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by Nutrition. Designed.

About Yvonne
Inspiration

Inspirations

A few sites & people I love and inspire me…

for HEALTH, WELLNESS & LIFESTYLE

Be Well by Kelly

Because I’m Addicted

Gabby Bernstein

Nutrition Stripped

The Life Styled

Twist of Lemons

ValleyBrink Road

for FOOD & RECIPES

Cannelle et Vanille

Deliciously Ella

Jessica Murnane

Minimalist Baker

Smitten Kitchen

Sprouted Kitchen

What’s Gaby Cooking

for DESIGN

for FUN

Anne Street Studio

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Its been almost 4 years since moved to Denver, left my career in graphic and UX design after over a decade in Los Angeles, went back to school for nutrition and started my own business in holistic health. • Before I even finished nutrition school @apothecarytinctura took a chance and hired me and welcomed me into their space, community and family. I’ve been with them for nearly 3 years now and, as you can tell on my face here, I’ve hated every minute of it! 🤪 NOT! 🤣 • The humans in this space and community are so special, kind, generous and talented. I am beyond blessed to have gotten the chance to know them and be part of their family. • Life is so interesting. It’s taken me places I’d never even dreamed I’d go. • #blessed #apothecarytinctura #wellness #community #herbs #herbalist #coloradohealth #nutritionist #denverwellness #holistichealth #healing #wellnesswomen

I’ve finally gotten around to reading the book The Untethered Soul, thanks to the newly created Colorado Wellness Book Club. It’s a book that’s been on my list for quite some time. And despite how intense and thought-provoking some of it can be, I am really flying through it and soaking it all up. • In the book they talk a lot about change and getting uncomfortable in order to grow. And it had me thinking about change and being uncomfortable in our daily lives with health and wellness, or anything really. • I once heard an analogy awhile back and it stuck with me and I thought I would share. • When you first wear a new pair of shoes, it’s bound to feel uncomfortable. But the more you break them in, the better you feel wearing them. It’s the same with new behaviors. They’re difficult and uncomfortable at first, but if you persevere in them, they become second nature. They just fit. This takes time and practice, but it is possible. • When it come to food and our taste buds, I’ve heard that it can take upwards of 7-10 different times of trying the new food in order to develop taste buds to it or fully decide it’s not something we like. I am not advocating that we forcefully eat food we hate all the time. But if you find yourself saying you hate kale or avocados, you might want to stick with it a bit more or just keep trying it every now and then and see if you might eventually really enjoy it? • #foodforthought #nutritiondesigned #change #habits #theuntetheredsoul #coloradowellnessbookclub #getuncomfortable #grow #tastebuds #eatnewfoods #variety

It 10/14. 3 weeks into Autumn... 🌨❄️☃️ #donthateit 🤪 #snow #snowinfall #snowindenver #earlysnow #winteriscoming

M O C K T A I L H O U R I’ve been finishing up a certification for my herbal studies that I started over 2 years ago with @sagemountainherbal and Rosemary Gladstar’s famous herbal root beer seemed too good to pass by without trying it myself. • So I made it today just in time for our Friday Mocktail Hour! You make an herbal tea essentially with herbs like sarsaparilla, sassafras, birch, dandelion root, burdock root, licorice, fennel, ginger, cinnamon, orange peel and a few other ingredients, a tiny pinch of stevia leaves and I’m missing from my brain right now. Summer that on the stove and strain when done. Then you add ice to your glass a bit of the cooled tea mixture and seltzer water. Top it with an orange or lemon slice and...ta-dah! It’s amazing! A nice, sweet and bitter mocktail that’s also great for your liver and digestion! • Happy Friday! • #fridaymocktailhour #mocktails #livertonic #homemaderootbeer #rootbeer #nutritiondesigned #sobercurious #sober #alcoholfree

