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3 Ways To Embrace Your Individuality When It Comes To Nutrition

3 Ways To Embrace Your Individuality When It Comes To Nutrition

One of the questions that comes up most often when I'm working with a new client is, "well, how do I know how much I need to eat? If you don't give me a meal plan, how do I know what my portion size should be so that I don't over/under eat?" The truth is, there’s no such as one size fits all and you already have the answer to that question. Read on for 3 ways to tune into your body's innate wisdom so you can embrace your individualtiy when it comes to what, when and how much you eat and stop following trends, fads and rules:

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazFebruary 23, 2021mindset, mindful & intuitive eatingComment

Breaking The Diet Cycle & My Personal Wellness Story

Breaking The Diet Cycle & My Personal Wellness Story

Have you ever tried to lose weight or adopt better eating habits by following a diet plan, based on food rules and restrictions? How did that work out for you? Did you have trouble sticking with it? Did you succumb to cravings by eating the “forbidden foods”? Did you plan “cheat days” when anything and everything was “allowed” only to find yourself binging and feeling all kinds of guilt and shame? If this narrative sounds familiar, you are not alone. For most women I know, it’s a cycle that repeats itself for years. I know, because I’ve been there myself. I’d like to share my personal wellness story with you today.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazFebruary 16, 2021mindset, diet culture, mindful & intuitive eating Comment

6 ways That Meal Planning Can Be A Self Care Tool

6 ways That Meal Planning Can Be A Self Care Tool

If finding balance in your eating habits is one of your goals, the best piece of advice I can give you is, let go of the diets, food rules and restrictive protocols and meal plans and start planning your own well balanced meals based on your taste preferences, nutrient needs and lifestyle. Let’s face it. No one knows what you like to eat, better than you. No one knows what your body needs, better than you.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazFebruary 9, 2021holistic self-care, balanced nutritionComment

3 Ways To Stay Committed To Your Wellness Goals

3 Ways To Stay Committed To Your Wellness Goals

It’s that time of year when it gets harder to stay committed to your goals and resolutions. It’s easy to start looking for reasons and excuses to give up. They’re everywhere and not very hard to find. Let’s face it, change is hard, and it has been made even harder than ever in today’s climate. It’s just easier and more comfortable to stay put, eventhough you know it’s not what’s best for you. So how then are you supposed to stay committed to your goals in the face of all this adversity. Read on for 3 ways to stay committed to your wellness goals this year and every year.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazFebruary 2, 2021self-coachingComment

Wellness Beyond Nutrition: The 6 Areas Of Your Life To Focus On For Holistic Wellness

Wellness Beyond Nutrition: The 6 Areas Of Your Life To Focus On For Holistic Wellness

Holistic wellness goes beyond nutrition and involves 6 interconnected areas of your life. True lasting wellness happens at the intersection of all 6 areas. Your hopes, desires, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and actions have the power to influence your wellness in all areas, and an imbalance in one area is likely to spill over into the other areas.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazJanuary 19, 2021holistic self-careComment

Making Healthy Choices vs Dieting

Making Healthy Choices vs Dieting

Now more than ever, there’s a collective denouncing of diet culture happening in and around the wellness industry and beyond. People are starting to realize that diets, food rules and restrictions aren’t all they’ve been made out to be and that there is a better way. There's a sweet spot, a happy middle ground, where you can take charge of your health and wellbeing and finally create healthy, mindful and intuitive eating habits that stick, without food rules, restrictions and trendy fad diets.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazJanuary 18, 2021diet culture, balanced nutritionComment

Why we Overeat and What to do about it

Why we Overeat and What to do about it

Have you ever had a meal that left you feeling physically full, and yet you still felt the "need" to munch on something afterwards? You likely got up and walked over to the pantry or refrigerator (or holiday dessert table), in search of something more? We’ve all been there!

There are many reasons why this happens, but here are the most prominent ones I see most often in myself and my clients.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazJanuary 15, 2021diet culture, mindful & intuitive eatingComment

4 Ways to Shed All or Nothing Thinking

4 Ways to Shed All or Nothing Thinking

One of the main reasons why people fail to create healthy habits that stick is their all or nothing mentality. When you think in all or nothing terms, you tend to see things as black or white, extremes with very little middle ground, if any. Shifting your mindset and shedding the all or nothing mentality is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. It's not always easy, but it is possible. Here are my top tips for overcoming the all or nothing thinking and learning to see the middle ground.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazJanuary 14, 2021mindset, self-coachingComment

How to Set Goals You Feel Connected To

How to Set Goals You Feel Connected To

SMART goals, as we call them in the business world, are quantitative in nature. They have many great qualities, but they’re lacking heart and soul. So how then, can we set goals with heart & soul that guide our wellness journey and help us bring our wellness vision to fruition?

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazJanuary 13, 2021self-coachingComment

Why willpower isn’t enough to create healthy habits that stick & what you need instead

Why willpower isn’t enough to create healthy habits that stick & what you need instead

Change is never easy. You start out motivated and full to the brim with willpower and think that this time it’s going to be different, until something happens to throw you off course and you find yourself back in your old habits, frustrated and wondering what’s wrong with you. It’s an all too familiar scenario, and you know what? Nothing is wrong with you. Read on to find out how you can create healthy eating habits that stick with more ease and simplicity.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazDecember 22, 2020mindset, self-coachingComment

4 Ways to Support your Immune System Naturally

4 Ways to Support your Immune System Naturally

The immune system is a complex machine that protects us from disease by constantly scouring for and attacking viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and other harmful pathogens that enter our bodies. It works round the clock day in day out and unless we get ill, we give it very little thought and attention.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazMarch 12, 2020balanced nutritionComment

Gut Health Part II: Dysbiosis, Leaky Gut and the Immune Connection

Gut Health Part II: Dysbiosis, Leaky Gut and the Immune Connection

The gut or large intestine is home to trillions of bacteria and 70% of the body’s immune system. Our gut bacteria (aka flora) modulates our immune response and our immune system determines the composition of our gut flora. They work hand in hand to protect us from pathogenic microbes, viruses and parasites.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazMarch 11, 2020balanced nutritionComment

Gut Health Part I: Digestion

Gut Health Part I: Digestion

While the digestive system and intestinal system are separate, they are part of one entity knowns as the gastrointestinal tract, which starts at the mouth. What you put in your mouth, how efficiently and effectively you digest it, determines how it passes into the gut and influences your gut health and bacterial balance greatly.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazMarch 11, 2020balanced nutritionComment

Helping Kids Build Healthy Eating Habits

Helping Kids Build Healthy Eating Habits

As parents, caregivers and influencers of little people, it’s our duty to instill and reinforce healthy food and lifestyle habits that will help them live a healthy happy life, all without creating a culture of fear around food. It’s no easy feat, but it’s very much possible. Read on for my top 9 tips for helping kids build healthy eating habits while developing a positive relationship with food.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazMarch 5, 2020balanced nutrition Comments

Winter Skin Care Essentials

Winter Skin Care Essentials

Winter can be a difficult time for our skin between the cold harsh weather outdoors and the drying heated enviroment indoors. While cleasing and moisturizing your skin certainly is helpful to maintaining skin health and a fresh, youthful appearance, you don’t need expensive products to get the trick done.

ArticlesNissrine BoufawazFebruary 27, 2020natural beautyComment