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Who's working on their Corona 15? Snacking throughout the day without even thinking about it? Watching TV with a bag of chips in your lap? I've been there! BUT, I've also decided that while I'm going to enjoy food, I am not going to gain that 15! Here's what I'm doing to keep that from …
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What are you feeling these days? Are you feeling like those eggs? All sorts of emotions, all over the place throughout the day? It can be a vicious cycle. Anxiety turns into stress then results in lack of quality sleep, which can result in further stress and anxiety. I want to share with you how …
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Many of us are stuck inside our homes these days. We miss our family and friends or perhaps everyone is starting to get on each other nerves. How is it affecting you? How do you really feel these days? My kids are bickering more than usual and spending a lot of time in front of …
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Long before everyone was asking themselves if their belongings sparked joy in their lives, I discovered a crucial thing about my "stuff." I found that I lose focus and am more stressed when my environment is cluttered. I would get distracted by things or simply just couldn't get started on something just because there were …
My 10 & 12 year-olds are now old enough to take up some household chores such as cleaning the tables, helping with the dishwasher, putting away clean laundry, picking up dirty clothes, emptying their little trash cans, the list goes on and on. But no one really wants to do them and I realize it's …
Most American households have a bevy of cleaning products under their kitchen sinks (insert storage area of your choice here). We are aware that we should keep them away from our children to avoid accidental ingestion. But we assume that these products are safe when used as directed. Sadly, that is far from the truth. …
Much like how fitness is an approach to training the body, meditation is an approach to training the mind. And just like with fitness, there are many techniques to meditation, each of which requires different mental skills. Why meditate? To reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. To increase peace, perception, self-concept, and well-being. However, it …
Do you find the shorter days, cloudy skies, and being cooped-up indoors most of the time gets you down? Season Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that affects people from fall through spring where one may feel depressed, irritable, lethargic, and find it hard to wake-up, especially on dark mornings. Unfortunately we can't …
Making your own bath salts couldn't get easier with our simple recipe. Just be sure to buy unscented bath salts to avoid any harmful additives.
What better way to end a long, gruesome day than with a book, a glass of wine, and a scented, fizzy, colorful bath full of carcinogens, hormone disruptors, and fragrance? Wait, what??? Yes, these are just a few of the toxic ingredients hidden in these pretty, sprakly bath bombs. As relaxing and therapeutic as bath …
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