Welcome to Paleo Spirit!
My name is Lea and I’m the creator of Paleo Spirit – a website dedicated to a back-to-basics approach to health and wellness.
My focus is on providing healthful recipes and strategies for living a healthier lifestyle. Most recipes are gluten-free, grain-free and otherwise paleo-friendly.
A little bit more about me…
I am a Christian and wife and a mom to two sons. During the early days of blogging, we lived in a beautiful town in New Jersey, as featured in many posts on this site. In 2015 we moved to my home state of Texas where we currently reside in the Austin area.
As of September 2023, I am an “empty-nester” with one son in college and another taking a gap year in France. My Bichon-poodle mix dog, Sally, is doing her best to fill the void by following me around everywhere I go.
Hobbies
My hobbies include cooking and recipe development, food photography, Crossfit and travel.
Lea at Palazzo Ducale, Urbania, Le Marche, Italy
I speak Italian and spent much of the summer of 2023 reinvigorating my language skills at a language school in Urbania, Italy. Both my boys were with me, which was an opportunity of a lifetime.
My passion is health and wellness and I enjoy staying informed on the latest research and information from key opinion-leaders including reading various books and listening to podcasts devoted to the science of nutrition and physical fitness.
My current favorites are:
- Dark Calories by Dr. Catherine Shanahan
- Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means
- Next Level by Stacy T. Sims PhD
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van Der Kolk
- Forever Strong by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Education
I have a bachelors degree in European History and a Masters in International Business focused on Finance and Economics. My International Business Masters “track” was Italy and the Italian language. I have spent time living, working and studying in Italy.
Consulting Career and Health Coaching
Eating “Bistecca alla Fiorentina” in Florence, Italy.
As an executive in the Management and Strategy Consulting industry, I spent years working for major organizations providing advisory services to large (household name) corporate clients across industries in the US and abroad.
I am also a Certified Primal Health Coach and left my career in Business Consulting to spend more time on my passion, which is providing health coaching and consulting services to private clients.
The problem-solving skills honed in my years of corporate consulting, along with expertise in health and wellness strategies, has provided me with the ability to effectively guide clients and help them reach their goals.
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Lea
P.S. If you would like to know a little more about my health journey you can check out this post: A “Paleo Spirit”: My Personal Health Journey.
I have just come across this website and I find it very interesting. I am a Christian Lay Minister and have struggled as my husband has become very caught up in yoga and meditation. I understand that it has helped him and I think that your website has shown me I dont need to be so threatened, that they are not mutually exclusive. Thank you
Look forward to trying the pizza crust!
Wow… I love you website! I have am still on the thirty day paleo. Thanks for your words of encouragement an tasty treat ideas. Cant wait to try after my thirty days are up.
Mellissa
I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying your BEAUTIFUL cookbook! I have never bought tapioca flour or almond flour but it’s on my list now!! I can’t wait to make your amazing recipes!
In your recipes are the oven temperatures for fan ovens?
I’m not sure what you mean by “fan oven”. The temperatures are for standard ovens. I do own a convection oven which uses a fan but since not everyone has that I stick with instructions for standard ovens. I also typically only use my convection oven for meat and vegetable dishes and not pastries/desserts. But if I were to use a convection oven I would state that in the recipe.
I tried your pizza crust and turned out great.
Excellent. Thanks for letting me know.
I really enjoyed you spaghetti bolognese. Cheers Mbe