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Teresa Howes
In 1985, my father took my brother and I to live in the South of Spain. As a bilingual educator, he was able to take a sabbatical to perfect his language craft. He visited all the cities in the south and landed us in Nerja, a small beach town on the Costa del Sol, just over 35 miles east of…
Running slow, for long periods of time is no way to change your body or increase your strength. In fact, I was the heaviest of my life when I ran super slow marathons back in 2001-2006. It wasn’t until I picked up the pace and started putting myself through the huffy and puffy, omg this hurts, sprint…
You know how I feel about eating Clean & Colorful and adopting a Plant Forward diet. It is the easiest (and most delicious) way to boost the quality of your diet and consequently, your health and happiness. And I’m not talking about a bag of skittles, we’re talking about nature’s finest treats from the earth: fresh fruits…
As a health coach, nutritionist and avid marathon runner, I get asked exercise related nutrition questions all the time. And if I’m not asked about it, I see people do it wrong and I cringe. I get it though. Performance nutrition is confusing and also a very lucrative industry and misinformation can easily run rampant. The most confusion…
It’s no joke when they say plants are medicine. And their benefits go far beyond what they do inside your body at a cellular level. This post shows you the best ingredients for a plant based spa experience and how you can max out these benefits at home! Now, I talk a LOT about how to get…
Let me open this by clearly stating I am in no way claiming to be an expert or know everything about traveling to Rishikesh or India for that matter. It is an enormous country and we had a very short and fairly direct trip with a specific goal in mind. Most of the people we met had been traveling for…
Imagine an entire community of people where no alcohol is consumed and no animals are eaten…Just for a moment, can you even picture it? I really couldn’t which is why I had to fly clear across the planet to see and experience complete vegetarian and sober community for myself. I have been left in awe and inspired by…
It’s time to dust off my trusty passport, pack up my bags, grab plenty of reading material because in less than two weeks from today, I’ll be on my way to Rishikesh India. All they way at the tippy top of Northern India. I have really mixed emotions about it all…the long journey to get there, the…
Snacking is a big deal. It can save or sabotage all your healthy efforts. Healthy snack ideas are essential to keep you full of nutrition and energy in between meals. Having healthy snacks on hand will help keep your blood sugar stable, your metabolism humming and your hunger at bay. The wrong snacks (i.e usually something processed out of…
An over usage of handheld technology is starting to cause structural issues to our bodies! But like just about anything, you can stop it if you know the right exercises to Prevent Tech Neck. And that is what I’ll share with you in this post today! What is Tech Neck? You have probably noticed by now that we…
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I recently visited Zion National Park. It was a spur of the moment, completely unplanned, breathtaking, potentially life changing, all-in-all amazing girl-powered-road trip. And it inspired this Beginner’s Guide to Zion National Park. I learned a lot about the park in a very short…