Fennel Frisée Winter Salade
Recipe Ingredients
Fennel Bulbs
Ghee
Juicy Sun Dried Raisin
Walnut Halves
Meyer Lemon
Fresh Frisée
Napa Cabbage
Radicchio
Parmesan Reggiano
Entree Additions:
Canadian Ham / i like Niman Ranch
Prosciutto, diced or torn
Recipe Instructions
Warm a tablespoon of ghee in a dutch oven or saute pan. Clean and slice your fennel bulbs and add. Toss gently in melted ghee and allow to cook until soft. Juice 1/2 a meyer lemon, save the skin, and add along with a handful of raisins and walnuts. I like to press the walnuts with the side of my chef knife to “wake them” up a bit before adding. Toss lightly in the warmth. Turn off the heat and let sit.
Slice your cabbage and radicchio into thin strips and then chop smaller for easy bites, chop your frisee as well. Add as much of each as you desire to your serving bowl. Scoop a large helping of the fennel batch on top and gently mix. Shave a large amount of parmesian over the whole plate and then using a microplane gently grate the lemon skin over the top, just enough to add some color and healthy gut love.
To dress you can freehand this or pre-mix: Olive oil, juice of meyer lemon, sour cream and sea salt. Play with it and adjust to your preference. If dressings make you nervous, combine in a separate container, whisk and add a little more of whatever is needed, slowly, to find your preferred ending, then add to salad.
If you’d desire to make this heartier or to use as an entree, then add a salted heritage pork in the form of sliced Canadian ham or prosciutto; it’s lovely!
Weekly Energetic Weather: Feb 16-22nd
Overall Themes
Okay! How are we all doing!? This week is deeply personal, so your journey will be a unique one, but I can say that the energy is BIG and your rewrite, a dynamic change, is here.
If you are not sleeping well or find yourself feeling very buzzy that is probably because you have a lot of fire and cardinal signs in your chart and are launching into a powerful reactivation season. If you feel relief or perhaps even a heaviness and a deep need to sleep and cocoon, you probably have water and air or mutable signs and have just completed a potent energetic journey. If like me, you have all the above, it’ll be a fun mixed bag. Hang in there!
Take time this week to tune in to you. Try to stay off socials and let yourself fall into the rhythm of your voice, body, and heart. It’s technically one of the most activating weeks of the year (really these next few weeks are) so that means it’s the best time to tune everyone else out and dive deep into your soul. Moving forward deeply connected to your spirit and to God over the next 2-3 weeks will have an immense impact on your future. Take heart and get focused.
If you haven’t already experienced your new world yet, just wait until the end of the week. For some of us, it’s an external shift and for others very internal. The general vibe is release. A release of our old selves and through this process a refreshing relief from overcaring what others think, want, need and require of us. No longer will you be tethered and held back by fear of disappointing others or being made the villain.
I couldn’t be more ready for this change. I’ve always cared far too much about how others, yes, even you, perceive me. This energy of openness and freedom, letting go of stories we’ve been gripping for so long, ideas of who we were are shedding and falling away – it’s exciting. A bit nuts and quite a surprising ride, but it’ll all be worth it for the landing.
This is the time to embody your desired self-expression. Move forward. I’ve been feeling pulls all through-out the layers of my life, from simple internal nudges to change the aroma of my body lotion all the way to the other end of the spectrum of stepping into life-altering career contracts. Life is OPEN right now. Take the chance. Move consciously and strategically, but definitely do it. Cross the bridge, get to know your new terrain, find the path, and walk it. We have an adventure ahead of us.
Moon Schedule
As a little reminder. We care about the energy of the moon because it directly impacts our bodies. The magnetic pull of the moon’s magnetic field on the water of our earth and in our bodies (we are 65% water) shifts how our cells communicate to each other, which affects organ function, which affects our energy and hormone expression, which affects our perspective and nervous system response for the day... We feel and live out the influence of the moon, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. The “personality” of the moon, plays into how and where it hits us. It’s both woo woo and yet not. Lean into it and see what holds true for you over time.
