The importance of sleep, the negative consequences of sleep deprivation and steps you can take to improve your sleep and therefore overall health. Sleep. Why is sleep so difficult some nights? It was just a few nights into my family’s current road trip when I found myself wide awake, struggling to sleep. I lay …
Sleep: An overlooked and underappreciated component of health. Read More »
Change is a natural part of life and an opportunity for personal growth. However, too often fear prevents us from having courage and embracing change. This is the conversation I had with my six year old daughter, Sam, while driving to the grocery store yesterday. Me: “ Are you happy or sad about …
Change: Do you embrace it with courage or shy away from it with fear? Read More »
The importance of resistance training and how to start a strength building program. I was working in the kitchen when I suddenly heard my six year old daughter yell, “take the pillow out Mom! Hurry!” I ran into the other room and found her in a handstand against the wall, arms pushing up strong …
Muscle Strength: Build it with resistance training or lose it. The choice is yours. Read More »
Dessert ideas designed to help reduce added sugar intake while simultaneously providing a sweet treat. After my post on sugar, many people asked if I have sweet treats in my household. Many wondered what my 5 year old daughter eats, or perhaps is allowed, for sweets. True, kids love sweets, and a child is …
Why is back pain so common and what can be done to reduce your risk. Driving through California’s central valley on the way to a recent camping trip, I couldn’t help but notice the fields of fruits and vegetables. The green plants were such a stark contrast to the golden hills. I also couldn’t …
Back Pain. Is it inevitable or can you prevent it? Read More »
The Joy Of Summer! Wonderful summer – with long days and endless possibilities. As a child, my fondest summer memories include riding my bike with the neighborhood kids, afternoons at the pool, catching fireflies and road trips to grandma’s house, which only three hours away seemed like an eternity and always sparked …
Sugar: The large role it plays in our food supply. Sugar is on my mind. Perhaps it is because San Francisco recently passed a new law stating that a health warning must be placed on all billboards in the city advertising sugar ladened foods and beverages, similar to the surgeon general’s warning placed on …
The baby harbor seal inched its way ever so slowly away from the water and higher up on the beach. It appeared slightly more than a foot long with a small softball sized head, protruding ribs and not yet with any blubber characteristic of a harbor seal. We stood still, anxiously watching the large incoming …
One afternoon last year, I found myself on the hardwood floor with my then 4 year old daughter, surrounded by markers, crayons, scissors and a large paper tree we had just cut out of butcher paper. It was a spontaneous project prompted by a book we had just read. A friend walked by our open …
My daughter came home from school and announced that her teacher calls me a “Master Sewer”. Wow! I was definitely surprised at this title as I don’t even own a sewing machine. Although I could fiddle my way around a sewing machine, I have no idea how to thread a bobbin or when to change …