Healthy Living
Yoga is my prozac
YOGA IS MY DRUG? Actually, he replied, I figured it was Prozac. Ha! This was the joking response of a guy I do some work with when I asked him, How do you think I stay pretty much happy almost all the time? He was adding up the total hours in a...
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Max's Mud Natural Sculpting Dough Review
My daughter loves anything artsy; paints, crayons, stencils, chalk, scissors, play-do. Im not a big fan of play-do (for obvious reasons) so you can imagine how excited I was when I found some all natural sculpting dough for her to create with. Whats even more...
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The Physique 57 Thigh Seat Booster DVD
Lets talk about your booty, baby. More specifically, lets talk about how it might react to this: Its the Physique 57 Thigh t blame her. (If you jump on over to YouTube, youll find a video of her teaching Anderson Cooper a few moves.) This 30-minute wor...
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Moms Clean Air Force Blog Carnival
We take for granted the air we breath. Unless you are exercising, meditating, practicing yoga, or have health-related breathing issues like asthma, the involuntary responses of inhaling and exhaling hardly noticed. Air is a basic necessity of life, although it is not alw...
Read more...Teaching Kids Respect
There is a big question making the rounds among the parents at my daughter’s class. Should the kids refer to the parents’ friends as “Mr. Jones” or “Mrs. Smith”, rather than using their first names? I was quite shocked, having come from a home where it would have been unhe...
Read more...Power Struggles: Who is Misbehaving?
The most common question among parents is how to cope with the ongoing power struggles between parents and kids…bedtime, cleaning their rooms, cooperation in the morning, it goes on and on. These are the common complaints of misbehavior. I remember so clearly the struggles...
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Inhale, Exhale, Greens
Bella shares my love of necklaces, Nutella, novels, and flavored lip gloss. She does NOT share my love of green vegetables and deep breathing. Hearing deepen your breath is as natural...
Read more...Choosing Safe Activities for Teens Online
According to Department of Labor statistics from 2002, mothers stay home while fathers go to work in 23.2 percent of American families. Only about a quarter of those mothers who stay home while the father works have children between the ages of 14 and 17. Yet there i...
Read more...Teens and Homework: When to Step In
I have two teenage daughter who make everyday a magical experience. Yes there are the normal issues revolving around raising teenagers…hormones, the growing need for independence, and other typical teen issues. However, the area we struggle with the most is homework. Its h...
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This fit foodie had one fine day.
Yesterday was great. A fine specimen of a day, actually. Although not at first. My alarm went off at 5:00AM as I had to be at the gym by 5:45AM for a client. But on Monday, I got sucked into an episode of Castle (which I never watch), so I got to bed later than usua...
Read more...The Ties That Bind
Sometimes I forget. I forget how small this world is. And how much smaller it becomes through the simple act of blogging. When I started writing here, I did it because I knew absolutely no one going through the same thing I was. In my real life, I felt incred...
Read more...Too much to do and not enough time
It has been a while since I have posted. So here are my life updates: 1. I have been finishing up my last two weeks at my job with the University of Missouri. For those who didnt know, I am moving on to a new job with Vamortgagecenter.com . I am very excited but giving t...
Read more...Less Mess. Less Stress
My goodness! I feel like my brain is scattered this week as we have church conference allll this week. I volunteered for the baby nursery Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. There are lots of cute, adorable, squishy and crying babies. I dont know if its because Im a mom to 6 or...
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Keeping a Clean Kitchen: Refrigerator Freezer
I hope you were able to get a few of your drawers cleaned out last month. I didn’t get all of mine done, but I did make some progress.I thought May would be a good month to clean the refrigerator and freezer really well, before the weather get too hot and you don’t ...
Read more...Pain Relief for Carpal Tunnel
Pain relief for individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome is an important part of the treatment protocol. Individuals will often experience numbness, tingling, and pain in the first, second and half of the third fingers. This condition can render a person helpless...
Read more...Homeopathics Boost the Immune System
Changed lifestyles have been instrumental in affecting the immune system in a highly negative way. The immune system is a complex arrangement that involves the liver, spleen, thymus, the lymphatic system and bone marrow, which work in tandem to maintain resistance to d...
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No shortcuts
Hello there! Whew, yesterday was non-stop from the beginning to end and included fun new experiences like metro rides and metal detectors and teaching at new (very secure) venues. I felt very urban! I was so busy yesterday I even ran out of time to tell you a...
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running
If you are interested in joining the latest revolution in running (as I am), then The Complete Idiots Guide to Barefoot Running just might be for you. Written by Dr. Craig Richards (find him at Hunter Gait) and Thomas Hollowell (find him at Barefoot Runni...
Read more...Herbs for Detoxing and Blood Purification
Alfalfa alkalizes and detoxes the body. Can act as a diuretic, balances hormones, eases inflammation, may lower cholesterol. Must be used in fresh raw form to provide vitamins. Contains an antifungal agent. Its high protein and vitamin content make it a good nutritiona...
Read more...A little housekeeping…
Hello everyone! Hope you all are doing fantastic this morning. I have lots of amazing things in store for you in the coming days. I have a couple of powerful blogs posts coming as well as a self discovery journal that I am super excited about. I am also working on a ...
