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Tracy shares heartfelt stories, practical tools, and profound insights to empower your healing journey. Drawing from the triumphs over autoimmune disease and cancer, Tracy offers hope to those battling chronic illness, rare diseases, or seeking vibrant wellness.
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As a health practitioner and detox coach, I've spent years advocating for a Holistic lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of removing toxins from our lives and choosing whole or minimally processed foods. However, my journey took a surprising turn. For 15 years, I lived an organic, health-focused lifestyle, making my children’s food, exercising daily, drinking smoothies, and cleansing my body. Yet, at 40, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Read MoreChronic inflammation is the subtle saboteur of well-being, serving as the
harbinger of various ailments and compromised health. This comprehensive
guide, presented by Mosaic Fitness & Nutrition, aims to decode the complexities
of inflammation and furnish you with effective strategies to mitigate it, thereby
catalyzing a journey towards a rejuvenated and healthier existence.
Understand the Intricacies of Inflammation
Read MoreMore often than not, people tend to overlook their health until a major problem arises. But it’s crucial to take charge of your health and advocate for yourself. As challenging as it is to navigate the healthcare system and become a self-advocate, these tips from Mosaic Fitness & Nutrition will equip you to take charge of your health and make informed decisions about your well-being.
Read MoreHead-to-Toe Health: Strategies You Can Easily Incorporate into Everyday Life
Taking care of your health can feel like an overwhelming task, but it doesn't have to be. By incorporating simple and easy-to-follow strategies into your daily life, you can improve your physical and mental well-being. Here are some head-to-toe health strategies that you can adopt to boost your overall health. Make sure to check out Mosaic Fitness & Nutrition for fitness training and other health resources to put you on track!
Read MoreRead MoreWhen a person's body is fighting cancer, having proper diet and nutrition is essential for ensuring that the body is bets prepared to tackle cancer cells and also heal from treatments. Mesothelioma is a specific type of cancer caused from exposure to asbestos. We are constantly trying to create more information on people can best deal with mesothelioma, and one of the things we wanted to make was a nutrition guide for mesothelioma patients
How Self-Care Contributes to Your Health in the Pandemic and Beyond. Covid-19 has proven to be as disruptive as it is dangerous. Because of this, self-care has become more necessary than ever. In fact, incorporating self-care practices into your lockdown life is a great way to take care of your body, as well as what’s on the inside.
Read MoreDid you make New Years Resolutions? Want to know how you can commit to those?
Happy Thrive Day!
Do you remember the 90’s Nike slogan “Just Do It”? it was a great marketing pitch! We bought a lot of Nike gear because of that motivational quip! Unfortunately, we do not always have access to the real skills to unleash our Get-Up & Go girl/guy and many of us are FRUSTRATED with the lack of results in our lives.
Read MoreIf you would have told this fit chick that she would be entertaining the idea of using the Carnivore diet as a strategy to heal her SIBO. I would had said an emphatic NOPE!!
Backstory on my Guts of Health (anything but….) more like Guts of HURT!
I was fine growing up, no pooping (yes I said it, let’s get it out of the way)! issues
At 17 I had contracted the MONO (EBV) virus probably from my boyfriend’s brother who had it…no I wasn’t kissing him but I was running myself between school, sports and work and my immune system was obviously suppressed. So I had a 3 week vacation my senior year-NOT!
Then I had my wisdom teeth out, bacterial can fester there and could have made its way to my gut!
A year after that I ate bad shrimp and was puking at my new boyfriend’s house, first time I met his parents UGH!! nightmare.
Those last 3 events probably created the perfect storm…6 months after the bad shrimp I started having WEIRD tummy issues.
Read MoreBreaking a habit ultimately is about rewiring your brain. Habits are found in an area of your brain called the basal ganglia. The more often you perform an action or behave a certain way, the more it gets physically wired into your brain. This amazing adaptive quality of your brain is known as neuroplasticity.
Read MoreWe are 6 weeks into this new year and this is when the resolutions written down created with much anticipation become part of the recycle bin.
Have you ever considered what your personal values were and how to integrate those in your daily life? Some may be easy for you because they simply are in your nature. Other values may be more challenging like patience, have you ever heard someone say they are praying for patience? That may not be an answer you want!
Read MoreWinter is the coldest season of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere. The sky is covered with dark, gray clouds and there are less daylight hours which can make the days seem dreary. Some may experience a lack of motivation in their pursuit of health and wellness goals. Those same goals that encouraged you to sign-up for that new membership or start eating healthy can become monotonous and insignificant. This is especially true if the goals you set were unrealistic and you expected to see more progress at this point. So how can we pull ourselves out from the muck and mire, reevaluate our goals, and set our feet back on the ground towards a healthy lifestyle?
Read MoreWhen Shakespeare wrote “thinking makes it so,” he meant that our thoughts guide our actions and often become self-fulfilling prophecies. Having been in the fitness world for the last 18 years I have seen how “mind over matter” really comes into action when a new skill is presented to a client. Regardless of the age of a person, the ability to reframe and retrain our thinking in the positive and staying focused on the present task makes the difference in being successful with our physical health and wellness.
Read MoreMost who are on the journey to lose weight will utter the “M” word: Metabolism. If asked most people would be unable to explain that word but they know we need to get it faster. We believe the faster our metabolism is the skinnier we will be. The stress of trying to answer that question may actually make us grab for a donut, but truth be told we have no idea what Metabolism is and most of us don’t care…we just want it to be faster…but how?
Read MoreIf I could get a dollar every time someone said “Oh I’m sorry but I am going to eat this in front of you, don’t judge”, I would be rich! In this blog, I’ll share my story. My goal is to help others transition to a whole food mainly plant based lifestyle, improve their gut health and create healthy eating habits that are sustainable. You will read my 8 Tips to get started with a Whole Food Life.
Read MoreWe’ve all been there. You’re getting great results and then all of sudden everything stops working; yet, you haven’t changed anything. In this blog we take a look at what’s happening in the body. And, you’ll get 9 ways to break through the plateaus.
Read MoreThree Ways to Begin to Change the Mirror
1 - Interview Yourself
2 - Make a Choice
3 - Commit to Practice
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