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 …
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 …
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 …