The Essential Joy Blog | Your Guide to Holistic Health with Carol Aranos

Eat, Drink, & Be Healthy

Strategies to remain healthy over the holidays by winning the food fight and learning to manage your time.

What Are Your AHA Moments in Life?

When you look in the mirror, what is the reflection you see staring back at you? Do you automatically focus on the aspects of your body...

Break the Sugar Blues

If you think you might be addicted to sugar, you probably are. There are subtle signs that many of us experience and then there are some...

Why Does Sugar Make You Blue?

My sugar addiction was not only causing a muffin top but, quite frankly, making me blue. In case you missed it my blog last month, I...

Learning to Say NO Saved My Health

Tips to balance work, family, self care and improve your health by learning to say NO.

Ditch the Sugar & Lose the Muffin Top

Mary Poppins sang, “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down” and in the 1800’s it may have been necessary as castor oil was the...

Take 5 to Thrive

Have you ever wondered if five simple minutes could save your life? It can not only save your life but help you thrive.

Kale-icious – The Three R’s of Kale

My first attempt to incorporate kale into my diet was a disaster – one I hope to help you avoid. I grabbed curly kale, added cut up...

Making Lemonade Out of Life’s Lemons – A Journey to Passion

I would venture to say that most everyone was handed some of life’s lemons in the year 2020. Me included! After nearly 25 years in...