Hi friends! Happy Friday! What’s going on this weekend? We’re headed to San Diego and I.can’t.wait. We’re definitely ready for some fun time with our Kleiger fam and Vitamin Sea. Also ready for some cool weather and escaping the Tucson scorching oven.

I hope you have a relaxing and lovely weekend ahead!

Labor Day weekend is here and sooooo many good sales:

HigherDOSE! You can get 20% off sitewide (minut the full-sized saunas and bundles) and they’re one of my all-time favorite brands for biohacking staples.

Here are some of the things I love and use on a weekly basis:

– The PEMF Go Mat. I use this daily for meditation and it helps me feel peaceful, centered, and grounded. It’s perfect for meditation or for a 15-day recharge on a long work day.

– The sauna blanket. I get in and sweat like a happy lil Chipotle burrito. I haven’t used it as much lately because it’s been SO hot here, but this is used at least a few times a week during the fall and winter.

– Red light face mask. My latest habit stack is walking on the walking pad with my red light face mask. It makes a huge difference with my skin!

– Red light hat. It looks super cute and can help with hair growth.

– The NEW red light full body mat. You can use it like a blanket or attach it to your wall like a giant red light panel.

If you’re looking for a portable red light option, Lumebox is having an ENORMOUS sale. I packed up my Lumebox to bring to San Diego! It’s very well-constructed, low EMF (super important!) and you can use near infrared or regular red mode. I love this for skin, mood, inflammation, recovery, healing, aches, and pains. Check it out here and no code is needed

Hi friends! I have a brand new episode live and I’m SO excited for you to listen to my conversation with Monica Cox all about understanding fertility through the lens of cellular health, the role of diet and mindset, and the emotional healing that supports your journey to motherhood.

Here’s what we discuss:

• Why fertility is often a cellular health issue—and what that really means

• The powerful connection between diet, emotional patterns, and fertility outcomes

• How to spot red flags in common fertility advice and choose practices that truly serve you

• The importance of intuition, joy, and radical responsibility in your fertility journey

• Why age is not the final word on your fertility potential

Plus, Monica’s inspiring personal story of loss, resilience, and natural conception after years of infertility.

Monica Cox is the woman midlife professionals call when they’ve blown $50,000+ on fertility treatments that failed them. Monica helps women who’ve “tried everything” finally understand what their body actually needs to get and stay pregnant-without burning themselves out with endless protocols, diets, and treatments.
Monica is raw & honest about fertility struggles that 1 in 6 couples face. She helps professional women finally get pregnant by addressing what conventional medicine misses: the gut-fertility connection, cellular inflammation, and those subconscious blocks nobody’s talking about.
Monica’s refreshing “no BS” approach and methodology transforms fertility from a clinical nightmare into an empowering journey. Women are desperate for alternatives that actually work-and Monica delivers them with the perfect mix of science, soul, and tough love that midlife women are searching for.

Connect with her on her website and on Instagram.

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191: Fertility Starts in the Brain! Healing from the Inside Out with Monica Cox

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Sharing some of my favorite lunchbox ideas for teens!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you’re having a lovely morning so far. I’ve packed this week with podcast interviews and client calls – here we goooooo – because the Pilot is home and can take over homeschool duties.

For today’s post, I wanted to share some lunchbox ideas for teenagers. I make the girls’ lunches every day, and I love putting them together. Liv’s school offers hot lunch, which is takeout from different fast food restaurants, but it’s super expensive (like $20 for Chick-Fil-A) and they don’t even keep the food warm before serving it to the kids. So for quality and cost reasons, I keep making their food here at home.

Last year, I would sometimes open Liv’s lunchbox to wash it, and quite a bit of it would still be sitting in here.

“Why didn’t you eat lunch? Aren’t you hungry at lunchtime?”

“I’m a little hungry but sometimes I don’t really want a bagel or a sandwich… I’d love a meal.”

“A meal? Like what do you mean?”

“Like ramen, or chicken, or salad or something like that.”

