I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a very small holiday with just 9 of us outside, of course.  It was still lovely and I was so very happy to see so many of your photos, emails, DM's and comments showing me your success stories!  Thank you for bringing me into your ...

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We are in the home stretch!  The energy I have been noticing is that people are either feeling like this is going to be the easiest Thanksgiving ever because they're cooking for 6 instead of 26 OR they are panicking because they have to cook Thanksgiving for the first time ever in their entire ...

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I  just had the most wonderful week in Stony Brook with my mom.  The weather was a 10/10 and I was also able to see my sisters and their families and my auntie.  So special! I came home a day early because my husband's 105-year-old Grandma Rose passed away while I was in NY.  She was very dear to me ...

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Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away and my family and I are super excited!  We needed something to be super excited about!!  It's going to be the smallest Thanksgiving we have ever had, but I am doing it up anyway - a whole turkey, all the fixings, 3 pies and homemade ice cream.  Yes, yes, yes!  ...

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This week is likely not going to be a quiet and calm one.  Be prepared for me NOT to make any political statement about the election.  I have family, friends, readers, students and community members who align themselves with different political affiliations.  My space and social channels are about ...

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It's feeling like fall and because I've finished two out of four classes for the Thanksgiving bootcamp, I have Thanksgiving on the brain!  I know Halloween is coming next weekend, but I think it's going to be quieter than usual around here.  A couple of things to mention before you delve into this ...

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I changed it up a little this week and I decided to not watch the news.  I needed a break from the "breaking news" every hour of every day.  I may have been "out of it," but I was healthier for it.  I still enjoy my walks every morning outside and I listen to podcasts instead.  I choose the ...

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At this time last year, I was perfecting my Thanksgiving menu for November and getting physically ready for the most taxing month of the year for me.  In the first three weeks of November, I typically teach FIVE in-person classes a week.  FIVE.  It was Thanksgiving, after all.   People needed a ...

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Does anyone else feel like we are living in a real life Twilight Zone?  Or is it just me?  Just when I thought things couldn't get crazier, they do.  We always have cooking!  We can control what we cook, what we eat, when we eat it.  I am looking for some tasty, comforting food this week.  How about ...

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I have a few spots left in my Plant-Based Bootcamp which starts on TUESDAY!  I am repeating the course due to demand and honestly, I loved teaching it and I will otherwise have bootcamp withdrawl!  If you are even remotely curious about: what plant-based means; how to do it right; how to ...

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For those of you celebrating, Happy New Year!  Although I have always felt that September was the start of a new year.  I hope the beginning of school and possibly the return to work outside the home have been an easy transition for you.  My mother-in-law always hosts the first night of Rosh ...

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