Ladies … Bare Your Brilliance!
Written by Carolyn Fauteux
on March 12, 2010
Filed under Fitness, Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness, Personal Wellness
Dear Fabulous HealthyGirl Members!
As a supporter of HealthyGirl, you are already aware of how nutrition and health play such a vital role in our lives. Similar to how HealthyGirl is dedicated to guiding women of all ages to be their best, I too am working on guiding individuals to lead a radiant, healthy lifestyle.
Focusing on [...]
The Upper Crust of Health
Written by christina
on March 11, 2010
Filed under Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
The simple mixture of flour, water, yeast, and salt –bread -produces a complex story. A prominent provision in history (loaves were found in Egyptian tombs), bread still weighs heavily into our diet and rises high within our social life, religion, and emotions.
In Tom Standage’s book titled An Edible History of Humanity, the author showcases a [...]
Follow Your Young
We pull our children along on a leash (sometimes literally) to follow our lead in life. Yet it is the young who often have the better vision to see the right path. Any parent or teacher will confirm, as well as popular books like All I really know I learned in Kindergarten (Fulgum), the irony [...]
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Parent Physician
Written by christina
on February 25, 2010
Filed under Mindstuff, Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness, Personal Wellness
MOM M.D.
You have spent the last two hours making an organic meal in the kitchen while enduring screaming kids, phone-calls, and knocks at the door. Not to mention the time that went into buying all the ingredients and the traumatic stress brought on by the incident in aisle nine. But at last, you have a [...]
Playing in Life Major
Written by christina
on February 24, 2010
Filed under Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
I was fortunate to catch a sermon in which the Pastor related a story that, though his aim was towards Christian faith, can be applied to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
His sermon went as such: A little boy, who was fond of playing the piano, was taken to a concert hall by his father. Before the [...]
Planning Ahead
Written by Carolyn
on February 18, 2010
Filed under Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
How many of us can say that we have been too busy in a day to eat? I am sure that many of us can say, “Yep that’s me!”. But are we too busy or just too lazy? Than when we do have time to grab a bite to eat, we go for the most [...]
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To Eat Before or After a Workout?
Written by stephricefitness
on February 18, 2010
Filed under Fitness, Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
The answer to that is definitely both. Gone are the days when you should workout on an empty stomach for maximum fat loss. Unfortunately the fitness industry is full of such myths which are usually based upon an incomplete understanding of the human body and how it operates.
The truth is, when you exercise you need [...]
Salad in Motion Remains in Motion
Written by natalia
on February 13, 2010
Filed under Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
When you launch into a diet high in living foods, you will discover that these foods contain a force that creates motion. Non-living foods (cooked proteins, cooked starches, nuts, etc.) do not have this effect on the body. Given the physical laws of motion, if you eat foods with no life force, your intestines will [...]
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Free E-Book From Fit Firm n’ Fab
Written by Davelle
on January 21, 2010
Filed under Fitness, Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
It’s that New Year’s Resolution time when the gym fills up with all those keeners and then by February, they’re gone. Just as quickly as they came in.
You are either on track with your workouts, your just starting or you have a plan to get going soon.
In a recent issue of the Report on Business [...]
Lose Weight with Yoga & Meditation
Written by Davelle
on January 8, 2010
Filed under Emotional Health, Fitness, Mindstuff, Nutrition, Optimal Health & Wellness
How can a regular yoga and meditation practice help you to lose weight?
Yoga is a series of postures meant to relax and stretch your body yes but it also allows you to increase your flexibility, strength & balance while becoming more in-tuned & aware of your body’s needs & subtle changes. It is the new [...]












Leanne Grechulk is the founder of HealthyGirlTM. Leanne has her B.Sc. in Biomedical Toxicology and her MBA. While pursuing a career in Sales and Marketing with several fortune 500 companies, she was driven to create her own vision to promote entrepreneurship, wellness and financial independence to women across North America. She is also the creator of WellspotTM (a wellness symposium for women) featuring some of today's leading entrepreneurs in the areas of business and wellness. WellSpotTM 2008 featured best-selling author Loral Langemeier, Olympic Gold Medalist Jennifer Azzi, and Canadian Songstress Sarah Slean. Leanne is also a certified pilates instructor, 8 time marathon runner and is currently training for her first half-ironman. 