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Be Your Own Valentine: A Guide to Self-Love and Self-Care

Continue to celebrate Valentine's Day by showering yourself with love and care. Make each day all about nurturing your relationship with yourself. How do you love yourself? It’s time to count the ways. February is Heart Health Awareness Month and we are continuing our...

Heartstrong: Navigating Your Path To Cardiovascular Wellness

February is Heart Health Awareness Month and we’re here to help you take care of your ticker. Considering all of the factors that affect our health, we hope you find these strategies and tips useful and doable. In the United States, heart disease is a leading cause of...

Mental Health and Nutrition: How to Recognize the Impact on Eating Habits

As a Registered Dietitian, I've witnessed firsthand the profound impact that our mental health has on our eating habits and vice versa. It's a connection that can't be ignored, yet many healthcare providers may miss the subtle signs that patients hide or deny. The...

DishWithDina 2015 Board Meetings: registration now open!

As some of you may already know, for nearly 10 years now, I've been conducting "Board Meetings," a year-long series of online workshops with friends, family members, and colleagues (aka "Board Members") who are interested in developing and pursuing their personal and...

Turkeys and dressings and pies…oh, my!

With the end of the year comes invitations to holiday parties and the potential to indulge on some not-so-great foods. Tempting as these are, overeating–especially the wrong foods–can not only leave you feeling sluggish, bloated, and upset with yourself, it can...

Take the cannoli

Even though we only live across the river, it's rare the bf and I get many visits from our friends and family in New Jersey, so you can imagine how excited we got when my cousins came into the city a couple of weekends ago to spend the whole day with us. What I love...

June/July 2014 promotion

Now that my spring semester is over, I can have a normal life again and with whom better to share my free time this summer than you, dear readers? If you book any session with me before 7/31/14, you'll receive 20% off the price listed on my menu of services. If...

March/April 2014 promotion

Spring is (finally) in the air and summer will be here before we know it, so I'm offering up a couple of promotions to help you kickstart or revive some healthful habits in your life: If you book any session with me before 4/30/14, you'll receive 20% off the price...

TEDxManhattan (Sat, 3/1/14): Changing the Way We Eat

If you've been keeping track of my Twitter feed or are a part of my LinkedIn network, you know that I'll be hosting a viewing party tomorrow, Saturday, March 1, 2014, for the TEDxManhattan live-streaming event "Changing the Way We Eat." This may seem like a nutty...