About Claire Cavalieri
The Ageless Aging Wellness coach, Claire Cavalieri, works with individuals who desire to keep their body young, their mind sharp and flourish as they age. Claire offers her health, fitness, and nutrition expertise to those people committed to the health and well-being of their future selves.
Claire’s popular Breakthrough Wellness program imparts empowered science-based positive mindset beliefs that can influence one’s future health and longevity results.
Another of the top principles presented is how choices made today directly impact one's health and well-being in the years to come.
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Certified in Wellness from Harvard Medical School, Claire is a prime example of avoiding disease, staying fit, and living her healthy years vibrantly. But she wasn’t always this way.
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Armed with a BA from Michigan State University, Claire brings both a strategic mindset and a holistic approach to her coaching practice, guiding clients to make informed, sustainable choices for their future health. Whether it's through tailored fitness routines, nutrition counseling, or mindset shifts, her focus is on helping people embrace their full potential at every stage of life.
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After a serious, long-term boyfriend suddenly ended their relationship and Claire and her daughter had nowhere to live, she went into a depression that lasted for several years. All she did was watch cooking shows on TV while she was in “zombie survival mode.” But she learned a lot about cooking! Claire has even spent time as a personal chef.
Claire had always been a sun worshipper and loved the water. Just a few steps across the street, there was a pool where she lived. So Claire stepped into the water and was drawn to the calming rhythm of swimming laps most days in the summer which made her feel better.
Swimming and cooking became her new passions and redefined her self-concept, self-confidence and self-worth. She even started entertaining now and then. Swimming and cooking reminded her fondly of her past life with her family, living in Michigan.
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Looking back, Claire remembered growing up in an Italian-American family, raised on the Mediterranean diet, although she didn’t realize it at the time. It consisted of mostly chicken, fish and vegetables, but not much pasta (much to her dismay!) or sweets (because mamma was a little overweight!). Around the Great Lakes of Michigan, Claire’s family was very athletic: golf, tennis, snow skiing, cross-country skiing, water skiing, swimming, walking and biking.
Sadly, mamma died suddenly before Claire learned how to cook from her, except for two Italian dishes: tuna spaghetti and Chicken Cacciatore (recipe below). Claire has lovingly mastered these dishes! Buonissimo!
Slowly, Claire recognized that there was a way to reframe her pain and find the silver lining in her heartbreak. She began to see a transformation happening in herself. She’d developed new passions and expertise in healthy parts of her life that made her feel good and that she could share with others—physical activity and cooking. Cooking led to her education in nutrition, and swimming led to Claire’s interest in physical fitness education and staying fit herself.
Claire was realizing that taking care of her body by eating well and exercising made her feel good. It became her lifestyle. It made her happy. Then she realized her depression was gone!
But Claire was still lonely. A good friend compelled her to take ballroom dance lessons (Claire was sure she had 2 left feet!) Amazingly, Claire fell in love with dance, and has become somewhat of an accomplished ballroom dancer, dancing smooth and Latin dances. While still swimming 3 times/week, Claire also enjoys hiking trails in beautiful environments from desert terrains to the Rocky mountains to Mediterranean beaches.
Socializing with many “older” people in the dance community helped Claire understand that aging is an Art and a Science and that she has the passion, the expertise, and the experience to help people age well and live long, beautiful lives.
Claire Cavalieri's authority in the fields of health, fitness, and nutrition has propelled her to be one of a few Wellness coaches in the nation specializing in slowing down aging and lengthening life expectancy.
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Some of Claire's favorite things are: Italy, photography, the color orange, and creating floral arrangements.
NORTHERN ITALIAN CHICKEN CACCIATORE
This is a nutritious dish consisting of protein, a variety of vegetables, and whole grains. It’s a family recipe from my maternal grandfather, Angelo Cavalieri, who was from the Venice area of Italy. In the northern Italian region, the Italians take a lighter cooking approach and use natural meat drippings, broth and wine to flavor their dishes rather than heavy tomato sauce as you usually find in southern Italian dishes.
Ingredients
3-4 Tbl olive oil
1-2 Tbl butter
8 bone-in chicken thighs,
skin removed
1/2 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 c sliced carrots
1 c sliced celery
1 c chopped mushrooms
2 Tbl dried parsley
1 Tbl dried basil
1 Tbl dried oregano
1 Tbl dried Italian seasoning
1-2 tsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp pepper
1/2 c dry Sherry or Marsala wine
1/2 c hot water
Directions
Warm olive oil and butter in electric frying pan set at 350 degrees (or skillet at medium high), then add the garlic and onion; stir for a few minutes until garlic begins to turn light golden. Add chicken pieces and cook until golden brown on both sides. Then add all the vegetables on top of the chicken. Sprinkle salt and pepper and all the dried seasonings on top of the veggies and chicken (I go heavy on the seasonings and sherry for a zestier flavor). Then pour the wine and water on top of everything.
Let cook for 10-15 minutes. Then turn temperature down to about 250 (or low), cover pan, and let simmer for about 45 min-1 hour or until veggies are tender. If the liquid is drying up while simmering, add half cup of both sherry and water.
Note: I serve this dish with Lundberg’s Wild Rice
Buon appetito!
from the kitchen of Claire Cavalieri
