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I turn 50 next week. That number feels... Last photo in my 40's 😲 different than I expected. Not bad, just noticeable. Like a shift. A pause. A moment to look around and realize low much life can change all at once. And honestly, this past month has been one of the biggest shifts I've had in a long time. I just finished a full month of training in the OR. Early mornings, long days, learning something completely new. It's been a lot - but now I am transitioning to part-time,

I work Monday through Friday, so the weekend is when I try to do a little food prep to make the week easier. This weekend is Easter, and we’ll be at my mom’s for dinner, so I’m keeping my food prep very simple and realistic. This is what I’m making for the week. First, I’m making a big pot of cabbage and white bean soup. This is one of those meals that is very inexpensive, very filling, and even my husband will eat it, even though he isn’t plant-based. I make a big pot so we

Here’s what I’m starting right now to stay healthy while working full time, and honestly, it’s a routine I think I can stick with. My Simple Weekly Food Prep Routine Breakfast (grab and go): Overnight oats! I prep 4 jars on Sunday for Monday–Thursday with: Rolled oats, Chia seeds, blueberries, plant milk... then I add banana and ground flax the morning I eat it so it stays fresh. Lunch (grab and go): Ball jar salads! These have been a game changer. I pack: Greens, Chickp

This weekend was a whirlwind! Saturday was especially exciting because we celebrated my daughter's baby shower - friends and family - and so much love in one room. We also celebrated my husband's best friend's son turning 21. It seems like it's been non-stop celebrations, and honestly, I am feeling grateful and a little tired all at once. With all the activity, staying on top of food prep is more important than ever. I'm starting a new job tomorrow at the Eye Surgery Center o

A personal look at what midlife does to your vision (and what you can do about it) I have been wearing glasses since I was four years old. And somewhere a long the way, eye health stopped being just personal - it became professional too. Four. I have no memory of seeing the world clearly without some kind of correction. By the time I was ten, my eyes were deteriorating so fast that my optometrist fitted me for gas permeable contact lenses - the hard kind that feel exactly as

I am sticking to the 1 soup, sandwich, and a daily salad mix for the week, plus a sweet to help keep me from wandering. My meals this week with be designed around Butter Beans (Lima) and Cannellini beans (white kidney). When someone is on a healthy form standard American diet (SAD), and they meal plan, they do so around their protein, which is meat. I used to do it myself. Chicken, turkey, beef, pork...once that was established then I would add the carbs and the veggie sides.

Can I be honest with you about something I wish someone had told me a few years ago? When I started noticing weight creeping around my middle during perimenopause, I did what had always worked before—I ran more. I pushed harder. I figured I just needed to work off the extra. But nothing happened. Actually, it got worse. And I was exhausted. It wasn’t until I learned about cortisol—our body’s stress hormone—that everything started to make sense. Here’s the Simple Version Durin

In about 6 weeks, I will turn 50, and also celebrating 10 years plant based. That number has made me pause and reflect on how I want to move into the next decade of my life - physically, mentally, and spiritually. Stress, family meals, convenience foods (bottled dressings with preservatives) and I hate to say it, but Vegan junk food at times has snuck in more often than I would have liked in the past 10 years. I tend to get into patterns of bad and good habits that every once

Hi, I'm Cori, a Registered (BSN) with over 20 years of experience in healthcare and a passion for helping people transform their health through the power of whole plant foods. For most of my nursing career, I saw patients struggling with chronic illness, often treated with medications and procedures but rarely with the tools to truly heal. When I discovered the research on Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) nutrition, it completely shifted my perspective: food is not just fuel-it