excited to bring you this month’s feature on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness world. Reiki practitioner and women + girls empowerment coach Sam Carney is a ray of sunshine, empowering girls to be whoever it is they want to be…with confidence.

Through her business Doorway of Light, she launched her signature program Blossom Bright — offering a variety of unique group mentorship opportunities for young women. Think: farm-fresh lunches, full moon sleepovers and vision board workshops.

In this month’s interview, we chat with Sam about creating impact in the community, the power of real food made with love, and why she creates music playlists to correspond with the seasons.

Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! Hubby and I enjoyed a lovely weekend camping (ahem, glamping) with family in Cooperstown, NY…the perfect way to say goodbye to sweet summertime.

But before you say goodbye for good, you’re going to want to make this grilled Elote Corn. With just the right amount of salty, savory and zest, this recipe is a late summertime must!

Late-Summer Grilled Elote Corn

*recipe inspired by Bon Appetit, serves 4 

• 4 ears of corn, husked
• Sir Kensington’s mayonnaise
• chili powder
• cayenne powder
• fresh cilantro, chopped
• feta cheese
• 1 lime, cut into 4 wedges

Grill corn until lightly charred, for about 8-10 minutes. Brush with mayo, and generously sprinkle with feta cheese followed by a dash of chili powder, cayenne and fresh cilantro to your liking. Serve with a lime wedge and a bottle of your favorite rosé. 

 

 

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In the blink of an eye, September is here, and that means it’s time for this month’s feature on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness world.

I’m all about supporting other women-owned businesses, so I was thrilled to connect with WishRoute, an “accountability buddy” providing tools to help you build healthy habits around exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness. The founder Jess reached out when they were kicking things off to see if I wanted to include my Spark Your Bliss cards in their surprise member packages, and it was a heck yes from me!

On this month’s series, I got to chat with Jess to discuss the importance of having accountability when it comes to shifting behavior, her knack for experimenting with healthy deserts, and why Katrina Lake of Stich Fix is her #1 role model in biz.

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Jess Lynch

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS/LINE OF WORK:
I founded WishRoute on the belief that people lack the accountability they need to follow through with their wellness goals. We all have lots of robot driven health & wellness apps on our phones, but we aren’t emotionally connected, so when … Read More!

Morning friends, and Happy August! Seriously where is the summer going?! If you missed my message the other day, make sure to go take a look because I want you to know YOU ARE ENOUGH. Yes, I’m talking to Y-O-U!

Alrighty, moving onto this month’s feature on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness world. If you don’t already know by now, I have a major love affair with bone broth, so I was super pumped to meet master broth maker Melissa of The Hale Bone Broth at a wellness event, serving up her goods.

We naturally hit it off, and I knew she’d be a perfect fir for this series! In this fun interview, we chat about creating meaningful connections, plans to grow the biz and her girl crush on Rachel Hollis. I’ll let Melissa take it away from here!

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Melissa Smith, Owner of The Hale Bone Broth

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS/LINE OF WORK:
The Hale is a health and lifestyle brand focused around healthy accountable living that is enjoyed! The Hale Bone Broth is a product that was designed to align with our search for the … Read More!

Morning friends! Hope you’re recovering from a fun-filled 4th of July weekend, but if you’re still struggling to get your groove back, try making these easy budget-friendly veggie burgers — made with pantry staples like sweet potatoes, black beans and rice. Trust me, they’re super easy with lots of nutrient-rich, plant-based ingredients to give your body a healthy boost.

Speaking of health, I’m so excited to bring to you this month’s spotlight on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness community. This month, we’re chatting with Health Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Maggie Dion of RejuvInnate Nutrition!

I love Maggie’s holistic approach on getting to the root cause of your health issues, which is so important in my opinion. Plus she’s a super fun gal who loves chocolate and kale…and that’s what life’s all about, am I right?

In this informative interview, we chat about alternative healing modalities, treating yourself to the things you love, and her morning “power block” to get grounded and set her up for success each day.

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Maggie Dion, FDN-P, HHC

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS/LINE OF WORK:

As an applied functional … Read More!

It’s May, and that means it’s time for this month’s feature on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness community.

With Mother’s Day coming in hot, I couldn’t be more thrilled to feature this beautiful mama to be, Olivia Friel of Healthy Balanced Birth. Olivia’s one of those gal’s who exudes authenticity and kindness (and she’s totally rocking that pregnancy glow).

In this inspiring interview, we chat about her role as a birth and postpartum doula, her love for capturing moments on camera and how she’s preparing to welcome her sweet baby girl this summer!

NAME: Olivia Friel

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS: The name of my business is Healthy Balanced Birth, LLC. I am a Birth and postpartum doula, as well as a certified holistic health and nutrition coach.

Initially, I launched a business based on health and nutrition coaching but then transitioned my business to focus on birth work after seeing a need for more education surrounding pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum period. My goal is to empower birthing people and their support systems to make educated and empowered decisions during their pregnancy, birth and journey … Read More!

Hooray, it’s Friday and March 1st! That means spring is coming, right? Good news: it’s actually only 19 days away (not like I’m counting or anything)!

I’m so excited to bring you this month’s spotlight on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses doing their thang in the wellness world. As a yoga and meditation instructor, Lauren passionately and selflessly shares her gifts with the world through volunteering and her recent work with the Boston VA Healthcare System.

In this interview, we chat about her dream celebrity dinner guest, new career teaching Veterans yoga and her love for her home Tower Garden. I’ll let Lauren take it away from here!

NAME: Lauren Durso

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS/LINE OF WORK: As a Certified 500hr Advanced Yoga & Meditation Instructor, I teach to private clients and group classes at my private home studio in Walpole, MA as well as local studios. My recent career addition is joining the Whole Health Systems team with the Boston VA Healthcare System, working full time teaching Veterans yoga and meditation. I am a Wellnesspreneur, as I also own my own Juice Plus+ franchise educating people about whole food nutrition supplement options … Read More!