Your ACES Score and Why It Matters to Your Longevity
ACES, or Adverse Childhood Experiences study, looks at childhood experiences like divorce, neglect, abuse, loss and trauma and the connection to long term adult health problems like heart disease, cancer, depression, autoimmune disease and more. One of the comments I...
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Boost Your Health With Nature (Even Indoor Plants)
Modern life has many of us inside and on screens for much of our days, much to our - and our kids’ - detriment. Science is finding evidence that being in nature positively impacts our mood and behavior. We are physically and mentally more healthy when we interact with...
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6 Common Mistakes That Get in Your Way of Developing Healthy Habits
Today I'm sharing the 6 Common Mistakes That Get In Your Way of Developing Healthy Habits. The first mistake I see people making is in wanting to change everything at once. This is so common! Every client I work with comes to me wanting to make change in their lives...
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An Invitation to Work Together in the New Year
What are your self-care goals for the new year? Are you planning a new exercise routine? Are you ready to start eating all the fruit and vegetables you buy each week? Is this the year when you stick with your New Year's resolutions? I am here to help! Self-care SOS...
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2019: How Do You Want to Feel In the New Year?
Less that two weeks before we flip the calendar over into the new year. How do you want 2019 to feel? We get to decide how we feel. Revolutionary, I know. For the last decade plus I have been choosing a word of the year. Those words have helped me feel the way I want...
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100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Support Group
Are you needing some support for your self-care? Did you know I have a totally free 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Facebook group? True story! And I’d love for you to join me. Click here to join. Please answer the questions so I know who you are and what you’d like to get...
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6 Steps to a Less Stressful Holiday Season
December is here, friends. I have stories about December: it’s too busy there’s too many things to do (shopping, presents, cooking, travel) there are too many parties (and I suck at parties) there are too many obligations (two birthdays, two holiday meals, presents,...
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I’m Saying NO in November and I Invite You To Do The Same
2018 has been a really rough year: more cancer in our family, lots of ups and downs of parenting, so many deferred maintenance project finally taken care of, the 24 hour news cycle dumpster fire that just keeps getting worse every day... You too? Thankfully...
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Sunday Link Love #27
This week has been a reminder that filling my schedule - even with things that are amazing - still leaves me with a too full schedule feeling. I don't run well without white space. Summer hours are in order. I am concentrating my efforts on learning, studying and...
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Sunday Link Love #26
Solo parenting. I am hat tipping to single parents everywhere. How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending you articles that have sparked my interest because they are all about Self-Care and Life Satisfaction. It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, It Just...
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Sunday Link Love #25
We celebrated our first day off from school with a trip to the lake with the grandparents. Nothing like riding around on a boat with good food, good company and a good book. How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending you articles that have sparked my...
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Safer Sunscreen That I LOVE
For close to twenty years I have been trying to find a safer sunscreen that smells good, feels good on my skin, keeps me from burning and isn't full of stuff I don't want to put on my body. I have tried so many safer sunscreens that failed to make the grade: one was...
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Sunday Link Love #24
Our school year ends this week -- both my husband and daughter will be home all summer. I am equal parts thrilled and terrified. Terrified because I need to put some structure on our summer or there will be hell to pay. Thrilled because homework and school lunches...
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Saturday Senses
A way to capture the spirit of each week… tasting :: green smoothies,apricot pie, steak tacos, deli sandwiches as big as my head, bbq potato chips, and crazy amounts of hummus. hearing :: so little because my ipod has gone missing. smelling :: redwoods and the...
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How to Have The Best Summer Ever
Summer is upon us folks and I don't know about you, but I like to make the most of the season. With both the kiddo and my husband out of school for two months and not a lot of structure, we go crazy without our Summer of Intentionality aka How to Have the Best Summer...
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Sunday Link Love #23
We are halfway through this calendar year. The school year is almost over. Have you accomplished what you meant to this first half of the year? This has me thinking about my own goals. More on that later! How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending...
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Making a Difference In the World One Meal at a Time
Do you listen to the news of the day and feel sick to your stomach? Do you feel the need to turn away from it all because you aren't sure what to do? Action is the antidote to despair. - Joan Baez Over the last 18 months, my advocate nature has been reignited....
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Sunday Link Love #22
I can't even believe it is already Memorial Day weekend. Time sure seems to be moving quickly around here. How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending you articles that have sparked my interest because they are all about Self-Care and Life...
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Do You Have Questions?
What is Deferred Maintenance? It is a 6 week online Self-Care 101 course. We will learn about the four quadrants of self-care, practice my most life-changing self-care mindset and write new self-care plans while having support and accountability of a group so we can...
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3 Biggest Myths About Self-Care and Why Putting It Off Can Shorten Your Life
Now is the time to invest in yourself and self-care. Why? Because we don't know how much time we have left before a major life event happens. Divorce, death of a loved one, losing a job, a significant health setback or diagnosis, or an accident can happen at any...
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Sunday Link Love #21
The school year is starting to wind up. We've got end of the year performances, camps sign ups and we are starting to make our Summer of Intentionality lists. What are you going to do, learn and read this summer? How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be...
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