This blew my mind. I was still kind of packing her “little kid lunches.” Don’t get me wrong, they still looked good and had lots of tasty and healthy components, but she wanted an actual meal instead of a bagel or PB&J. It was a huge lightbulb moment for me because I’d feel the same way. I don’t like eating the same cold things every day, and for lunch, I often prefer a *meal* instead of a bagel or PB&J.

[And for the friends out there who might be wondering why she didn’t pack her own lunch, she was dancing 10+ hours a week last year across town and had hours of homework each night. It’s also one of those things that I’m happy to do for them – I enjoy it!]

I started asking her for lunch ideas, and taking her to Costco and Whole Foods with me to pick out things that look good to her. Now I make her *meals* for lunch that are still just as fast as making a PB&J or bagel, but they’re more satisfying and enjoyable.

Here are some of the things that are in the rotation:

Packed lunch ideas for teen

Main course:

Pasta salad

This is the best pasta salad in the world and you can make it in advance to enjoy throughout the week.

Chopped salad with homemade dressing

Liv loves a chopped salad and I’ll usually add different types of greens, a protein (like leftover chicken or sliced deli turkey), garbanzo beans, edamame, poshi artichokes or asparagus, grated cheese, olives, veggies, and a homemade dressing.

Jennifer Aniston salad

We all LOVE this salad and it’s so easy to pack for lunch with grilled chicken on top.

Egg bites

These can also be made in advance and frozen. We all love these

Sharing the details on how to join us for our fall detox. We start our prep week next Tuesday, so order your detox kit here! They’re also buy 3, get one free this week, so if you want to stock up for the year, it’s the perfect time. Stack my code FITNESSISTA10 if it’s your first time ordering. 

If you’ve been feeling a little off – tired even after a full night’s sleep, a little puffy, or just craving a fresh start after a YOLO summer – this is your sign to join us for our fall detox! Kickoff starts next Tuesday with a prep week and then we rock and roll on September 8th. [Friendly note: check with a doctor before making any fitness or nutrition changes.]

It’s the perfect way to press reset before the holiday season sneaks up. Think of it as a way to show your body some love: supporting your natural detox pathways, calming inflammation, and finding that steady energy again in a way that’s doable for real life, and not overwhelming. I’m SO ready for a reset after a very fun summer that left me with tight shorts and not feeling my best energy-wise, or mood-wise.

Order your detox kit here.

Fall EquiLife detox

Summer is fun, but let’s be real: late nights, travel, cocktails, and BBQs can leave us feeling sluggish. Fall is the season of routine and fresh starts, so it’s the perfect time to focus on YOU. Imagine heading into the holidays with better sleep, steady energy, and your jeans fitting just a bit better; not because of restriction, but because your body is finally getting what it needs.

Here’s How It Works

We start with Prep Week on September 2, where we’ll set you up for success. The official detox kicks off September 8, and you can choose 7, 14, or 21 days. I’ll be doing 14 days right alongside you, and every Wednesday during the program I’ll be live in our private Facebook group for Q&A and coaching. We’ll also be chatting and posting in the group each day. Our group is usually super fun, supportive, and interactive!

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Hi friends! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We’re headed to Top Golf with friends, I’m taking the kids to K Pop Demon Hunters sing-a-long, we have an NCL meeting, and a Gaslight show. We definitely packed a lot of fun things into the weekend!

( Mazer getting a little grounding and sunlight. Whenever I get out the Lumebox, she runs over to sit next to me – she loves it. )

A little treat: the Pilot was able to come home in between trips this week. It was such an awesome surprise. His work schedule has been pretty manageable but this past week was a bit of a long one. We were all so happy when he got an unexpected break in the middle.

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party. This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

8.22 Friday Faves

Fashion + beauty + random:

Tuckernuck is having a HUGE sale. I want pretty much everything from their site but I especially love their dresses. This is my favorite shirtdress and it’s only $29 right now.

I’ve been checking this site every day for an Olive Rose #7 restock.

Read, watch, listen:

Definitely check out this week’s Q&A podcast episode here.

We saw Josh Turner last weekend in Phoenix and it was everything. We danced to this song at our wedding

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