Your period as a barometer for health & fertility
Your period. Chances are you live in a love-hate relationship with her or have at some point in your life. If you are not actually cursing her (anymore) and wondering who invented this unfair punishment for women, you might simply have silently surrendered, trying to deal with her as good as you can, pain-killers and […]
Free Abundance: Abundance without ownership
When it comes to abundance, we often think that this means to have lots of money and material possessions. In truth however, we can have a huge bank account, house or car and still come from a place of scarcity and fear. In scarcity mindset there is constant anxiety of not having and of not […]
The importance of making your story right
Think about the story you have been telling yourself about yourself, especially when it comes to the hard and difficult moments of your life, the challenges you had to face when it comes to your health, your relationships, work, finances… Is it a story full of annoying problems, anger, sadness, regret, sarcasm, complaining, “poor me” […]
Eating animal foods can be regenerative – Part 1: Nutrition
Introduction It seems that if you want to be a “good” and “enlightened” consumer these days, you have to go vegan. While I can understand the ethical, environmental and nutritional motivations fueling this movement, the whole notion that veganism is the most ethical, sustainable and healthiest way to eat is dangerously one-sided and misleading. Things […]
Eating Animal Foods can be regenerative – Part 2: Environmental Health, Fertility & Sustainability
This post is part 2 of a 3 part series. If you haven’t already done so, please read part 1 (nutritional point of view) first. Make sure to also read about the intentions I have with this series in the beginning of part 1. Part 2: Sustainability Point of View Besides health, sustainability is a big reason why […]
Eating Animal Foods can be regenerative – Part 3: Ethical considerations
This post is part 3 of a 3 part series. If you haven’t already done so, please read part 1 (nutritional point of view) and part 2 (sustainability point of view) first. Make sure to also read about the intentions I have with this series in the beginning of part 1. Ethical Point of View Apart from health and environmental reasons (that […]
Food, Body & Life are your best friends, not your enemies
One of the most important mindset shifts you can make in order to develop a healthy and fertile relationship not only with Life, but also with your body and even with food (that then will translate into a healthy and fertile body according to the “as above-so below” principle) is to replace “enemy” with “friend” […]
We are not asking the right questions!
Are you vegetarian?Do you eat meat?Any special diet? Gluten-free, dairy-free…? These are the most frequent questions I get whenever I am invited to eat somewhere, especially when people know I am into nutrition. However, these are NOT the right questions to ask! Just because I eat meat does not mean that I eat ANY type […]
The importance of the gut for health & fertility
If we consider that 70-80% of our immune system lies in the gut, it is crucial to talk about gut health as THE important factor to improve our overall health, well-being – and also fertility – all year long. Simplified, there are two main and interdependent aspects to gut health: gut flora and gut permeability. Gut flora Our gut […]
Common Sense Nutrition Part 2
In part 1 I stated that nutrition is simple and that as human beings we know how to do it. I talked about the importance of using your own common sense and intuition, of daring to experiment and of trusting your own experience. With all that in mind, let me now ask you very directly: What […]