Holistic 1-Hour Meal Prep: Holistic Nutrition (Seasonal Meals For Fall & Winter)

November 15, 2021 Brandi Jackson

Today lets talk about holistic nutrition and meal prep. I have been working on observing and understanding the ebbs and flow of each season and how to stay grounded in nutrition as our season and environment shifts. Sometime it can feel extremely overwhelming and exhausting to figure out healthy holistic and nutritious food choices for yourself and your household but with inspiration all things become more possible.

I’ve decided that I want to share monthly inspiration for healthy nutrition via the blog in order to give us all a chance to think about easy ways to practice nutrition without feeling overwhelm or overworked. Let’s make it easy and then we’ll be more likely to make it consistent.

This month I have been investing in seasonal eating for produce, which can be such a great benefit for our physical health and mental health too. Something foods that can be great for fall and winter season is going to be sweet potato, onion, carrots, apples, oranges, pears, dates, greens, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, garlic, clementine’s, squash and persimmons.

Granola, It’s What’s For Breakfast

This month I felt like granola cereal would be a perfect quick, healthy and hearty breakfast. I also love homemade granola cereal because you can add all the good spices and I tend to go heavy on the ginger and cinnamon. I also love oats for their health factor of keeping your body nourished and sustained for longer periods of time when you have a busier on the go lifestyle starting your day with oats can be such a great power move. If you want to be even more of breakfast champion consider adding fresh strawberries or chopped banana to your granola cereal for a delicious breakfast or you can also take the granola and add it to a cashew or almond milk yogurt with fresh fruit to mix up the breakfast routine or to make a good mid day snack.

Granola Cereal Recipe:

4 C. Old Fashioned Oats

1 C. Golden Raisins

1 C. Walnuts

1 C. Crushed Almonds, Cashews, or Walnuts

2-3  Tsp. Cinnamon

2-3 Tsp. Ground Ginger

1 Tsp. Nutmeg

2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

1/2 C. Coconut Oil or Olive Oil

1/2 C. Honey

Directions: Pour all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Mix all dry ingredients. Combine all wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Apply non-stick oil to a baking tray. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes based on the brown texture you prefer. Allow the Granola to set for one hour before serving. It has amazing flavor and tastes great with fresh sliced strawberries or bananas with almond milk. My favorite cereal!

Green Protein Smoothie

Next, I love keeping a batch smoothie blend ready to go in the fridge to drink whenever the mood strikes or after my workouts to make sure I’m getting enough protein. I believe in green smoothies because they are amazing and packed with good for you nutrition. In the smoothie recipe below, I’m using the same mixed greens that I enjoy year around but I do love adding lemon for healthy digestion and increasing the flavor quality of the smoothie. I like to add vanilla protein to my green smoothie just to make the benefits more multi-use and multi-purpose and so far it’s been my easiest green smoothie and very satisfying to drink daily.

Green Protein Smoothie Recipe:

2 Cups Water

2 -4 scoops Vanilla Protein

2 Cups Mixed Greens

1/4 Ripe Avocado

1 Lemon Fresh Squeezed Juice

2 Servings Sea moss Gel

Directions: Add all ingredients. Blend ingredients in a high speed blender for a few minutes until the smoothie is consistent in texture. You can make a few batches of this smoothie and store in air tight glass containers. The smoothie mixture will expire in 5-7 days.

Warm Chicken Curry All The Time

Finally, my favorite recipe for the colder month’s is going to be golden chicken or tofu curry because it’s so hearty and like a stew but the flavor is amazing and makes you feel like you’re cuddled up in front of a fire place with a warm blanket even though your just eating a really good bowl of curry over jasmine rice but for all things we must find gratitude and enjoy life’s simplest pleasures. I also really love this curry recipe because it’s made in a crock-pot so you don’t have to do much but “set it and forget it”. I’m a big fan of crock-pot meals especially when you want to have a easy meal prep session.