*CLOSED* F A L L D E T O X G I V E A W A Y 🍁✨🍂 Can you believe we’re already a couple weeks into Fall!?!? AND it’s already snowed here in Denver! In my short time here this is the earliest snow yet! Crazy! • Anyways, I thought with the fun skipping of Fall here, I would do a little giveaway to spice things up! If you’d like to get your hands on a hardbound book of my 3-Day Fall Detox & Wellness Reset + a custom Fall Detox herbal tea blend by yours truly! • To Eenter: 1. Follow me (but hey you’re probably already doing that… right?!?!) 😜 2. ♥️ this post 3. Tag a friend in the comment section who might like to get in on this giveaway too! • Giveaway will end at midnight PDT on Wednesday 10/17/18. Winner will be picked at random. I’ll announce the lucky winner on Thursday morning, 10/18! • #giveaway #falldetox #nutritiondesigned #nutiritongiveaway #falldetoxtea #herbalistgiveaway #wellnessgiveaway #3daydetox #falldetoxgiveaway #cleansegiveaway

In case you missed it yesterday... snow on 10/10 🤪 I thoroughly enjoyed it! #snowinoctober #denver #snow #nofilter

Hey, quick question: Have you checked in with yourself today? • No. • Like, I mean really checked in with yourself!?! How are you feeling? In this moment? Today? This week? Maybe this whole month, season or year? • Today is World Mental Health Day. If you’ve at all feel some depression or anxiety, you’re not alone. Did you know according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, this affects over 40 million of us Americans! • I definitely used to be one of these people. I was in and out of therapists offices growing up and throughout most of my life. I believe I started and tried so many medications for both anxiety and depression around my early teens and continued on one thing or another until I was in my mid-20s. • It wasn’t until I decided I’d had enough of not feeling like myself or feel at all really before I decided to stop. And boy was that a process and of course against ALL my doctors recommendations. • Now in my mid-late 30s and working with some many amazing women that have been or are currently going through the same thing. I’m happy to be here to help guide people in natural way and to really get to the root cause. • If you need help with this, need a therapist that will really support you in this too please let me know. I work with some many ridiculously talented practitioners. And if you have any questions or anything you’d like answered leave a comment or DM me, I’m going to write a blog post on this very topic soon! • More than anything know that You Are Enough! No medication can or needs to assist you with that. But also know that taking medication is ok too, if it’s what you need right now! But know you have options and support for both! . #youareenough #mentalhealthday #healthandwellness #nutritiondesigned #nutritionforanxiety #anxiety #anxietyrelief #nutritionfordepression #depression #depressed #mood #worldmentalhealthday #foodismedicine

You are not a bad person because you have a relapse. • You are not a good person because you have not. • You are not a better person because you don’t struggle with addiction to alcohol or drugs. • We are all equal. • We all have our own journeys. We walk at our own pace. We are only doing the best we can at this present moment. • I sure I’ll get a lot of comments if I don’t caveat this post with the fact that no I’ve not started drinking again. I’ve actually reached a lovely point where I don’t think about or want it in my life. But I don’t want that to be the point of this post. This is just something that I felt compelled to write and share. • I just hope it can help someone open their eyes if they need to or simply be kinder to someone they know or just yourself if your struggling. And please share this if you feel it could benefit someone in your life. • #sobercurious #alcoholfree #bekind #weareallone #love #nutritiondesigned #weareallequal #alcoholic #recovery #addiction #holistichealing #beataddiction #healingaddiction #healaddiction