February 17th - New Moon in Aquarius at 4 AM, Solar Eclipse at 4:13 AM & then Moon Enters Pisces at 6:09 AM PST
Happy lunar NEW Year! This is a beautiful day to cherish your body and speak loving, grateful and joyful words over every inch of it! Thank God for all the healing that has taken place, all the healing that is occurring now, and all the healing that will transpire in the future. Spend time in the sunshine or at least let in the sunlight through open blinds if you’re in a rainstorm like me this week. Wear colors that bring you joy, eat food that makes your mouth water and body sing and watch or listen to art that opens your mind and expands your spirit. Let everything roll off your back today. Forgive and release and invite in new possibilities. It’s a truly new year and a fresh beginning.
February 19th - Moon Enters Aries
Aries is all about the mind, the head, the eyes. How can you relieve the thought weight, the neck tension, the light intensity? I love muscle/tendon softening balms like this one on Aries moon nights. Gently massage it in right before bed for a deeper sleep and headache/migraine prevention. Aries energy needs release, so get in some good movement over these days too - power walking, running, kick boxing, dancing. Let it OUT. Magnesium body or foot baths can also be deeply supportive this week. Use magnesium flakes: 1 cup for foot baths and 2-3 cups for full baths.
February 21st - Moon Enters Taurus
Oh steady Taurus, you ground us after a knarly week! Thank you! If you start to feel stiff under this moon, weave in some warm gentle yoga stretches, sauna, and hot showers to soften the fascia, muscles and overall circulation. Support your thyroid with raw or fresh seafood and please, please, please speak honestly. If you can’t say what you need to say in the moment, say it out loud alone somewhere safe. Get it out. Do not suppress your words under this moon. Gentle light finger tapping all over your chest and throat can also be beautifully healing at this time to awaken and soften.
Your astrological map is a powerful tool to understand sources of chronic symptoms, health blocks, your body’s vulnerabilities and strengths, and the best preventative measures to stay strong, youthful, vibrant, and dis-ease free. I can introduce you to your map in my single session or use your astrology to dive very deep as a part of your Concierge Reset.
Weekly Energetic Weather: Feb 9th-15th
Overall Themes
So I’ve been trying to write this letter all day. It’s been stuck inside me as a feeling that can’t seem to be captured fully by words, quite yet, but here I am at 9 PM attempting to map it for you. I hope it comes through. Whenever there’s a feeling of being blocked or a sense of my spirit avoiding or dancing around something instead of diving in, it means I’m sensing a powerful and potent change afoot. Fears, apprehension, simple nervousness, or just concern over the unknown elements of what’s coming can hold me up. And that’s exactly what’s going on this week.
We are at the edge. We are looking over it, and a bridge is about to materialize on Thursday, but we have no idea what the other side of the canyon holds. There’s no going back, as the world behind us is disintegrating as we speak. It’s only forward. From concept to embodiment, the courage we’ve been stepping into will now need to be fully activated and put into sport go-mode.
The word revolution can be highly activating in these times, but ironically, it’s the very vibe of the energetic moment. We have a choice. We can embrace the movement and hold an openness to what unfolds or we can shut down and become deeply guarded, scared, and reactive. These new lands are both inner and outer. Your internal world is going to be renewed, if you allow it, and our culture and humanity as a whole is going to feel and express in a freshly innovative and challengingly aggressive way. There will be pros and cons, as with all human action.
I feel called to embrace it all - the good and bad - and with bravery allow myself to move with intention across the personal bridge laid before me this week. How about you?
I was cracked open these last 3 years and forced to release just about everything I thought was my forever. Surrender was no longer a cute concept or spiritualized saying. It was my brutal, gritty, heart-wrenching reality that I re-chose every hour of the day until it slowly became an integrated part of me. I know I’m not the only one who has walked an intense path these last 3 years. 2023 launched a catalytic movement that prepared many of us for this very moment.