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The School Garden
Early last spring, through a local educational grant, I helped students, teachers, parents and administrators establish a vegetable garden at our small grade school. Permanent above- and below-ground fencing surrounds our 25’ x 40’ garden to guard it from hungry cr...
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Puff Be Gone: Eliminating Under-Eye Circles
Have you ever had one of those days in which your outfit was stunning, skin was glistening, your hair just perfect, but oh no….where did those raccoon eyes come from? Oh yes, as much as we adore the little critters of the wild kingdom, we don’t want to model our l...
Read more...Never Too Old to Start Running
What an interesting start to the week I had! I went downstairs to workout and hear “Osama bin Laden is dead”. I dropped the weights, not believing my ears. My first response was “GREAT!” My second response was “Oh GREAT! Ted and I have to get on a plane this Friday. Wha...
Read more...Bringing up Eco Baby
Babies are very expensive, not just financially, that much is obvious to most new parents, but babies are also costly to the environment. From nappies, to the swathes of clothing that has constantly needs replacing as baby grows, being a parent buts a heavy burden on the e...
Read more...The Healing Power of Castor Oil
Moving on to more “exotic” techniques to increase immune system efficiency, we come to castor oil. I can remember my dad telling me time after time about his mother’s devotion to castor oil when he was growing up. At the first sign of any illness in one child, she would im...
Read more...Aromatic Ingredients in Aromatherapy Practices
There are a lot of terms that get thrown around when you look into essential oils and aromatherapy practices. Some, like essential oils, make sense to you. They are exactly as the name suggests oils that are made from pure ingredients like bark, flowers, seeds and oth...
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7 Sun Protection Tips
Since May is Skin Cancer Awareness month and today is Melanoma Monday , I thought it would be timely to provide you all with some potentially life-saving pointers in the way of sun protection and preventative measures. It may be information you’ve heard before, but it real...
Read more...Weekend Adventures
Despite this weekend being what most people would consider boring, I had a few adventures especially in regards to running. Seeing the forecast on Friday for the weekend, I was faced with a dilemma. Saturday called for rain and a high in the low 60’s. Sunday called for h...
Read more...Late Dinner
At 8:45, Dave and I finally sat down for dinner!! We both are exercising fiends when the weather is decent. I went out after work for an 8 mile run and Dave went on a 31 mile bike. Being the thoughtful wife that I am, I had one of his favorite dinners ready for him w...
Read more...Quick Cures for Bad Breath
Ever have a conversation with someone who almost instantly started back pedaling away from you mid-sentence? Bad breath might keep friends away, but fortunately it’s often a social evil that’s easy to banish. Dont let bad breath chase away your friends ruin your social lif...
Read more...Panic Attacks — Signs of Vulnerability
Panic attacks do not come from nowhere, though the possibility of them coming out of the blue cannot be discounted. Nonetheless, there is always that something that triggers the occurrence of such attacks. Experts believe that the causes are multi-factorial and pre-dis...
Read more...When Diversity Isn’t an Issue
Workplace diversity is as positive or negative an issue as any leader or organization makes it. Diversity can be a powerful tool to bring people together and use the talents and knowledge of your employees or it can generate fear and mistrust. I tend to focus on wor...
Read more...Social Media Meets Healthcare
Here on the The Energy Collective we cover all aspects of energy policy. We’re proud to take on another big, and globally significant business conversation: How to deliver quality healthcare to as many people on the planet as possible. Today marks the official launch of He...
Read more...Home-Made Toss Accross
My son recently had a homework assignment in which he had to make a toy that a child in the Pioneer days would have made and enjoyed. He decided to make a bean bag toss game. He gathered up scraps of fabric and started sewing his bean bags. My daughter was s...
Read more...Plank Jacks
Heres a bit of trivia for you: Jumping jacks were named after Jack LaLanne. You know, the guy who created the juicer I love so much. Do you like jumping jacks? They remind me of grade school soccer practices, but I totally use them in my Circuit Sculpt class. They keep people ...
Read more...A Real BRICK and Crab Louie
Ted did his first BRICK workout on Sunday. He’s practicing for the Triathlon on May 29th in Cooperstown, NY. What a guy! He swam, he cycled, he ran… phew! I thought running was tough! I was going to do all that with him but, seriously, my swimming has been on and off (...
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lovers and fighters
Good Monday morning! I hope you had an amazing weekend! This past Saturday night in Toronto was a big event…UFC 129 featuring my boyfriend Georges St-Pierre. Miranda, Kristin, Stephanie and I headed over to Morgan’s to watch the fight. That’s right, a girls only...
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Saunter with Spirit
Thoreau taught that walking for one’s soul takes genius. Sauntering through a beautiful countryside— as opposed to getting from point A to point B—embodies a fine art that uplifts your spirit. The word saunter derives from the spiritual pilgrims in the Middle Ages g...
Read more...Have you ever considered weight loss surgery?
Thank you everyone for the great comments and support on my last post, Accepting the Truth. I have lots to put down in writing, so bear with me. An exciting new job, getting used to my new routine I started my new job last week, as a Marketing Specialist (Web and ...
Read more...What to Do if Your Child is Being Bullied
Bullies have become an everyday part of our kids’ lives. In person or online, they are threatening kids and causing fear even when they are not in the same room. If we are going to help it is critical that we recognize the signs in our kids and know what to do if your chil...
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