Empowerment Coach & Blogger
Empowerment Coach & Blogger
I recently asked my Instagram followers exactly where did the phrase, “Fall is in the Air” originate? Where did it come from? As a yogi and Soul Purpose Life Coach, I was introduced to the practice of Ayurveda. A centuries-old form of ancient medicine, self-care and wisdom. In Ayurveda, Fall is Vata Season. Vata is …
During her recent visit, one of my favorite ways to spend time with my mom was cooking and baking. Even through the journey of dementia, some things are instinctual. She may ask questions now and again, but she loved being helpful and feeling like she mattered. The two pounds of strawberries we had bought the …
5 ingredients and 5 steps, that’s all it takes to make this creamy vanilla custard! What is custard vs pudding? Custard is the eggy cousin of pudding with much of the same ingredients, sweetened milk. The difference is the thickening agent, cornstarch or eggs and the method of cooking, stove-top versus baked. Most custards are …
It’s time to share one of my absolute favorite dessert with you, just in time for Valentine’s Day. I’m going to share a little background here, so if you’d really like to just skip to the nitty-gritty down the page……I was born in Wisconsin and my ancestors were from Ireland and Germany. My grandmother Gladys was …
I am now two years into my blogging journey. Am I making a ton of money? Nope. Am I huge on IG or FB? Nope. I didn’t start this journey to do that, I thought at the time, so I really shouldn’t be surprised. I started this to blog to share my journey to becoming …
Not Just a Sugar Cookie, a Tradition We all have our holiday traditions, many of which are centered around food, right? Our family is no different. Every Christmas season we would gather around the table and decorate Christmas cookies of all shapes and sizes. My mom would bake all day while we were at school. …
It’s the holidays and we’ve recently had a few of our younger friends ask us how we spent the holidays once the boys were born. I’m going to preface this with, yes, we are obviously still married. We don’t have the difficult decision facing families with kids where the parents are no longer together. My …
If you haven’t realized it yet, I love food. I love to cook food. I love to eat food. For my belated birthday celebration, our adventure day took us to my favorite city to the North of me, Bellingham, Washington. I always do a little quick research before we head out for the day on …
Fall is officially here in the PNW and that means it is soup season in the Rodriguez home. Our family absolutely loves homemade soups. I love recipe that are particularly healthy and the family doesn’t know it. I love the smells of the house as soups simmer on the stove. It brings back so many …
Part of life’s adventure for our family, especially me, is trying new restaurants. Now that our sons are all grown up and foodies themselves, it’s been super fun letting them take the lead. Zach is now back East working, insert sad mom face, but before he left we adventured into the Seattle where he planned …