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About Lydia Buschenfeldt and Hatch Health & Happiness

Lydia Buschenfeldt
I’m Lydia Buschen­feldt, a Cer­ti­fied Health Coach, Teacher, Writer, Wife, Horse Enthu­si­ast, Lover of the Out­doors, Self-Pro­claimed Cook and a Bonafide Nutri­tional Nerd. Most impor­tantly, I am a per­son who knows what it is like to start again.

I was a hap­py, healthy, new­ly­wed 4th grade teacher when a ran­dom virus par­a­lyzed my GI sys­tem, along with parts of my vas­cu­lar and mus­cu­loskele­tal sys­tems. Seem­ing­ly overnight I became a young woman on med­ical dis­abil­i­ty, fed by a feed­ing tube and watch­ing mul­ti­ple parts of my body strug­gle to sur­vive, over and over again.

In the span of two years, I was diag­nosed with gas­tro­pare­sis, Pos­tur­al Ortho­sta­t­ic Tachy­car­dia Syn­drome (POTS), Graves dis­ease, can­cer, dys­pha­sia, Ray­naud’s dis­ease, Irri­ta­ble Bow­el Syn­drome (IBS), vis­cer­al hyper­sen­si­tiv­i­ty, Lyme Dis­ease, vocal chord paral­y­sis, and more. I began to col­lect new aller­gies like base­ball cards, elim­i­nat­ing more and more foods and med­ical options from my diet and lifestyle. My lim­i­ta­tions pre­vent­ed me from doing what I loved best- teach­ing, run­ning, singing, enjoy­ing restau­rants with friends and more.

I could have stayed in that dark and lone­ly place. I was mal­nour­ished, scared and des­per­ate for answers.

But I made a choice to make a change.

And you can too.

I made a choice to make a change. My med­ical osb­ta­cles are not a thing of the past, nor can I pre­dict what tomor­row may bring, but I have learned to adapt and even thrive in my new lifestyle. I am a hap­py and healthy coach. And I am ready to offer a help­ing hand to help you reclaim yours.

Are you ready to make a change? Let’s talk. Sched­ule your ini­tial con­sul­ta­tion with me today.

Contact Lydia

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
610-220-7036

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Healthy Living — Great Recipes and Ideas!

Trail Mix

Bulk Bin Trail Mix

September 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

Sure, it’s tempt­ing­ly easy to grab a bag of pre-made trail mix –col­or­ful, effort­less, and with such fun names to boot! But have you ever stopped to glance at the nutri­tion facts of that bag of seem­ing­ly healthy options? More specif­i­cal­ly, check out the sug­ar con­tent. Some com­mer­cial brands of trail mix have as much sug­ar as a 16 oz bot­tle of soda! The main cul­prit is sweet­ened dried fruit, and some brands add can­dy as well. If that deli­cious mouth­ful of sweet and salty is your taste­buds’ desire, don’t despair. There are plen­ty of ways to make a deli­cious AND nutri­tious trail mix, all with ingre­di­ents from your gro­cery store bulk bin! [Read More…]

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Purely Elizabeth Superfood Oat Cups with Granola Topping — Cranberry Pumpkin Seed

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Meal Planning

Meal Planning

July 31, 2018 Leave a Comment

One of the trick­i­est parts of most people’s healthy rou­tines is the meal plan­ning com­po­nent. Luck­i­ly for you, we have that cov­ered with the lat­est install­ment in our Hatch Video series! More…

Bloat Buster Smoothie

Bloat Buster Smoothie

June 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

Now that we are head­ing into the warmer months of the year, you may find your­self want­i­ng to spend less time in front of the hot stove top or oven. For­tu­nate­ly, smooth­ies are a great way to pack a lot of nutri­tion in one place. Check out the video below for one of my favorite smooth­ies — the bloat buster!

Pan roasted plantains

Pan-Roasted Plantains

May 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

Pan roasted plantains with mashed avocadoDespite the fact that plan­tains close­ly resem­ble a banana, they have a com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent fla­vor and are def­i­nite­ly not to be con­sumed raw (you’ll only make that mis­take once!). Plan­tains are actu­al­ly a veg­etable, chock full of fiber, cal­ci­um and vit­a­min C. Pan-roast­ing the plan­tains allows them to caramelize, keep­ing the out­side a lit­tle bit crispy and the inside nice and soft. Cin­na­mon, gin­ger and turmer­ic add a tri­fec­ta of anti-inflam­ma­to­ry good­ness and a lit­tle sprin­kle of sea salt makes these plan­tains absolute­ly irre­sistible. Enjoy as is, or my favorite way –- with mashed avo­ca­do! More…

Energy bites

Energy Balls

April 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

Gluten, Grain, Dairy, Soy-Free and Vegan

Seeds need ener­gy in order to grow, and cul­ti­vat­ing your own healthy habits can take a lot of ener­gy too! Ener­gy bars and ener­gy balls are every­where we look these days. They are super easy to whip up your­self, but many peo­ple are intim­i­dat­ed by the thought. 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.
— L.S.
Man­as­sas, VA More…

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Contact Lydia

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
610−220−7036

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