Gratitude Cafe Interview Podcast is Live!
Yay! I had so much fun talking with Sue Lundquist on her radio show The Gratitude Cafe last week! I’m happy to announce that the interview is now available for listening on Sue’s website. So if you missed the live airing, listen to this recording and hear me talk with Sue about how I managed […]
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Buddha Bowls = So Yum
Buddha bowls are a trend that I can get behind. I am kind of obsessed, to be honest. Buddha bowls are hearty, filling dishes made of an endless variety of healthy ingredients. There does seem to be a basic recipe that include greens, raw or roasted veggies, beans and a healthy grain like quinoa or […]
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7 Tips for Blissful Sleep
For this Veteran’s Day edition of Flashback Friday, I’m focusing on sleep. Getting a good night’s sleep is super important to me, especially AD (After Diagnosis). After hearing another friend complain that she wasn’t sleeping well, I decided to bring back up to the front this post from last year. I want to add one more tip to […]
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Post Election Blues
As I sit here past noon and still in my pajamas, so incredibly sad for the future of our country, I struggle to find something to say to inspire you to be more healthy in body, mind and spirit. This particular struggle is about the spirit part of the equation. Eat your greens and take […]
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Practicing Gratitude
I’m super excited to be interviewed next week on the Gratitude Café Radio Show with Sue Lundquist (1150AM KKNW on Tuesday, November 15th at 8:00am). Tune in and listen! I’ll be giving away a copy of my book! Gratitude was a big focus of my cancer healing journey and I’m excited to talk with Sue […]
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[repost] What is a CSA?
I got to go to an event last weekend at a fabulous home in my area on the edge of a forest with an expansive view of the Puget Sound, hosted by a local CSA called Snoqualmie Valley Farmer’s Cooperative, aimed at boosting their enrollment. Since our previous CSA farm has stopped offering weekly vegetables, […]
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Why You Should Eat Chocolate this Halloween!
One Halloween, BC (before cancer) but AD (after dairy allergy diagnosis) I decided to throw caution to the dairy allergy wind and eat one of my daughter’s bite-sized Halloween Snickers candies that she had collected trick or treating. I used to like Snickers so I popped it in my mouth, bit down and immediately felt […]
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Repost: Keep Your Lymph System Happy!
Only going back a year to bring this post on the Lymph System up to the front. But when I got a call from a friend of a friend who unfortunately has cancer in her lymph nodes, I thought this post might be good to revisit. It is so important to keep your Lymph System […]
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“Do you eat cake?”
With my birthday this week, I am reminded of a question that I get asked fairly frequently from health coaching clients and friends alike: “Laren, do you eat dessert?” You may be surprised to know that yes. Yes, I do. Albeit rarely. If you’ve read my book or my blogs or my Facebook posts, you know […]
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Chicken Thighs With All The Yummy Jars
So I’m kind of a Trader Joe’s addict, I shop there almost exclusively. Seriously, 75% of our food comes from there. The other 25% is Costco and our co-op which has the best local organic produce. I created this recipe one evening as I wandered the aisles desperately looking for an idea for dinner. It came from […]
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