S T R E S S • Are you feeling stressed? Curious about adrenal fatigue or exhaustion? • The cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle can come down to how we manage the stress in our lives. We will discuss eating for health in relation to stress and the endocrine system. We will talk about the different types of stress (did you know there’s good and bad stress?!?), how that manifests physically, what key nutrients are depleted by stress, what foods, herbs, supplements and lifestyle things we can use for stress management, balancing blood sugar hormones and healthy adrenals and emotional eating. I also recently went to a #apexenergetics weekend seminar all about functional endocrinology and am excited to drop some new knowledge and studies about hormones, the real role of insulin (hint: it’s not what’s in the textbooks or what your doc told you) and why adrenal fatigue might not be what you think it is! • Join me Monday, 10/15 6:30pm @apothecarytinctura for some knowledge great discussion, some tasty homemade snacks and tea + you get 10% off that night. Link to sign up in profile or call the Apothecary at 303-399-1175 . . . #denvernutritionist #denvernutritionclass #nutritionclass #nutritiondesigned #apothecarytincturaclass #holisticnutrition #eatingforhealth #nutritionworkshop #healthandwellness #apothecaryclasses #apothecarytinctura #nutritionworkshop #denvernutrition #stress #adrenalhealth #stressreduction #healthandwellness #adrenalfatigue #adrenalfatiguerecovery #holistichealing #naturalmedicine

Day 1 of 30 ✔️ . Something I used to do a lot more of was meditate. And in the past year I definitely let that one fall by the wayside. So I’m picking it back up! . You’ve probably heard of all the reasons it’s good for us, or maybe you’ve had someone in your life tell you You “Should” be doing it. Either way it’s a powerful way to gain awareness to our mind and body, slow down and be more productive and actually has been show to rewrite you brain pathways! It can make us happier, reduce stress, help you focus, improve sleep, lower blood pressure and reduce pain! Who doesn’t need help with at least one of those things?!?! I know I sure do! . Plus fall as a transitional season is great for reevaluating habits that you want to let go of and maybe even adding in the new ones you’ve been wanting to introduce. I have one client in particular that was noticing stress was a huge trigger for her autoimmune flare-ups. So I asked if she wanted to do a 30 day meditation challenge with me. I know it will help her and it’s something that’s been on my mind too. So now we both have an accountability partner. Even I need to be pushed to do the things I so often recommend to others! Ain’t no one perfect! No one! . I mentioned it on the stories, but you can always join in, anytime. 30 days is just a nice round number. But it’s not the days that matter. It’s the doing it! If you need that accountability like I do just let me know, and I’ll make sure to check in with you daily too! And if you want to grab a buddy tag them and hold each other accountable. Everything is better with a friend! 👯‍♂️👯💕👊🏽 . #meditation #meditationchallenge #30daychallenge #30daymeditationchallenge #nutritiondesigned #headspace #day1 #letsdothis #healthandwellness

I do miss Los Angeles from time to time. I am a Southern California girl at heart. But seasons in Colorado, especially Autumn are pretty amazing. We’re gearing up for cooler weather, and I’m excited to be wearing jeans, boots and scarves. I love my scarves! I also can’t wait to ski again. And I’ve always wanted to try snowshoeing! What about fall or winter excites you? #fall #fallindenver #changingseasons #scarves #snowshoeing #skicolorado

It’s time to start having those good, tough, challenging, social-norm changing conversations. No more BS small talk. I’m talking about changing our conversation and our relationship to alcohol. No more emails from gyms saying let’s earn our rosè, or mommy events centered around wine, or shirts that say “May contain alcohol”. I’m not saying alcohol is bad or good, though there was that recent study that said “no amount of alcohol is good for you”. I’m not passing judgement, believe me I’ve been there, it serves no one. All I’d like to see is some awareness around our thoughts an words with alcohol. A great way to do this is to give yourself sometime without it. If you’ve done a couple days, try a week, a month heck if you’re up for it try a whole year. I know that sounds scary, challenges aren’t supposed to be easy. But I can pretty much guarantee more benefits than not. And if you’re curious I wrote a blog post today all about the 10 benefit of going alcohol free! (Link in bio) What’s the longest you’ve gone without alcohol? #alcoholfree #sobriety #notanalcoholic #alcoholfreechallenge #benefitsofsobriety #mocktails #sobrietyseries #behappier #liveyourbestlife #nutritiondesigned

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