Karen DeHaven

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Checking In vs. Checking Out. Another tool for Managing Unwanted Habits

You’ve done well all day managing your diet, eating well, keeping on track with the many tasks at hand. But evening comes, and you start craving ice cream or chips or cereal or a bowl of warm popcorn. And the next thing you know, you’re indulging “unwantingly.” Can you relate to this scenario? You’re not

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The Key to Change and Overcoming Unwanted Habits

Is there something in your life you’ve been struggling to change? Something for which you keep criticizing yourself?  Or for which you shame yourself? Perhaps it’s your weight.  Your diet.  Your lack of physical activity.  Your timidity and “inability” to speak up.  Your tendency to procrastinate.  Your struggle to be patient with your parents. The

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Say “No” to Make America $ick Again Bills

In 2022, I wrote two articles on the insidious, injurious effects of Glyphosate on all of us. Glyphosate.  Can one product cause so much harm?  What can we do? More steps we can take to protect ourselves from Glyphosate No matter how well we try to eat and live we’re not immune from its widespread

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Try this tool for managing your strongest urges and cravings

My client Stephanie was struggling with urges for something sweet. She’d finish dinner and feel replete, but she’d still crave the sweet thing. She felt shame for giving into the urges.  Shame, in part, because she’d “binge” in secret. Can you relate to this? Are there foods that derail you from sticking to your plan

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What ARE vegetable oils? What you MUST know.

If you follow my blogs, you know I talk a lot about the harmful effects of vegetable oils and sugar. Unless you’re cooking completely from scratch, you’re consuming these toxins.  You can’t simply say, I don’t cook with vegetable oil. Although that’s a tremendous start, that’s not enough. You have to move to the next

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LDL/HDL – What you were never told.

I am not claiming to be an expert on cholesterol numbers.  I just know that there’s a lot more to the story than what we’ve been led to believe. And I know the fear of cholesterol propaganda is one of the greatest contributors to all of our modern, chronic health issues. Why is that? As

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Cholesterol. The Hero, Not the Villain.

Did you know cholesterol is a nutrient, that it functions as an antioxidant and that it’s a critical building block for our bodies?  Yes.  It’s true. It’s the hero, not the villain.  I know.  It’s hard to wrap your head around because we’ve been told for so long that it’s bad for us. Even if

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How can morning sun impact your weight? And more?

Are you looking to upgrade your health? Without investing any more money? In particular, your quality of sleep?  Your weight?  Your thyroid function?  Your mood?  Your cognitive function? Your body, by design, is tuned into the natural world.  Returning to certain natural ways of living can be the answer to a free upgrade. For example, did

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