I have been rewatching Harry Potter with my sister, and a scene with a phoenix caught my attention. The phoenix turned to ash and in that moment, as corny as this may sound, it hit me extra hard. This was me. I had to burn. My life had to burn. A new era calls for a new phoenix.
Not everyone is here to walk a full-fledged phoenix path (honestly, don’t wish this upon anyone), but I believe we all possess phoenix areas of our lives. And we’ve watched these parts of us burn. Over the last 6 months, slowly, ever so slowly, behind the scenes, a rebirth has been occurring here. We may still feel tender, not ready to fly with our new wings, but that’s exactly what this next 3 years will be all about. The baby phoenix must mature and become a full-fledged radiant mature phoenix, to literally use its new body, to soar, and to heal. Oh, because yes, if you didn’t know, the Phoenix is a healer. Healing through its tears, of course, because healing comes from the embodied understanding of pain, loss, and challenge. Embodied empathy, as the energy of the last week taught us. It’s all woven together. Our pain has purpose. It is not just here to wreck us. It is here to revolutionize us into a rebirth. Your maturing adventure awaits. The world is ready.
How will you step into your phoenix energy this week? What bridge is materializing in front of you? Cross to the other side. See what’s in store for you.
Moon Schedule
February 9th - Moon Enters Sagittarius
Focus on your breath under this moon. Notice when you’re holding it. Let it out slowly and fully. Breath is life. You need lots of life in your bones this week. My classic favorite practice is to count to 7. For counts 1-3, inhale slowly. Pause at the top and then slowly exhale for counts 4-7. Picture your breath climbing up and then down a ladder and or going around a circle. Repeat this until you feel fully in your body, then let yourself smile as big as possible till you feel very silly and can’t help but let out a chuckle ;).
February 12th - Moon Enters Capricorn
Capricorn energy is so beautiful for creating structure in your life, and as we know the body is a structural element, so bringing attention here under this moon will only enhance effectiveness. Build a rhythm for your body. If you thrive on consistency, create repeatable body-based habits, like waking up and eating at the same time every day. If you succeed with freedom and variety, then build out a toolkit of resources that you can select from each day, like a treasure box. Pick a form of movement that sounds fun, a balanced meal that marries your feelings, and a subconscious statement that matches your needed mental uplift. Use these rhythms to weave nourishing food, energizing or calming movement, and healing mental practices into your everyday.
February 14th - Moon Enters Aquarius
An interesting energy for valentines day, may not feel as romantic as you might hope - heads up here. Let your heart feel a bit quirky today. As for your body, it wants lots of oxygen and needs it under this moon. A beautiful time to bring in oxygenating foods and tools. I looooove ozone for this if you have access to an at-home machine or a local hyperbaric chamber. Supporting foods that keep oxygen moving in the body can also be lovely. Think iron-rich (greens, red meats, seafood) and antioxidant-full foods (green tea, vibrant colored fruits and vegetables). And of course, lots of full breaths throughout the day. A great time to enjoy breathwork classes.
Your astrological map is a powerful tool to understand sources of chronic symptoms, health blocks, your body’s vulnerabilities and strengths, and the best preventative measures to stay strong, youthful, vibrant, and dis-ease free. I can introduce you to your map in my single session or use your astrology to dive very deep as a part of your Concierge Reset.
Weekly Energetic Weather: Feb 2nd-8th
Overall Themes
After the release and acknowledgement of all that the Leo full moon had in store for us we can see ourselves and others more clearly.
Your truth has been revealed. Phase one. Grace for who we’ve been, and in many ways still are, has landed. We understand what we want and have expressed who we are at the core. It’s no longer buried under false platitudes, squashed by cultural norms or rejected due to past experiences of failure or loss. You see it now. And it must be everything. It must be your present. It must be your future. It’s real. It’s here.
