Today we are talking how to love yourself using my favorite mantra and the biggest message from Moniqua Plante Wellness – JUST EAT REAL FOOD! I know it sounds so simple, but as a nation we are bombarded with so many packaged, processed, sugar laden, non-fat, fat-free, fake food products. Therefore, mealtime can be a […]

Hello Plante Lifers!   Hope you all had an AHHHAMAZING Thanksgiving holiday!   And yep, it’s that time of year. The holidays bring family and friends together, and they also bring the egg nog, honey glazed ham, cheesy mashed potatoes and candy cane cake to the party. The platters of sweet treats and rich foods can be land mines […]

For the last few years, I’ve had a little morning ritual on Thanksgiving. I wake up in the morning, make myself something warm to sip on and I break out my journal. And I write down everything I am grateful for.   I totally believe that Thanksgiving is the perfect day to take a little inventory of what’s really happening […]

Keep Calm and Eat Chocolate!   After the Halloween candy crusades, what better way to start your week than with a blog about CHOCOLATE! Dark chocolate that is. Now that we’ve moved past the bite sized bars and candy corn coma, it’s a stellar time to talk about the awesome health benefits of eating a moderate amount of high […]

Hello my trick or treaters, party monsters and fierce creatures! Yep, it’s almost here! Halloween, with all the crazy costumes, trick or treating, haunted hayrides and oh yes, HALLOWEEN CANDY! Now, I love me some Halloween holiday action, what I don’t love is what’s called “The Halloween Hangover”.  You know what I’m talking about here. […]

We’re coming in hot! And yes, that means it’s time to drink more water! This summer in California we set some new record high temps. And it’s still hot in October! So yes, I’m sure we will be seeing a plethora of bad overly sexy Halloween costumes this year since the threat of freezing one’s […]