The 20,000 foot view of what I do is to teach people how to be in touch with their bodies. But recently I had an experience that tested my own abilities to trust myself. It totally took me down for a month. I have an extremely high tolerance for pain and I ended up taking…
Making probiotic rich kimchi at home is easy. A photo posted by Summer Bock (@fermentationist) on Apr 13, 2015 at 1:16pm PDT • cabbage • daikon root • onion • carrot (x3) • ginger (1 large toe) • garlic (3 cloves) • turmeric root (small toe) • red chili flakes (1.5 T) • sea…
The way I see it, all health and wellness practitioners are coaches: doctors, naturopaths, RNs, nutritionists, what have you—right down to those who, like me, actually call themselves coaches. This is because we must know how to: #1 Understand where a client is at, and #2 Be able to talk to them so that they…
My work centers around digestive health, but there’s another angle that may need your attention just as much—and for some people this will actually work better than improving your gut health. Hormones. Too much or too little could be slowing you down with an extra fifteen pounds of fat, exhaustion upon waking up, having…
Give me my grilled cheese sandwich or give me death! Sound dramatic? Or perhaps you can relate just a little too much… For a lot of people, this IS the reality they’re looking at. They’re dealing with the kind of fatigue where you don’t have the will to get off the couch. Yeah, they’re still…
I'm on DAY 36 of no alcohol, sugar (fruit is ok), caffeine, or chocolate. I can't say I feel fantastic by any stretch of the imagination. But I do feel something. I feel different. I feel more calm, more clear, more inspired, more creative, more sure of myself, less indecisive, and overall more in touch…
Alex is one of my favorite people. So I’m definitely biased. I remember when I was attending The Institute for Integrative Nutrition live in NYC at the Lincoln Center in 2006 when Joshua Rosenthal showed us the clip of Super Size Me where Alex pops her head into the shot and is thanked for her detox diet…
My latest bone broth concoction from my Cleanse Party Webinar on January 29, 2015! You have 3-5 pounds of bacteria living in and on you. That’s about a half-gallon of bacteria and most of them are in your intestines! Since you own this real estate, this makes you a farmer of bacteria. So do…
Me in Tampa, FL enjoying the outdoors without allergies! Back when my eyes were swollen, my nose was dripping, my face itched, and the yellow gusts of pollen were drifting through the air I stumbled across an important (and maybe the most valuable) stage of healing. I had an ‘ah-ha moment’ as they call it.…
Me skiing at Deer Valley Ski Resort in Utah last week! Have you ever noticed my tagline ‘Thriving Body + Unstoppable Life”? Something I’ve learned on this journey of healing is that there is always better. You can always feel better than you feel right now. There are still new discoveries and technologies awaiting us…
Allergies suck. I know because I suffered from them for years. As soon as the yellow dust started drifting through the air my eyes puffed up, my nose started running, and my sleep was affected. Oregon logging trails… A photo posted by Summer Bock (@fermentationist) on Jul 10, 2014 at 9:41am PDT…
What’s lurking in your cabinets? Only you can tell. (Or can you? Those companies work hard to hide things.) This week I want you to come with me on a tour of my new house as my friend and colleague Lara Adler, environmental toxins expert (and self-proclaimed super nerd) give you a different kind…
Some of us are willing to try many things to get that body and to live longer and have a better time while we’re here. We eat certain foods, avoid others, take supplements…And it can be mixed results for many of us. Here’s why—there’s an important distinction that I want to make about building the…
I’ve changed my mind about my relationship to exercise and weight in the last few months. I used to think that I had to work out like cray-cray to lose weight. I never thought I would count calories. (After all, I’m a holistic health coach!) I believed that wanting to lose 10 pounds was just…
I used to obsessively crave food until I learned how to cleanse when I was in my early twenties. I didn’t start out perfect. I practiced and practiced, getting better all the time. Getting better meant that instead of craving and binging I now can be comfortable with what I’m eating without intense cravings. I…