This weekend, I did a little experiment. I deleted the Instagram app from my phone (I deleted FB long ago). Over the past few weeks, I found myself mindlessly opening IG while doing the following: – Taking James out in the yard, any time of day or night – Standing in the kitchen – Sitting […]
4 Weird Ways to Make Your Mouth a Healthier Place
Confession time. I recently went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned for the first time in 8 years. EIGHT. Like clockwork, I bring the kids for their dental appointments every 6 months. When I brought them last time, I said to the receptionist, “I need to make an appointment for myself – I […]
Legs Up the Wall Pose
See this photo? That was me attempting to do legs up the wall pose. But for some reason, my 87-pound rescue dog, James Earl Jones, thought I was inviting him to pounce on me. LOL. Legs up the wall pose is one of the easiest yoga poses to do, and has so many benefits for […]
6 Essential Oils for Winter Wellness
My mom came up on Tuesday and she brought eight gigantic boxes of Kleenex® that she got on sale at our local market. We thought that having eight boxes of Kleenex might be like buying a snowblower and then having a snowless winter, but alas we were wrong: it’s the 12th day of school and my son is home with a cold. Fortunately, […]
4 Easy Ways to Drink More Water Every Day
Staying hydrated is important to our health. What exactly does “hydrated” mean? Well, this Mayo Clinic article suggests that men drink 3 liters (13 cups) of water per day and that women drink 2 liters (9 cups) of water per day. So, why should we make sure our water intake is sufficient? According to another […]
Getting Off Our Phones
Is it just me or is everyone on their phone? Everywhere I look lately, people are head down, staring at their phones. When they’re alone or with people. At restaurants, beaches, and malls. On sidewalks, bikes and mountaintops. Now that I’ve noticed this, I can’t stop thinking about it. I mean, it’s crazy…isn’t it? The other […]
Fun and Freeing Fridays
One Thursday morning in 2011, I saw my friend Charlie Gilkey tweet, “What can you do today to make your weekend more spacious?”. As a mom of three kids, my weekends were anything but spacious. They were the opposite of spacious. They were filled with laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, and yard work. Sometimes, school […]
Meal Planning Made Easy
I’m going to be honest here. If I never had to make dinner again, it would be too soon. LOL. After 22 years of marriage and 16 years of motherhood, I’m totally over cooking. Buuuut, it’s important to me to make healthy meals for my husband and kiddos. That’s why I came up with a meal […]