I love a warm bowl of oatmeal pretty much any time of year, but the winter especially has me craving it! This oatmeal is warm and nourishing, super filling, and full of all the nutrients you need as someone who is mostly plant-based or transitioning to that lifestyle.

It’s vegan, gluten-free, super simple, and also versatile - so there’s no excuse for not trying it!

Stress has its place, but we’ve become so accustomed to these feelings that it’s sometimes challenging to even recognize them. Check-in with yourself: your body, mind, and soul, to notice where you might be feeling a little stress, tension, or resistance. Here’s a simple list of questions you can begin to ask yourself in every day life when you’re feeling stressed or simply “off.”

I hope these guide you to find ways you can make subtle shifts that will relieve some of this stress and help you to simply feel better and more at ease, wherever you are.

Apples are such a staple in my Fall and Winter meal prep. They’re affordable, delicious, and oh so versatile. Here are a few of my favourite ways to enjoy them: sliced and dipped in almond butter or warmed with coconut oil and cinnamon. Here’s the recipe! It’s vegan and plant-based, gluten free, cheap, and healthy.

Each day should be an opportunity to reset (aka you don’t need to wait for a new week/month/ year to make a change in your life if something is calling to you). BUT, I also recognize the promise of the “blank slate” that is a new year. 

And so I’d like to encourage you to create some space and time to really prep for the new year, so that you can approach it with mindfulness.

Here’s a checklist you can use to intentionally approach a new year:

As the cooler weather sets in my goals and intentions are pretty simple: begin winding down my client work to prepare for the holidays, give myself the time and space to relax, and live free from a schedule, slow down and rejuvenate, begin setting intentions and goals for the new year, be cozy as much as possible.

So, with those intentions in mind I’ve curated a list of 12 (random) things I’m loving this season. 

Hey you. Yes, you. You with the notebook filled to the brim with ideas and inspiration, the 15 hobbies and passion projects you know you could make into a business if you wanted to, and the to do list that literally never ends. There’s a name for us - and no it’s not just crazy. 🤪We’re multi-passionate. 

But even if that’s the case, at times having so much on the go can be overwhelming, and it’s important to have strategies in place to ensure you don’t get burnt out. 

If you’re looking to include more whole, plant-based foods into your diet, it’s important to do so in a way that’s sustainable, rather than overwhelming. With that in mind, I’ve outlined some tips for beginning to transition to a plant-based diet. These are all things you can do starting immediately, and can be customized completely based on your level of comfort, and current lifestyle!

I believe in a holistic approach to health. In my opinion, one area of your health can’t be isolated from the rest - it’s simply all connected. So, if you’re feeling mental stress, it’s likely your body and soul are feeling the effects. Here’s a basic overview of what stress is, and how it impacts your mind, body and soul (and what to do about it). Stress is natural, but when it becomes chronic, it can cause a host of problems.

When I started to shift my diet to mostly plant-based and others around me noticed, I got a lot of questions, and a lot of criticism. People questioning why I was making the changes I was, and telling me that I couldn’t possibly get the protein I needed without eating meat or the calcium I needed without dairy. If you are plant-based or considering a plant-based lifestyle, it’s important to inform yourself about some of the biggest misconceptions out there about being plant-based.