Coffee and I have had a long road together. I have been drinking it for a while and it has been the topic of many conversations with my friends. It has really brought me joy. The feeling of walking into a new coffee shop has always been exciting and fun, especially when we travel to a new city. I have gone from drinking Dunkin Donuts, to Starbucks, to strictly local coffee shoppes, to getting beans the day after they were roasted.

At the start of this pandemic, baking cookies, bread, and muffins were my top priority, but as time went on, I went back to focusing on eating healthy and working out. What I realized after trial and error is how you can get fit without spending anything. First, you need a reason why you want to get fit. For me, I was noticing groceries were getting harder to lift, shoveling was exhausting, and my energy as a mama was running low.

I have a passion for learning about health and wellness. As I started discovering what foods felt best for my body through research and trial and error, I also started thinking about not just what I put inside my body, but what goes on the outside of my body. My skin was really breaking out and my hair was falling out and I needed some answers. As I started changing the food I eat, and what I put on my body, it helped my skin clear up, my hair to get fuller and helped me feel better overall.

My husband and I are foodies or shall I say “whole foodies” and we absolutely love Trader Joes. We have always said that we want our home to always be near a Trader Joes and luckily that has been possible in our life. Since having our baby boy, my husband has voluntarily done the grocery shopping for us, which has been so helpful to our family. There are so many great whole foods that you can find there, at a reasonable price.

I have always been into natural things, but spending time with my Persian mother-in-law opened my world to an even more natural side of life. There are so many amazing ancient remedies from the Persian culture. Here are some things that I have learned from her. Everything below is quoted from her. It is not medical advice and it is up to you if you want to try it. I have had success with all of these things.