By: Carleen Saeger,  M.S., OTR/L, CFNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 with Special Guest Author and my husband, BMO Financial Professional Andy Saeger, CFP®, AAMS®, AWMA® The holiday season brings joy, celebration, and connection with loved ones. But for many, it also brings financial stress that can impact overall well-being. While we often discuss wellness in terms of physical and mental health, financial wellness is equally crucial to our total health picture. T

By: Carleen Saeger,  M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life Yoga and meditation offer a powerful combination to optimize mental strength for youth sports. Studies have

By: Carleen Saeger,  M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life We all know that regular exercise is essential for our health and well-being. The CDC advises that adults ge

By: Carleen Saeger,  M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life What does it mean to be a yoga student or even an advanced yoga student? Hint… it’s not about being able to

By: Carleen Saeger,  M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life As a gluten free family, sometimes we crave asian influenced flavors! But, most restaurants and commercially

By: Carleen Saeger, M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life Did you know that you can practice mindfulness before a meal? All you need to do is take a moment before you

By: Carleen Saeger, M.S., OTR/L, FNC, RYT-500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, USAT L1 Empowering You to Thrive in Life! Integrative, Functional, & Holistic Occupational Therapist and Life & Wellness Coach Functional Nutrition Counselor | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki Master/Teacher | Endurance Coach | Entrepreneur Blended Family Mom of 5 Kiddos | Gluten and Dairy-Free Life Not the cool-down... Not the interval repeats... It's your warm-up! It's also the part that many people skip

By: Carleen, Busy Working Mom, Blended Family of 5 Kids, Gluten & Dairy Free Lifestyle [M.S., OTR/L, Wellness Coach, RYT 500 hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, Endurance Coach] This recipe is one of our family's favs and has made its way into our regular rotation! In fact, I made it last night and all of the kids devoured it and even asked for seconds! Thankfully, I made enough so that Andy and I can enjoy it for lunch throughout the week, too. [photo credit to original author] Bonus:

By: Carleen, Busy Working Mom, Blended Family of 5 Kids, Gluten & Dairy Free Lifestyle {M.S., OTR/L, Wellness Coach, RYT 500hr, Reiki Master/Teacher, Endurance Coach} This Blueberry Lemon Banana bread was so delish! (Psst… it’s also gluten and dairy free!). [ Photo credit to original author...link to original recipe below .] I made this to bring to the Empower Wellness Yoga end-of-spring brunch the other morning. Well, I actually made two batches and tested it out on my kids

This quick and easy dish is a great family meal for even busy nights!

This is one of my favorite yoga poses! It strengthens and balances your body, opens your hips and chest, and centers your mind. So many amazing benefits… especially when done outside! To enter the pose: - Start by standing in Mountain Pose (Tadasana) at the top edge of your mat. - Place your hands on your hips, inhale, and raise one knee up. - Hinge at your hips and exhale as you step your foot back. - Aim your back foot toes out to the long edge of the mat. - Point your fron

This is a powerful and unique pose combining the strength and mobility benefits from Warrior II with a side bend to open up the side body and expand your rib cage. Your gaze is soft over the top hand toward the sky, which also challenges your balance. Focus your mind on your positioning and combining your movement with your breath. To enter the pose: Start in Warrior II (see last post ) - Inhale as you slowly tip your back arm down toward your back leg, placing it softly on y

Yoga At Home: Summer Edition High Crescent Lunge This pose strengthens and balances your body, opens your hips and chest, and centers your mind. Try it outside and reach up towards the sky! You can enter this pose from a variety of different positions. Here you’ll learn to enter it from downward facing dog. - Start in downward facing dog. - Step one foot forward between your hands into a lunge position - Align front knee over front ankle - Remain up on back toes, keeping your

By Carleen Saeger, M.S. OTR/L, Wellness Coach The theme of the week with my wellness coaching patients was relationships. Healthy, loving, and intimate relationships with our partner are an integral component of our health and well-being. If our relationship with our partner is compromised it negatively impacts so many other areas of our well-being! Trust me… I’ve lived it! I feel you. Even though science is now discovering a continuum between the gender polarities… for those

By: Carleen Saeger, M.S., OTR/L, Wellness and Endurance Coach, RYT Does anyone else have a crazy long to do list to tackle now that the kids are back in school? I also have about 52 Amazon boxes to go through And so much more. I know this time of year can be super busy…so make sure to take some time out for yourself. Holiday stress is a real thing! What to Do? Try to recognize warning signs in yourself like: Irritability Fatigue Overwhelm Headache Tight Shoulders Grinding T

Family friendly quick and delicious weeknight meal. Kid approved! Chicken Caprese. Recipe from ChefSavvy.com.

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