Everyday Chopped Italian Salad

It’s been colder than normal down here in the south, and while I usually meet the lower temps with warmer soups and stews, today I just needed something a little easier and faster, with a green base.  As a Philly native, if you tell me something tastes like an Italian hoagie, you’re going to get…

Giving Thanks: Turkey Brining Edition

Thanksgiving is my annual pause and reset time. It’s predictably always on a Thursday (which I love) breaking up the week with a slow intention that doesn’t require gifts or overhaul; just some meal planning and quiet time for prep as things slow in the days before. The main event here is a meal that…

The Whole Damn Thing – Guidelines

Today is the day my friends. We’re kicking off The Whole Damn Thing; 30 days of real-food focused clean eating, sweat and overall mindfulness, and we’re doing it as a community. For any first timers still trying to figure out what level of commitment might work best for you, I wanted to share a few…

January Program: The Whole Damn Thing

Another year has closed out, and this time, we’re embarking on a fresh new decade. For the last 6 years, in one capacity or another, we’ve kicked off a New Year Wellness effort and community initiative to start the year with healthy, positive habit forming intentions. Throughout the years there have been a number of…

Because, We All Deserve Some Good Clean Fun

There is no better prep for a clean eating month than the complete over indulgence of the holidays — at least for me — but the most painful part (aside from the complete and total withdrawal from my holiday wine pours) is social time out in public. It’s not that it’s forbidden to go out,…

THE WHOLE DAMN THING v3.0

The first time we mentioned ‘clean eating’ and hosted the first ever seminar with 28toLife, we had 7 people show up…two of which were coaches.  A year later we launched the inaugural ‘Whole Damn Thing’ clean eating challenge and had 95 participants.  The community has steadily grown here in Charlottesville and in Charleston over the last two…