Posts by Lauren
Meera’s Carmelized Onion Ramen
Vegan chef Meera Sodha wins again when the weekend rolls around and I want to try something new. This wonderful soup is full of flavor and the perfect opportunity to use up any spring braising greens. Here’s her recipe with my adaptations in parentheses. Ingredients 4 tbsp rapeseed oil, plus a little extra to coat…
Read MoreCoaching Stories: Suzanne Rogers
Five months ago, longtime client Suzanne Rogers was struggling with her job as a higher ed housing administrator and stuck on how to move forward. She decided to commit to a series of eight coaching sessions as a practical, action-oriented step toward getting unstuck and making changes. Since Suzanne and I had worked together for…
Read MoreSuper Seeded Crackers
Here is a recipe to beat all boxed versions — and it’s easier than you think. Play around with the seasonings. Your options are endless! Ingredients 1/4 cup brown or white rice flour 1/4 cup teff flour 1/2 cup almond flour 2 tbsp ground flax 2 tbsp hemp 2 tbsp sesame seeds 2 tbsp chia…
Read MoreWhat Gemmotherapy Can Do for Menstrual Symptoms
What you have come to believe is normal during monthly menses may not be natural or necessary. After years working with women to address symptoms like painful cramping, lower back pain, leg discomfort, heavy flow, clotting, spotting and short or long cycles, it turns out these can all be resolved. This prompted my post a…
Read MoreMore Like Home Each Day
Last night I sat on my screen porch engaged in a favorite activity of sketching out some connecting ideas on paper as darkness descended and a soft rain began to fall. Ruby sat perched on the window ledge, overseeing the deer grazing in our backyard. Strains of Joachim’s jazzy guitar chords mingled with the low…
Read MoreFooduzzi’s Vegan and Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
I declare this to be THE best gluten-free vegan cookie recipe. And to be sure my claim was true I tested the recipe three times in the last two weeks 😉 It feels pretty much no-fail, and to make things even easier we tried it as a bar cookie recipe and it was fantastic. We…
Read MoreWhat Gemmotherapy Can Do For Dental Symptoms
Dental symptoms were not on my list when compiling the topics for this series – that is – until I was faced with a series of my own dental woes. It was hardly my first experience using Gemmos in this way, but it was the first time that it registered that these protocols would be…
Read MoreAn Adapted Cauliflower Chaat
Honestly, you can’t have too many recipes for cauliflower. This one went together in a snap and was the perfect way to use two sweet and tender heads I picked up at the farmers market this weekend. Here’s a Cauliflower Chaat from the New York Times Cooking Section with some creative adaptations. Ingredients for the…
Read MoreWhy I Study Gemmotherapy: Dumi
In addition to my work with clients, I’m fortunate to teach courses on the holistic principles behind my method of using Gemmotherapy extracts. As the interest in finding natural ways to restore the body grows so have my classes. There was a time not so long ago that I struggled to fill a Foundations of…
Read MoreAn Ode to Oaks
Last night I sat on my screen porch engaged in a favorite activity of sketching out some connecting ideas on paper as darkness descended and a soft rain began to fall. Ruby sat perched on the window ledge, overseeing the deer grazing in our backyard. Strains of Joachim’s jazzy guitar chords mingled with the low…
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