Nourishment - more than just what’s on your plate

I called this blog Nourish because as I’m learning in my Health Coaching program at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, nourishment is more than just the food we eat.  It also includes all the ways in which energy is given and consumed in our lives, i.e., our jobs, our relationships, our hobbies, our emotions and thoughts, and the ways we move our bodies.

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I can’t help but think of celebrations past and the energy of all the bodies crammed in my grandma’s little Cape house. No table long enough, or room big enough to hold her 8 kids, their spouses, and all their children, people filled every room with plates on knees and on card tables.