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Dream Big & Shop Small
This year I’m participating for the first-time-ever as a seller next week on Small Business Saturday. If you haven’t heard of it, this is the holiday squeezed in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a time for you, the Almighty Consumer, to support me, the tiny, hobby-like wannabe entrepreneur. See what the front of this…
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Re-Balance
A year ago I wrote a post called Balance. In it I offered productive solutions to care for mind, body, and soul. During this last year, I’ve attempted to follow my own recommendations. I’ve been incorporating yoga into my exercise, practicing meditation, and trying to sort out which social engagements I should pursue. And during…
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Big Rocks: Prioritizing what Matters Most
Friendsgiving 2018 in our new home! Use this analogy of big, medium, and small rocks to identify what matters most to you in life so you can live joyfully every day. With a new year around the corner, I’ve been thinking recently about happiness. How does one pursue it? And even more importantly, how does…
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She’s All In.
Oh, hey there! Did you think I had forgotten about you? I haven’t. It’s just that you, like my dear sourdough starter Merv, had to be pushed to the back [of the refrigerator] while I tried to survive my life these last few months. Luckily after I fed Merv a couple of times last week…
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New Year, New Decade
Sometime during this last decade I made up a game I call “The Where-Were-You-a-Year-Ago Game.” It’s exactly what the title suggests: a reflection on where I was last year at this time and how I was feeling. I like to play this game with myself to help me remember where I’ve been, realize what I’ve…
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Shedding and Keeping: An Alternative to Traditional New Year’s Resolutions
How to set a goal you’ll keep and avoid resolutions which usually fail You know one of the most frustrating things about changing habits? It takes time. Habits are like a well-worn trail in your brain. That’s why changing them is so hard: you not only have to break ground on a completely new path,…
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Overcoming “I Hate Running:” Advice from a Running Coach
Michelle having fun (gasp!) a the Disney Half Marathon in 2016 Guest writer, Dr. Michelle Quirk of Mindful Marathon, explains how to overcome some of the most common fears about running to get started with a fitness plan which works for you. Watch the Interview Many friends tell me that while they appreciate my stance…
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Non-Negotiable Health Needs: How to Stay Healthy When Busy
How do you stay healthy when you’re busy? These self-care tips for busy moms will help you stay on track with nutrition, exercise, and mental wellness. I’m in a season of life so beautifully busy that self-care is hard to fit in. Between balancing the activities of our teenager – running from sports practice to…
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Soul Food
This Christmas I’m feeding my soul. Most of the time I make decisions about what to eat based on health (and time and convenience and preference – let’s be real). I make these decisions because I really believe depending on what you eat, food can either be medicine or poison. I think about this a lot…
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The Common Denominator
I’m often asked the question of why I became a dietitian and my response is always the same: I love food! However, my response is often mistaken to mean that I love to eat food. Which I do – but there is so much more to it than that. I love the story, the culture, the…
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