Posts by Julia Balto

You’ve heard the news right?   That meditation is the wonder drug that we’ve all been looking for?!   Of course, you have. Unless you live under a rock   Kidding.   But seriously.   It’s become the equivalent to the doctor telling us to eat less processed foods and exercise more.   We’ve heard…

Why is it that we’re always our own worst critic?   It doesn’t seem to matter how smart, successful, wildly beautiful, or incredible that we are – the voice in our head loves to focus on how we’re not thin, pretty, good, smart, or good enough. If anyone else heard the things that we say…

“Hey, how are you!?”   “Oof, I’m swamped. So busy with work.”   “Oh, I know me too, literally just living for the weekend at this point.”   Remind me again why as a culture we’ve decided that stress is something to brag about?   We wear it like a distorted badge of honor –…

Ah, self-care, *sigh.*   You close your eyes and pictures of serene spas, essential oils, and deep tissue massages fill your mind. Just imagining it is relaxing.   As you scroll through IG for inspiration you find endless #selfcaresundays and #treatyoself posts of radiant women, cupcakes, bubble baths, and manicured nails.   ~~~~   Pardon…

No question that what you eat affects how you feel, right?   Yes. The answer is YES.   And it’s not just anecdotal evidence from how bloated, tired, and cranky you feel Monday morning after a weekend of pizza, drinking, and donuts.   Mental health and brain health are complex. So are the foods we…

All the beaming yogis, lifestyle bloggers and elite wellness gurus talk about it.   Meditation is THE secret sauce, the “be all, end all” for the health of your entire mind-body-spirit. It’s the absolute must-do that is the only path to beating stress, anxiety, overwhelm, depression, and the Sunday night blues.     Don’t get…

You probably haven’t spent a ton of time wondering what happens to your body after you eat something sugary – it goes in there with all the rest of the food and keeps you alive, end of story.     Sugar is definitely needed to stay alive.   Carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of energy…

When I first launched my health coaching business,I wanted to take my coaching skills and research experience and use them to help people learn to thrive, not just exist.   I wanted to help them live by design, not default.   Because I’d spent a good portion of my life feeling stuck, unmotivated, and just…

So you’re a little stressed, what’s the big deal? Or maybe you’re realllll effin stressed and you know it’s a big deal, and that stresses you out even more. Either way, this post is for you. We’re going to dive into why stress IS such a big deal and more importantly, the exact steps to…

We primarily think of the gut as being vital for digestion – what else is going to break down food into the nutrients our bodies need to survive?   But you’ve also experienced the sensation of butterflies fluttering when you’re nervous, a gut-wrenching feeling when you realize you left the flat iron on, or your…