The Birth of Nourish Network

(No Ratings Yet) Loading... After over a decade of writing for magazines, I launched NOURISH Network. After all I’d been through on my NOURISH Evolution and how profoundly the changes had impacted my life, I felt deeply called to help others make strides of their own.…

Becoming a Mom

We adopted our daughter Noemi in 2006 and I went back to the Peaks and Valleys of Practice for a bit, to recalibrate around our new reality and learn how to make real food fit into our real life. No question, though, everything mattered even MORE with Noemi.…

The Land of Nourish

By 2004, I had lost 20 pounds without ever feeling deprived, and was loving food like I never had before. Because I was eating what was nourishing me. The lupus diagnosis, too, was changed to fibromyalgia.…

Peaks and Valleys of Practice

In climbing The Hump, I learned from the experts how to nourish my body. The only problem was, it involved lots of vegetables. So I opened myself up to new experiences–like trying peas from a farmer at the market–and learned how to love them.…

The Hump

My Hump came amidst overwhelming pain and exhaustion–it got so bad I couldn’t open my toothpaste in the morning. In 1997 I was diagnosed with lupus, and in 1998 I was faced with a devastating cancer scare. It was clear something had to change.…

One Outlier: Greece

When I lived in Europe for a year–and in Greece particularly–I was left without Snackwells and fat free mayonnaise. I was surrounded in olive oil and cheese and full fat yogurt. And it stressed me out. But it also planted a seed.…

Pinnacles of Shouldangst

Things started to change my last year in high school. I put on weight and started to feel tired and sore all the time. So I followed the popular wisdom of the day … I went on a fat free diet and fought the endless teeter totter of deprivation and guilt.…

Donna

Lia manages to strike a balance between stretching people’s boundaries while keeping it simple, which means people walk away inspired and enthusiastic rather than overwhelmed.…

Mary

Once I learned how to prepare healthy meals myself in the comfort of my own kitchen, the way I viewed and felt about food changed. I’ve learned how to savor food, both in the preparing, and especially in the eating. And the best part is, my family has too.…

Deborah

I approach food more mindfully and with greater respect—not only for how it was grown and where it came from, but for how it will affect me and my well-being. I’ve lost weight and, for the first time in my life, feel as though how I look is an accurate reflection of who I am.…