Hatch Health & Happiness

Certified Holistic Health & Wellness Coaching

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Hatch Health and Hap­pi­ness is here to help you reclaim your life in the names of exu­ber­ant heath and last­ing hap­pi­ness! Hatch offers full-service vir­tu­al and in-person health coach­ing, gro­cery store tours, pantry makeovers, cook­ing lessons and more.

Spe­cial­ties: Aller­gies and Asth­ma / Hay Fever, Anx­i­ety, Insom­nia, Dia­betes, Blood Pres­sure Dis­or­ders, Diet, Exer­cise & Weight Man­age­ment, Diges­tive Dis­or­ders includ­ing IBS and Gas­tro­pare­sis, Headaches, & Stress

Are you ready to reclaim your life?

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Stress Reduction

In this day and age, we are all under a tremendous amount of stress. Families, careers, commuting, and financial constraints … More...

Digestive Disorders

It is estimated that 60-70 million people in the United States alone are affected by digestive disorders. Sadly, people live … More...

Health & Wellness

Approaching Anxiety Management Naturally

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So often in our soci­ety, peo­ple want those suf­fer­ing from anx­i­ety to just “get over it.” Men­tal ill­ness and anx­i­ety are often mis­un­der­stood by those who do not suf­fer from them, which leads to shame and a spi­ral into more and more anx­i­eties for those who strug­gle with them. I’ve includ­ed some ideas here that can help you han­dle mild to mod­er­ate anx­i­ety health­ful­ly, mind­ful­ly, and nat­u­ral­ly. [Read More…]

How to Talk to Your Doctor, so Your Doctor Will Listen

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Here’s the thing — doc­tors are busy. Most are tied to insur­ance com­pa­ny stan­dards and more rules, reg­u­la­tions, and paper­work than we could ever even begin to imagine.

Here’s the oth­er thing — you’re busy. And gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, if you’re in a doctor’s office, you don’t feel your best. You need help and you need it NOW.

So how do you find that hap­py bal­ance between get­ting your ques­tions answered and the help that you need, and keep­ing the doc­tor invest­ed in your case?

Lucky for you, I’ve com­plet­ed exten­sive expe­ri­en­tial research in this depart­ment — that’s a fan­cy way of say­ing that I’ve attend­ed more doc­tors’ appoint­ments in my life­time than I can even begin to count! So I know a few things about get­ting the most out of your 15 min­utes. [Read More…]

You Scratch My Belly, I’ll Help Yours

The old say­ing goes, “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.” Pet own­ers know that while this say­ing may not be lit­er­al­ly true, we do get a lot in return from our fur­ry friends. We spend hours scratch­ing backs, bel­lies and between ears, and what we get goes far beyond a few affec­tion­ate licks in return.

The full list of health ben­e­fits that pets bring us is long and can vary from pet to pet and per­son to per­son. [Read More…]

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Food

Healthy Snacking on the Go

Despite our best inten­tions, some­times it is just down­right impos­si­ble to be home every time your body needs some nour­ish­ment. With the sea­son of trav­el and adven­ture upon us, hav­ing an arse­nal of go-to healthy snacks on hand can keep your body sta­ble and hap­py as you head out the door.

Always aim to pair your car­bo­hy­drates with a fat and/or pro­tein to keep your blood sug­ar lev­els sta­ble and keep your body sat­is­fied so you can rock and roll through your sum­mer adven­ture. Spread almond but­ter on a brown rice tor­tilla, dip some cel­ery sticks in hum­mus, or make your own healthy trail mix with nuts, seeds, and no-sugar-added dried fruit. [Read More…]

Let’s Talk Clean Greens…

…and reds, and yel­lows, and every oth­er col­or of the rain­bow! That’s right, I’m talk­ing about the pow­er of pro­duce. How and what you eat has an impact not only on your bel­ly, but also on your entire body… but how do you know what you are real­ly buy­ing? [Read More…]

Blog: Restarting my Hard Drive

The Next Chapter

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Hello, 2017. Hard to believe you're here. Not going to lie, I am more wary of what you have to offer than I have ever been in my entire life. And yet...here we are. I have … Read More...

The In-Between

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Hello, blank page. I know, it's been awhile. I have both desperately craved and strictly avoided you, knowing I needed to write and terrified of what may come out. What if … Read More...

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I’d say Lydia Buschen­feldt has changed my life, but that wouldn’t be exact­ly true. What she does is even more pow­er­ful. Any­one can tell some­one else what changes they ‘need’ to make to live a health­i­er life. It takes some­one spe­cial to enable and empow­er you to change your own life. Lydia is that some­one spe­cial. Dur­ing every ses­sion, at every twist and turn and bump in the road, Lydia meets me where I am with an incred­i­ble amount of knowl­edge and patience, and helps me iden­ti­fy one or two steps for­ward to accom­plish the goals I have for myself. She knows that each jour­ney is dif­fer­ent, and cus­tomizes our ses­sions so our dis­cus­sions are tai­lored toward what I need in that moment to help me build the health, future and hap­pi­ness that I deserve.
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