November 18, 2025 Hi Reader, I recently came across a company that's doing something really fun...at least fun for those of us who like to cook! They're creating video cookbooks from Michelin chefs around the world. Think travel show meets cookbook with some amazing recipes. I was able to finagle a free cookbook for you just in time for the holidays. There is no limit on the number of cookbooks I can give away so feel free to forward this email and share the gift with your friends. All you...
7 days ago • 2 min read
November 18, 2025 Hey Reader, It's scary how quickly the holidays creep up on me. I'm over here starting to get ready for Thanksgiving and figuring out which of my classic recipes I'll use this year. Many of you have downloaded my Thanksgiving cookbook already, and you can also find the recipes on the website for easy reference here. As for the website, it has been intermittently affected by the Cloudflare outage today so if any of the links here give you an error, be sure to try again later...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
July 18, 2025 Hey Reader, It's been a while but I've just been over here chugging along as usual! I've been able to get back to some recipe development this summer after completing something really crazy. At the ripe old age of 52, I decided to finally compete in a body building competition. I've thought about it several times over the last 20 years but never thought it wass possible. There were a lot of reasons as to why now, but mainly a new division opened up that made the whole process...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Are you tired of battling cravings and emotional eating? It’s time to take control of your health, and I’m excited to share an incredible opportunity with you! I’m thrilled to be featured alongside top international experts in the Crush Your Cravings Masterclass: Proven Strategies for Professionals to Overcome Emotional Eating and Food Addictions—and you can attend for FREE! This virtual event runs from December 16th – 22nd, and here’s just a taste of what you’ll learn: Success Tips for the...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Well friends, it's been a while! I'd love to hear what you want to learn more about. It's been a struggle to keep this newsletter going over the years. It's meant to be a service to you and I want it to be something valuable that you WANT to open every week, month etc. If you could take a minute to just reply to this email and let me know what you'd like to see more of, it would be a huge help! I've been over here chugging along on Heal Nourish Grow as usual, as well as celebrating 16 months...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
This has been a crazy summer friends! We've had a lot of fun family and friends events that took us all over the US to celebrate retirements and weddings. Things have finally started to settle down a bit and I'm trying to hit my stride with content and new things to help you reach your goals. Based on some conversations I had this week, I decided to put out a new podcast episode to share what I've been learning about weight control and body composition the last several years. People are...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
If you've been following along with the podcast, you'll know there have been some big changes in my world! Cheese Board for Four We are slowly getting settled back into life in Cincinnati. It's been great to start entertaining and seeing all of our friends again after being gone a year. I always do at least a small cheese board for events and this was one I made for friends last week. I even added some dragonfruit which is pretty unusual to find here unless you happen to have a specialty...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Sleep is one of the most underrated components of health, wellness and weight loss! If you're not sleeping well, nothing else in your body works as well as it could. Poor sleep is contributing factor to heart disease, obesity, diabetes and a number of other health issues. So when I saw that mindfulness.com wanted to offer my readers a FREE sleep challenge with some awesome resources, of course I had to share it with you! The 7-Day Sleep Challenge gives you free access to: Daily Practical Tips...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
I'm long overdue for a deep dive into this topic, but in the meantime, I'd like to share the basics optimal protein consumption so you can start to incorporate and benefit from it. First off, the RDA numbers for protein are woefully low. Everyone thinks of these guidelines as what you "should" be getting when they're actually the bare minimum required just for survival. If you're trying to improve or optimize your health, the real amount of protein (according to experts) you should be...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read