Golden Curry Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 Pound of Chicken or Tofu (optional)

2 Sweet Potatoes (chopped)

1 Large Yellow Onion

2 Tbsp. Garlic

2 Carrots (chopped)

1 Can Coconut Cream

1 tsp. Red Chili Flakes

4 Tsp. Soy Aminos

1 Tsp. Sea Salt

32 oz. Vegetable Broth

4 Tbsp. Curry Powder (Yellow)

2 Tbsp. red Curry Paste

1/8 Tsp. Black Pepper

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a crock pot with exception of coconut milk. Allow for soup mixture to slow cook for 6-8 hours on “low” setting or 3-4 hours on “high” setting. Add coconut cream, sea salt and pepper to taste. This recipe is great to enjoy as a soup or served over brown rice.

I hope you enjoyed all of the recipes for this month’s Holistic Nutrition Meal prep. I’m so looking forward to coming back next month with a new 3-part meal prep where we can put the blender, oven, and crock-pot to use. Let’s save tome and also get our best health and nutrition, and we’ll keep it simple and easy!

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Holistic Therapy Tips: How To Feel More Joy + Happiness (Right Now & Today)

October 27, 2020 Brandi Jackson

Holistic Therapy Tips: How To Feel More Joy + Happiness (Right Now & Today)

Being authentically happier is possible even right now and today. It’s useful to first make the mental note “I could go for more happy vibes” and from there you can start to seek out more moments of joy. Sometimes you may find that others are kind enough to gift these moments of joy to you. But it’s a great idea to create your own moments of joy and happiness so that way you don’t have to wait for anyone. There’s a popular saying that I find to be completely true, “happiness is an inside job”. This means that we can always count on looking within instead of looking outside of ourselves for the things we need most emotionally. In the next few paragraphs, I’m going to share some of my favorite Holistic Therapy tools to feel more joy and happiness.

Choose to Laugh Everyday

Laughter is a medicine of sorts when we authentically laugh we feel happier and in a greater state of emotional ease. Laughter works by connecting us with something to focus on that not only makes us smile but also makes us verbalize our joy via laughing. When you laugh you also get the benefit of reduced stress. Your body physically reduces tension, you get more oxygen, your immunity is increased and you can even burn calories from daily laughter.

When we laugh we feel happier, it’s something we know in the moment as good but it’s also something we may not necessarily seek out on a regular basis. Try taking time at least 1-3x per day to create laughter with friends of alone to boost your personal sense of joy and happiness.

Locate Daily Awe-Worthy Inspiration

Life feels so very different when we cultivate and create a daily experience of accessing awe worth inspiration. I know every day can’t be equally awe inspired but if you reach for the stars as they say, you’ll land in the clouds. Creating a daily inspiration practice is great for making brain connections and cognition development. Imagine looking and finding inspiration daily so much so that you automatically look for it. This method create a great approach to seeking joy via inspiration of the good in the world, the beauty of a blooming rose, a smiling baby, a contagious laugh, a delicious meal, a amazing conversation with a loved one, or time tending your urban indoor garden.

No matter the items or experience you choose as a part of your daily inspiration routine, it should feel re-energizing and like a pleasant treat for you to enjoy. But you also get the bonus ripple effect of your mood likely being brighter which can extend into your important relationships and with the general public as well.

Connect/ Create With Your Hobbies Often

When we take time to connect or cultivate our hobbies we get to access a very unique and special experience called “Flow State”. Flow State is described as becoming completely immersed in the task where you achieve an “optimal state of consciousness” where you feel your best and can access best productivity and performance. When we connect and attend our hobbies we feel more happiness, more creative mindset, we’re learning to evolve from beginner, intermediate, and over to expert every time we engage. There’s a relationship happening that brings joy to us. I won’t lie, sometimes our hobbies can drive us up the wall when we experience set back but it’s a necessary part of the growth process and if we continue to hold space for hobbies, we gain an advantage of increased joy and happiness.

It may go without saying but just in case, it’s useful for your hobby to be something that can be done independently. When your hobby can be done independently you have more access and freedom to enjoy your developing relationship. You can also share hobbies with others but it’s great to save something that’s just for you as well.

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Holistic Therapy Tips For “Bouncing Back” After Disappointment

October 20, 2020 Brandi Jackson

Holistic Therapy Tips For “Bouncing Back” After Disappointment

So the day turned and morphed before your very eyes, everything was going okay but then disappointment showed up. You were doing great things, you had everything moving and grooving and then things just stopped going as expected.

