by Lauren A Jennings | May 15, 2015 | Movement
I feel like a bowl of oranges. Jen Hoffman, my healthy movement instructor, encourages me to define health not by how I look, but by how I feel. Oranges are my favorite fruit, and right now, my body and mind feel as bright and vivacious as their sweet fragrance....
by Lauren A Jennings | Apr 16, 2015 | Movement
I am super excited to share with you a revolutionary concept that is rocking my world: you don’t need to exercise. According to Jen Hoffman, own and yoga instructor at Stay At Home Yoga, the modern lifestyle puts stress on the body that it doesn’t release....
by Lauren A Jennings | Apr 13, 2015 | Spirituality
In my previous post, I reflected on my appreciation for Good Friday through 5 recent months of depression. Good Friday makes Easter glorious. Death’s sting is real, but it is not the end. Death ends with resurrection. Seek, and you will find it everywhere. On...
by Lauren A Jennings | Apr 2, 2015 | Spirituality
If you’ve been following my posts about mental health and nutrition, you know that I had to resign my teaching job at the end of January because my bipolar dove into severe depression. Now on the other side of the dark, that season of my life is helping me as I...
by Lauren A Jennings | Mar 10, 2015 | Nutrition
February marked David’s and my first month eating a new diet, focusing on nourishing the gut as a pathway to healing my depressed bipolar symptoms. We are using the SCD and Body Ecology Diet as a sort of nutritional guide to direct our new habits. We are...
