Healthy Living, Stress Management
Lizzie Cook
Rebuilding Trust: From Kitchen Tables to ...

Your awareness is a form of leadership. Your ability to pause, listen, and contribute thoughtfully is how you build trust, where that's at the kitchen table or the professional boardroom. I sense a longing to build and rebuild this aspect of trust in our systems, our institutions, and in one another. This desire can be found in our dialogue with each other and our intentions with our relationships. In this podcast and blog episode, I explore how trust forms the foundation of both our personal and professional worlds. From family conversations around the kitchen table to leadership moments in the boardroom, I reflect on the shared human need for connection, honesty, and repair.

Rebuilding Trust: From Kitchen Tables to Boardrooms
Healthy Living, Stress Management
Lizzie Cook
Navigating the Noise: Finding Clarity in a ...

How do we stay centered and focused in a world that’s been designed to pull us in a thousand different directions? We are bombarded with a constant flood of information daily, from emails, opinions, social media posts, news outlets, and advice from family and friends. When we develop the skill of discernment, we reclaim the power to decide what serves us and what to leave behind. Access doesn’t equal awareness. We can wake up already overstimulated and frazzled with the need to consume more information than is helpful or healthy. On today’s podcast and blog post, let’s discuss how to navigate the noise of information overload and find clarity in learning to focus on what’s essential for your well-being and purpose.

Navigating the Noise: Finding Clarity in a World of Information Overload
Healthy Living, Stress Management
Lizzie Cook
Having the Courage to Stay Present: A Moment ...

Life rarely unfolds exactly as we imagined it. We like to believe there’s a rhythm to life that we can count on. Routines, weekdays, weekends, and holidays that anchor us. But under the surface, life is constantly shifting in quiet — and sometimes not so quiet — ways. We face the reality that grief is a part of the human experience, while holding onto gratitude for the memories and the moments we still have. How do we show up for what’s right in front of us while holding the weight of what’s slipping away? In today’s podcast episode of Integrated Being, I am sharing a heartfelt look into the season of holding space for both grief and gratitude while allowing it to sharpen your awareness of the present moment and bring deeper meaning to the once-mundane experiences of daily life.

Having the Courage to Stay Present: A Moment for Grief & Gratitude
Healthy Living, Stress Management
Lizzie Cook
Exploring the Depths of Our Emotional World

Have you ever wondered how our emotions shape the way we navigate through life's challenges and triumphs? Emotions are the unseen forces that shape our lives, guiding our actions and reactions. In this episode of "Integrated Being," Elizabeth Cook and her daughter Maggie explore the complexities of emotions, focusing on the often misunderstood feelings of jealousy and grief.

Exploring the Depths of Our Emotional World
Healthy Living, Stress Management
Lizzie Cook
Embracing Intentional Living: Aligning with ...

What if every choice you made felt like it truly belonged to you? In a world that often pulls us in a dozen different directions, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But what if your days were shaped not by pressure or habit, but by alignment with your true self? In this episode of Integrated Being, we explore the art of intentional living — not as a rigid checklist, but as a compass that guides you toward a life that feels whole, authentic, and deeply your own.

Embracing Intentional Living: Aligning with Your True Self

3 Healthy Ways to Indulge + Enjoy Your Chocolate Cravings

3 Healthy Ways to Indulge + Enjoy Your Chocolate Cravings

Mmmmm…. Chocolate. Chocolate is the only ingredient that is its very own food group. Well, not really—but it seems as if it should be. Powerfully comforting, creamy, delicious—many people eat chocolate at least several times a week. Which begs the question…

Is Chocolate Good for You? The answer is both yes and no.

Chocolate has been used for centuries to treat bronchitis, sexual malaise, fatigue, hangovers, anemia, depression, memory loss, high blood pressure, poor eyesight, and more. It also helps release that feel-good neurotransmitter—serotonin—in the brain. But eat the wrong kind & you’ll get loads of sugar, calories, and junky ingredients.

6 Little-Known Health Benefits of Adding Essential Oils to Your Daily Water

6 Little-Known Health Benefits of Adding Essential Oils to Your Daily Water

A new week is the perfect time to reset and take stock of your internal goals. In doing so, I’ve realized the goal I set that has helped drive the most change in my life. Sit down. Grab a glass. I hope you’re thirsty, because we’re talking about drinking more water.

Drinking water is a seemingly simple daily task, but it requires dedication and intention. I drink at least 1/2 my body weight in ounces of water daily, which isn’t something I achieved overnight. I started drinking this much water consistently 13 years ago when I looked for ways to quit drinking soda pop. My Grandma, when she was in her 80s, kept a 64 oz. polar water bottle & she told me that if I drank more water, I would crave less sugar. She gave me the water bottle, and I kept it on my work desk. It was the first healthy habit that I stuck to and it’s become much more than that to me.

Drinking water is essential to my overall health: emotional, spiritual, and physical. Water can significantly change your body. In addition to cleansing toxins, can…

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Is It Possible to Find a Work + Life Balance?