It can be tough to recover from unexpected disappointments. Even when you expect things to be hard or surprising, you still may find yourself feeling disappointed when things don’t have the best outcome.

There are different ways you can help yourself recover when you experience a debilitating disappointment that causes you to stop in your tracks, question your own decisions, and makes you feel unsure about how to respond. Check out some of my Holistic Therapy tips below to learn how to improve disappointment navigation and recovery.

Take Some Space From Your Disappointment

It can be so difficult to think about what to do in response of a disappointment when you don’t create any space to step back and look at the bigger picture. Everything looks more complex when you’re getting the microscopic view. Consider stepping back to see things from a distance. Consider when you feel disappointment about an outcome, to slowly and gently step back from it however possible. This may mean turning off your phone, not checking email, or going for a walk to allow your mind to create healthy distance while your feeling the initial shock from the disappointment. Take space responsibly, if you have people counting on you please be sure to ask someone to cover for you while you step back. And if you don’t have support that can cover for you, consider letting the people attached to your responsibilities know you are going to take a brief break of sorts. Stepping back with a coverage plan or communicating in advance can work well with exception to children who may require your supervision; in this case consider low activity days like renting a movie and ordering pizza to keep your children occupied while you take a short break to recover.

Refocus Your Attention To Other Areas Of Your Life That Have Value

When you take some space from your disappointment, it’s a great practice to evaluate other areas of your life that have value. Refocus on the other elements of your life that feel important. Maybe this is where you can focus on your fitness and exercise practice, your nutrition plan for the week, or your self-care routine. Consider if there’s something more that you can add or practice that would help you better recover from your disappointment and feel more balance, more energy, or more happiness in the process. Sometimes it’s nice to make a stronger short term commitment in a different area of your life for example to do a 5 day meditation practice, a 7 day mile a day challenge, or a 5 day meal plan to actively focus on your immediate well being in a tangible and engaging way as you create space between you and your disappointment experience.

Find Your Why And Be Gentle

Whatever’s caused the feeling of disappointment may also have the possibility of redemption. Maybe it’s something you can revisit when you created some space to heal and refocus. Consider reconnection if it’s safe and appropriate. One tool that works well is to consider your why as you focus on gentle reconnection. Think about why the disappointment was important to you, why you wanted the experience to be successful. It’s important to consider what your disappointment means in a positive context for your larger goals. Why did you want things to go well on a deeper level? Why is this task important to you, what happens when it goes right? How will your life be more aligned with your purpose? We want to build a habit of thinking deeply and to see the bigger impact of your why in relationship to the disappointment recalibrating into future success.

Don’t Miss The Opportunity To Outsmart Your Disappointments

Be gentle in your practice and know that if your why is significant, you will find that you can return to your goal having learned from and overcoming your disappointments. Use what you’ve learned from each disappointment you experience to keep the practice of using the data with strategy from your past efforts to create success for your future efforts.

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5 Ways To Know If You’re Really Ready For Holistic Therapy

October 19, 2020 Brandi Jackson

5 Ways To Know If You’re Really Ready For Holistic Therapy

In 2020 everyone is talking about going to therapy. Therapy is definitely becoming more normalized socially now than before in Communities Of Color. I’m sure you know people like your friends or family who have “a Therapist” at this point. Maybe your friend so and so has a Therapist and she’s doing better than before. Maybe this friend has been raving about how therapy helps and has been encouraging that you should go and see a Therapist as well. But how do you know if you’re emotionally ready?

Sure, maybe you could use some life improvement or emotional progress but is therapy what you want or need to achieve success to change your life? To be frank not everyone who goes to therapy is ready for therapy. It’s easy to be seduced by the idea of working with a therapist in order to heal current or past pain and trauma but ultimately there’s a lot more happening in a Client-Therapist relationship beyond just having a simple conversation about your current feelings. Consider the 5 signs of readiness below as a self-assessment that can help you know if you’re ready for Holistic Therapy.

Commitment to Be Open And Explore

A part of being ready for therapy is to feel comfortable to be open and explore your emotions. This means that you can actively talk about how you feel. This means you are able to talk about what’s bothering you. This means you are open to self reflect what would help you feel better. This mean you are open to explore behavioral patterns and determine with support if alternative coping methods could be more supportive of your needs.