The truth of others has also come to light. And with it comes the extension of compassion and understanding. This is phase two. From the honesty you found within yourself, you step into openness and tenderness with others. There couldn’t be a more powerful time to hold love and hope for the world and humanity as a whole. When all seems dark, we are here to be light, to be the star in the night sky, to shine steadily and gently. This is true bravery. Holding out on hope when all seems lost - in your home, in your body, in your work, in your community, in your city, in your country, in the world.
How do you do this?
I want to remind you that your first call, your first point of stewardship is Tony our spirit and to your body. From here, from a place of relative fullness can you then extend yourself outwards to others. In a time when most reverse this, I ask you to return. Return to your body. Heal here. Master here. Hold here. Be brave here. This is more powerful than any external sacrifice you’ll ever do. There’s less applause and validation and approval, but it’s the most impactful. I don’t know about you but I’m on this earth for impact, not applause. How can you be of service? Take care of your body. Then from a place of robustness, take care of others. Notice I didn’t say perfection, but robustness. Think 80% ;).
Raw Truth: You will not last in this world if you fail yourself. You will only become a burden to others. I KNOW this is not what you would ever want, so handle your business before you handle others.
Empathy is not saving everyone. Empathy is stepping into others shoes and taking time to see their perspective, to feel into their lived life, to imagine what it would be like to carry their worries and fears and joys and victories for a day, then from that place interact with and love on them. We seem to have forgotten this. We rush to action, often misguided or dramatic action that doesn’t even actually help in the end. We also often use others’ pain as an excuse to avoid the discomfort of facing our own responsibilities. Focus first on facing your own needs, then open up to the world’s eyes. And then if guided through this path to take action or serve, do it. Do it with all your heart. THIS is pure empathy in motion! This week’s energy guides us on this journey and the world stage is giving us quite an opportunity to live it out in every area of our lives. I hope you let yourself move, dance, and flow through it.
Put simply: master the art of pure empathy by simultaneously holding grace and love for others while continuing to honor your own body and handle your own business.
Come back and tell me what you experience this week. I’m always here for the stories. Love you.
Moon Schedule
February 2nd - Moon Enters Virgo
Digestion and immune are the focus under this moon. Autoimmune and chronic diseases are captured by the Virgo energy, so your attention may be brought here over these days. Support healthy break down of food with simple steps: avoid drinking more than 8 oz of liquid with meals, enjoy something bitter or tangy right before a meal (ACV, chew on an arugula leaf, smell or lick a lemon), go on a nice little walk right before or after your evening meal.
February 5th - Moon Enters Libra
Kidneys and ovaries are your focus under this moon. Both organ systems speak to vitality and the body’s ability to recover and handle stress through minerals and hormone. They are very tied to safety. The more your parasympathetic nervous system is able to be your dominate state, the better for energy, regeneration, fertility, and overall aliveness! Set aside a moment each day this week to place a hand over your kidneys and ovaries and slow down your breath. Send your inhales and exhales through these locations and inviting healing and regeneration. Your hands have power. Use them!
February 7th - Moon Enters Scorpio
Clearance! Let’s get the junk, the toxins, the excess hormones and unwanted elements OUT. This is the moon to support movement out of the colon. I looove abdominal massages especially rolling your fingers over your sigmoid. It feels like a sailing rope when full of stool. Roll your finger tips over the rope, moving side to side, following the direction of your pelvic bone till you reach the end, then do it again 2-3x more. Best time to do it is in the morning when you’re horizontal in bed before you get up. A great tip if you struggle with constipation too!
Your astrological map is a powerful tool to understand sources of chronic symptoms, health blocks, your body’s vulnerabilities and strengths, and the best preventative measures to stay strong, youthful, vibrant, and dis-ease free. I can introduce you to your map in my single session or use your astrology to dive very deep as a part of your Concierge Reset. Come see me!