When was the last time you took a new route to work or changed the part in your hair? Did you decide a really long time ago you didn't like a certain food, like brussel sprouts, so you never, ever tried it again? It's easy to...
In Chinese medicine, it's taught that a healthy Liver means more than a nicely ‘detoxed’ body. It also holds the key to the free and healthy expression of emotions. Your Liver ensures balanced expressions of righteous anger, sadness, fear, and even the creativity. When you're robbed...
Every Spring, Mother Nature launches clouds of pollen that stir up misery ranging from sneezes to red eyes and swollen faces. Then, she provides the gift that calms, soothes, and relieves it all. Start now, and lower the chance of spring allergies morphing into infection. Stop...
When I think of snow, I think soup. So, of course I spent our Nebraska snow day in the kitchen cooking up a bowl of tummy-warming homemade soup. White bean soup with gluten-free cornbread. Snow day deliciousness. Here's how to start a pot of white bean soup...
Since I was kid, I've been fighting sleep. When everyone else was snoring in their beds on Saturday morning, the 12-year old Mo was awake, buzzing around, making homemade cinnamon rolls from a box of Bisquick. It's been a source of frustration, and a blessing, to...
Everyone's got that favorite sweatshirt or pair of jeans they keep for weekends at home. The ones you slip on when you wanna feel comfortable and relaxed. Over time, the color's faded and the newness has worn off, but you're not completely at home unless you've...
Are you a mint person? Cool, kinda sweet. Lifting spirits everywhere you go. Or maybe you're a cinnamon girl. Warm and spicy, and full of good taste. Or an ancient oak, with sprawling limbs, and roots anchored for centuries. Maybe it's silly, but spices and their...
Today's blog is written by someone special to me, but more importantly, the person who inspired my 100-day meditation. I hope his story sparks an idea for change or growth in your life like it did in mine. I am a philosopher by nature. And I...
Every Autumn, I get a little closer to nature by eating more of the foods that are abundant in the Fall. Coincidentally, Fall foods happen to be nutrient-dense and easy to stretch over several meals. Take butternut squash for instance. Since I rarely use a...
Recently, I had to admit to a close friend that I'm exhausted from a year of big changes. "What would you tell a client who felt like you do?" she asked. "Take tonic herbs!" The concept of tonic herbs is virtually unknown to Western herbalists, but it's...