This means you will attempt to answer questions from your therapy sessions without saying, “I don’t know” as a final answer. It’s important that you move beyond the feeling of not knowing an answer to find an answer in session. It’s important also that if you don’t feel comfortable talking with a Therapist about everything that comes up in session that you be able to share this with your therapist by pinpointing your own comfort level and readiness.

Being open and explorative is a big part of how talk therapy will help you to know where you have opportunities to heal and improve. If you are closed and not feeling comfortable exploring there’s likelihood that you aren’t ready for therapy just yet.

Your Willing to Commit Your Time Consistently and To Commit Financially

Therapy is often deemed as affordable, moderate, or expensive depending on the different methods of payment and reimbursement that are available. Some individuals who receive therapy will use their insurance and pay a co-payment. Some people will use their employment benefits for reimbursement and receive Super Bills for their therapy sessions to gain reimbursement. Some people pay out of pocket for their therapy sessions.

Therapy isn’t just a financial commitment. Therapy also requires a time commitment. You will benefit from therapy by going to your initial session and follow up sessions. If you don’t attend sessions consistently or play any part of investing financially in your sessions you may feel less connected to the therapy work that is being provided to you. The relationship, connection, and rapport with your therapist are also established with consistency in attendance for your sessions. Going to therapy 1x per month or every other month is ideal as the most distance to keep between sessions with some consistency. If you wish to work a therapist less than every other month, consider that you probably don’t require therapy support.

Commitment to Share How You Feel

In therapy it’s important for you to have space to share how you feel. You may find that you have not shared enough about your feelings overall in life and this may be a key goal you’d like to work on in therapy. I encourage you to bring your feelings to your therapy sessions. Be prepared and comfortable sharing when you don’t feel comfortable or upset. It’s also a great opportunity while working with a therapist to verbalize (not text, thank you) when or if you ever feel frustrated, unheard, disrespected, disregarded or misunderstood in session by your therapist. Your feelings are always valid and it’s best to make sure you and the therapist your working with stay on the same page about your emotions and feelings for best therapy outcomes. Therapy is a key space to talk about emotions including difficult emotions.

You Aren’t Sure What Makes You Feel Stuck

You are ready to move forward in your life but you’re not sure what to do to get some progress going. You might want to feel better emotionally but your not sure what could help you feel differently. If your experiencing discomfort or symptoms for your mental health you may not be clear on what behaviors or coping tools to try. If you already know what makes you feel stuck, then you can work with your therapist to look at different ways to get progress where you would like to experience change.

When you work with a therapist, you can work jointly to look at which coping tools will possibly be most impactful for resolving and reducing your symptoms or emotional discomfort.

You Are Willing to Work On Your Coping Practice With Some Consistency

In therapy a term that is often used for symptom management and behavioral change is the term coping tools. In your therapy session you will be able to jointly work with the therapist to create a coping plan for improving and reducing symptoms. It’s important that you practice your coping outside of the session. It’s completely okay and expected that you may not be perfect but if you are not practicing any coping from session or designing healthy alternative coping practices independently you will not feel the change you want is likely happening. Emotional change is most connected to change in behavior and changing your thinking process to help you feel healthier and comfortable.

When considering therapy, please consider the 5 signs of readiness first. I hope this holistic therapy post feels informative. I’m encouraging you to reach out for therapy if you feel ready and if you find that you aren’t ready, consider the alternatives that you feel more comfortable with.

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Sleep Hygiene: How to Stop Stress and Anxiety Insomnia

October 5, 2020 Taylor Hornbeck

Your sleep affects so many aspects of your life so it’s essential to ensure you’re always getting the best sleep possible. If you aren’t getting good sleep you may be experiencing low moods, your stress levels may increase and you may be eating more for comfort than substance. Lack of sleep can also increase your risk of health concerns like diabetes, stroke and heart disease. Stress and anxiety can cause insomnia. This type of insomnia can usually be helped without the need for medication by focusing on proper sleep hygiene.

Holistic Bedtime Routine

A great place to start is to assess what you are doing before bed that could be causing anxiety and stress and preventing you from getting good sleep. You’ll want to take a look at the four hours before you get into bed and determine if those activities are activating or deactivating you. You may want to implement a decompression plan that you can do everyday before going to sleep. Some of the things that will help you decompress would be no screen time, light eating, maybe making a tea, listening to something calming or reading.

