Hatch Health & Happiness

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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

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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...

Food

Container Gardens

Tips and Tricks for Starting Your Own Patio Produce Patch

Speak­ing of plant­i­ng seeds, spring is the per­fect time to do that not only fig­u­ra­tive­ly but lit­er­al­ly in your very own gar­den, too! Not every­one has the space or sun­shine to grow a full gar­den, com­plete with rows of toma­toes, pep­pers, let­tuce, and cucum­bers. But every­one has the space and time to grow some­thing, so we are going to give some ini­tial point­ers for how to start a con­tain­er gar­den, which can be done on a bal­cony or even a front stoop, with very lit­tle space required. [Read More…]

I Want to Try These Cookies, but I have Allergies… Now What?

If you have dietary restric­tions or aller­gies of any kind, flip­ping through a cook­book can be a frus­trat­ing pas­time as you drool over the glossy pho­tos of food you can’t eat. The good news is, it can be eas­i­er than it looks to make some quick ingre­di­ent swaps so you can enjoy new and excit­ing food options!

Eggs

One of the eas­i­est things to sub­sti­tute is eggs, with sev­er­al options. Gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, if a bak­ing recipe calls for 2 or few­er eggs, you can use a sub­sti­tute with sim­i­lar results. Com­bine 1 table­spoon of flax or chia seeds with 3 table­spoons of water and allow it to sit for 5–10 min­utes. Mirac­u­lous­ly, the seedy good­ness will form a gel that you can use just like an egg for your bak­ing enjoy­ment! [Read More…]

Health & Wellness

Is it Possible to Celebrate your Successes sans Doughnuts?

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Does this sce­nario sound famil­iar? You work extra hard at the gym, get a good grade on your test, or sur­vive a tough con­ver­sa­tion with your boss, and you glee­ful­ly decide that you have “earned” a tasty reward and head right to the cup­cake truck? Not only does it like­ly sound famil­iar, but you’d be hard-pressed to find some­one who can’t relate to this con­cept at all. Don’t get me wrong — I am ALL for cel­e­brat­ing every aspect of our lives, and while I am a big fan of fab­u­lous­ly fun, deli­cious, and even indul­gent meals, doesn’t this whole idea seem counter-intu­itive? [Read More…]

The Truth About Self Care

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If you ever walk into the self-help sec­tion at your local book store (yes, they still exist!), you’ll find aisle after aisle of books promis­ing some sort of improve­ment in your life. From diet and exer­cise to men­tal for­ti­tude and finan­cial inde­pen­dence, the books promise a sure-fire way to final­ly have what you feel you’ve been lack­ing. Have you ever paused to think about what all of these books have in com­mon? [Read More…]

Stretch the Possibilities in 2018

Embrac­ing change can be dif­fi­cult. We are, after all, crea­tures of habit. Change requires patience, deter­mi­na­tion, and flex­i­bil­i­ty, both fig­u­ra­tive­ly and, in some cas­es, lit­er­al­ly! Why is flex­i­bil­i­ty so impor­tant? Well, for starters, the more flex­i­ble you are, the less like­ly you are to get injured, which is real­ly enough of a rea­son in and of itself.  [Read More…]

Let the Light Shine

It’s no coin­ci­dence that the sea­son fol­low­ing day­light sav­ings time is filled with cel­e­bra­tions of light. No mat­ter your cul­ture or belief sys­tem, this time of the year is filled with can­dles, stars, glit­tery dec­o­ra­tions, and spark­ly snowflakes to help us illu­mi­nate the dark­ness. With these cel­e­bra­tions come more time with fam­i­ly and often the images and pres­sure of the “per­fect” joy-filled moments. For many peo­ple, hol­i­day music blar­ing from the speak­ers in stores and a line snaking through the mall wait­ing for San­ta fills them with mag­ic and won­der and much joy, but for oth­ers, not even the most tan­ta­liz­ing smell of warm apple cider can spark a smile. [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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Based in Fair­fax, Vir­ginia, Hatch Health and Hap­pi­ness offers full-ser­vice face-to-face health coach­ing in North­ern Vir­ginia and vir­tu­al­ly around the globe!
lydia@hatchhealthhappiness.com
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