How Emotions and Beliefs Could Be Affecting You Physically
In the years that I spent health coaching, most of my clients underestimated how their emotional state affected their physical goals. Whether they were looking to achieve weight loss, more…
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Five Ways to Stop Calorie Counting and Have a Healthier Relationship with Food
Five Ways to Stop Calorie Counting and Have a Healthier Relationship with Food As a holistic health coach, natural food company founder, and self-proclaimed nutrition nerd, I take pride in…
5 Tips For Eating More Mindfully
I know Gratisfied is a natural-foods company, but given that it was launched from the foundation of my nutritional philosophy, I wanted to put on my health coaching hat for…
Why We Use Avocado Oil Instead!
When creating both the Empower Bar and V Bar, every ingredient was selected with intention. It was not only important to maintain the integrity of the bars, ensuring they stayed…
A Tip & Trick To Make Your Smoothie Blood Sugar Balancing!
Last week, I posted the above photo on our Instagram, and it drew some attention. In fact one person asked outright: you can put an Empower Bar in your Smoothie?!…
Customer Q&A: What’s The Deal With Monk Fruit?
I recently got a question from a customer about Monk Fruit. I loved that she reached out, and if you are curious about anything from an ingredient, to our mission,…
What You Need To Know About “Natural Flavors”
Years ago, I heard a rumor that seeing “natural flavors” on a food’s label could mean the juice from a beaver’s butt (I kid you not, and now I know…
Does This “Hanger” Scenario Sound Familiar?
Last week, I attended a local, day-long event for entrepreneurs. The schedule consisted of back-to-back panel discussions with a lunch break in between. As soon as I saw lunch would…
The Reason WHY Behind These Two Ingredients
When I developed the recipe for the Empower Bar, I did so with intention. The values I uphold for clean ingredients, blood sugar balance, and nutrition in general all factored…
The Food Quote That Really Inspired Me
Many of my anecdotes these days starts with “I was listening to a podcast…” as I get a lot of my inspiration for health, wellness, and life from the likes…
Where the Grain-Based Diet Came From, and Why We’re Grain-Free
If you think about the food pyramid from the 90s, you will remember the base of this pyramid stated a suggestion of eating 6-11 servings of whole grains from bread,…
How Health Coaching Led Me To Gratisfied
I have to admit, I had hesitation when it came to starting this company. I’ve always been a hard worker, so when my husband and I decided to start Gratisfied,…