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“Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction.” -Matthew Kelly, author Balance is a waste of time… Balance is a sticky subject among many people. We have careers, partners, children, family commitments, charity work, classes, hobbies, worship time—plus, big desires to improve our health. How can one possibly balance so many things? I’m going to let you in on a little secret here… You can’t. 

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Is It Possible to Find a Work + Life Balance?

How can one possibly balance so many things? I’m going to let you in on a little secret here… You can’t. 

Work + Life Balance: Is It A Myth?

“Harmony” is an easier goal than balance. Harmony means everything is co-existing in a spirit of cooperation. But whatever you want to call it —harmony, balance, or “fitting it all in”— there is a secret to doing more of what you want and less of what you don’t want. 

Want to hear the secret? I just need to warn you that although the equation sounds simple, it actually takes massive willpower to execute. It also requires that you get absolutely clear on what you want your life to look like, and what you do not want in your life.

Ready? Okay, here’s the secret…

4 Steps to Finding the Secret to Work + Life Balance

(or Harmony, as I like to call it): 

  1. First ask yourself what isn’t serving you. What doesn’t need to be in your life? What is dragging you down? Keeping you awake at night? 

  2. Second, get rid of (or fix) the things you identified in step 1. Have you identified a few things? Now get rid of them. (Or fix them. Now.) 

  3. Third, ask yourself what you want in your life—or in this week or day? What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to do? Who do you want to be with?

  4. Lastly, focus your energy on these things you identified in step 3. Anything that doesn’t fit into this larger scheme… let it go (or learn how to say “no”). 

Ready to dive in and make a few changes? Give these tips a try and see how much more harmonious your life can be.

No balance required. 

xo, Lizzie

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5 Tips to Kick Portion Control Distortion + Select the Correct Serving Size

5 Tips to Kick Portion Control Distortion + Select the Correct Serving Size

v\“How much is too much?” Quick Quiz: How many portions are in a bag of snack-size whole grain crackers? Or a small bottle of locally-pressed juice? Or a lunchbox pack of granola bars?

Hint: it’s not “one.” Often, the above products actually contain 2 or 2.5 servings per package.

Can YOU Eat Just One? Sure, you could go ahead and enjoy just half the bag, but are you really going to do that? Don’t beat yourself up if the answer is no: If you place food in front of most people, they tend to eat it all. It’s just the way we’re wired.

6 Simple Tips to Embrace a Positive Mindset Everyday

6 Simple Tips to Embrace a Positive Mindset Everyday

Exactly how full is your glass? Picture a big glass goblet filled to the halfway mark with water. How do you see it—half-full or half-empty? Consistently finding the glass half-empty—and the world as a difficult place— is a hallmark of negativity.

Research has found that a negative outlook can contribute to everything from depression to heart disease to lowered immune system function. It can affect sleep, weight maintenance, the quality of your relationships, your social life, and even your ability to hold a job. Now imagine what it would feel like to approach life from a place of positivity, fun, connection, health, and possibility. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

8 Types of Root Vegetables to Add to Your Plate (+ Delicious Root Vegetables Recipe)

8 Types of Root Vegetables to Add to Your Plate (+ Delicious Root Vegetables Recipe)

When you think about healthy eating, do salads and green vegetables usually come to mind? How about adding a little more variety to your plate?

Root vegetables like carrots, sweet potatoes, and turnips are a rich source of nutritious complex carbohydrates & a great way o add a healthful variety to your diet. Instead of upsetting blood sugar levels as refined sweet foods do, these power-packed root vegetables help regulate your blood sugars.

Why Eat More Root Veggies?

Long root vegetables – carrots, parsnips, burdock, and daikon radish – are excellent blood purifiers & can help improve circulation in the body. Round root vegetables – turnips, radishes, beets, and rutabagas – nourish the stomach, spleen, pancreas, and reproductive organs. Which root vegetables do you eat most? If you’re like most of the world, you probably eat carrots and potatoes the most. Here are a few other root vegetables to explore and add to your dinner plate!

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How to Use the Power of Forgiveness to Stop Unhealthy Eating

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How to Use the Power of Forgiveness to Stop Unhealthy Eating

Have you ever downed an entire package of chips, crackers, or cookies? Ate pizza or cake until you felt sick? Drank more coffee or wine than your body wanted? Do you remember how you were feeling at the time? I ask because sometimes we overeat to help distract us from emotional pain.

Think about it: have you noticed that sometimes when you overeat you’re not hungry at all? What you are is lonely. Or angry. Or sad. Or resentful. Or frustrated. Or something else. What hurt are YOU holding on to?

How to Cook Beans for Easy & Healthy Meals Powered by Plant Protein

How to Cook Beans for Easy & Healthy Meals Powered by Plant Protein

“I was determined to know beans.”— Henry David Thoreau, The Bean-Field

How about you? How well do you know beans? Creamy cannellinis, meaty garbanzos, sweet adzuki, tender pintos, and so many more—beans are one of the most powerful, nutrient-dense plant foods around.

Consider this: Beans are packed with tons of fiber, as well as plenty of iron and protein. They are rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients. They are low in calories. Plus, studies have found them to lower risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.