Holistic + Mindful Insomnia Hygiene

If you are someone who wakes up and has trouble falling asleep you will want to have a before bed routine and an insomnia hygiene routine. The first thing you will want to check in your insomnia routine is if you have any stimulating things like a tv on, the lights on, your phone next to you, etc. If you don’t think you will be able to go back to sleep quickly I encourage you to get up, go to a quiet place in your home, keep the lights dim and stay away from any screen time. A great practice at this time would be to get out your journal and jot down anything that’s on your mind. Sometimes when you have had an emotionally draining day or you are working through a challenging time, getting these thoughts and emotions out on paper can be a great release and it allows our minds to relax. Once you’ve gotten your thoughts out it's a great time to relax by meditating. One of my personal tried and true favorites is using an acupressure pillow. On nights that I have too much on my mind and wake up I use my pillow for about ten to twenty minutes and I’m good after that.

Supporting Holistic Supplements

You may want to consider supplements at bedtime as well. Melatonin is a great option for sleep. It’s an all natural product that helps the body produce sleep inducing hormones. Tryptophan is another supplement that you could try. It’s a naturally occurring chemical that makes our body chemistry tired.

The Consistency Factor: Stick With It

It typically takes two to four weeks for your sleep cycle to shift but you need to determine if you want to be consistent with your sleep routine and what is going to work best for your lifestyle. For those hot summer months when you’re having trouble falling asleep try my summer sleep tips and tricks. This article was a brief introduction on what I cover in my Fit Mind & Body Program. If you want to dive deeper into your health and wellness then click the link below and let's get started!

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Natural Methods To Consider Before Seeing A Psychiatrist: Holistic Mental Health

September 2, 2020 Taylor Hornbeck

Why should you consider natural methods before medication? There are many factors that can affect our bodies and moods and they should be evaluated before you seek out medication to manage symptoms. Prescribed medication certainly has its place however it may not be helpful for every diagnosis. There can be side effects from medication as well as issues with not being able to access your full range of emotion. In my experience a lot of my clients have stated that they would prefer not to use medication and explore natural methods. Read on to find out what things to rule out when establishing if you have a mental health diagnosis that requires medication management.

Visit your primary care provider

This should be your first step to ensure that there are no physical health issues that could be affecting your mental health. When you visit your health care provider you can state that you would like to test numerous things in order to rule out any potential health problems. The first test that you can request would be a thyroid function test. An improper functioning thyroid is likely to produce symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Another area of testing that should be considered is your vitamin and protein deficiency. If your body is not able to properly absorb necessary nutrients then you will display symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, moodiness etc. You should explore what foods you are consuming as well and make sure you are eating a healthy and balanced diet. The final area of testing that you should inquire about is adrenal fatigue. There is a specific blood test that enables doctors to test your adrenal fatigue levels which would help narrow down a treatment plan.

Sleep

If you aren’t getting enough sleep your brain is not able to recover or respond well to day to day activities. Pay attention to your body and honor your unique sleeping patterns. Lack of sleep can cause the body to mimic symptoms of a mental health diagnosis. Explore sleep hygiene options that work best with your schedule and body type. Strive to be consistent with your sleep schedule as this will help you better determine if you have health concerns or if you just need to prioritize your sleep more.

Situational Anxiety/Depression

Before establishing if you have a mental health diagnosis you should first take a look at your current life situation and see if there is anything that could be provoking symptoms. Are you currently stressed out because you’re moving, changing jobs, homeschooling your kids, adjusting to quarantine etc? Then you can decide to bring in support either from family and friends or an outside source to help you manage your current situation. That may look like delegating tasks to them to relieve some pressure off of yourself or asking for help in a way that would be beneficial to you.

Active Coping

In my experience when my clients practice routine coping they are better able to manage their symptoms. My recommendation would be to use a three a day approach. Choose whatever coping mechanism works best for you that may be walking, doing yoga, meditating or another tool and do that three times per day for at least ten minutes each.

To wrap this up, you shouldn’t feel a stigma around taking medications to manage your mental health there are times where medications are needed and necessary however going through everything I have outlined above will allow you to determine if medications are something you need in your current state.

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