What if your purpose is to take impeccable care of yourself so that you have the energy and joy to serve others?

It's all mental management. Whether you can do something or not is in your head.

Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial the inner chatter down.

Folks are like plants; we all lean towards the light.

If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it.

There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets sick, do you take it to the vet and amputate the fin? No, you clean the water. So, I cleaned up my system. By eating organic raw greens, nuts and healthy fats, I am flooding my body with enzymes, vitamins and oxygen.

Although Grandma's passion had led me to the power of food, not all of her recipes were healthy. I kept her gusto and the love that she put into her cuisine but ditched the ingredients that bought her a one-way ticket to arthritis, diverticulitis and a host of other inflammatory conditions. I also ditched my own addictions and compulsions around food, especially sugar.