Who ate all the cookies?!!! Week 2 of the holiday season and you can feel the frustration and stress of the people around you. The closer the calendar gets to Christmas Day, the more frustration you’ll experience; either for yourself or in others. Have you noticed an increase in frustration and stress […]
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Holidays and Stress just seem to go together. Why? We’re suppose to be celebrating and having fun; yet we end up feeling stressed and anxious. Why do we do we do this to ourselves year after year? We start planning in October, if only in our minds, how we’ll celebrate
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Roasted Pumpkin with Apples It’s Thanksgiving week and this is typically my last week of pumpkins. They seem to disappear from the Farmers Market after this week. Not to let the pumpkin season end too soon, I tried a new recipe I discovered this month. A few weeks ago, we attended a
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“Healthy foods cost too much!” When talking with the busy women in my world about switching their diets from the pre-packaged processed food diet to the healthy food diet, their number one complaint is “I can’t afford healthy foods.” I understand your pain, I felt the same way, especially the first time
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Stress is part of life, yours and mine, we all have some level of stress, right? We can experience various levels of stress from the temporary (acute), or the long-term (chronic). The temporary stress usually won’t mess with your health too much. It is your body’s natural reaction to circumstances, and can even
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My Favorite Autumn Foods Where has the year gone? I woke up this morning and October has come to an end. Not sure what happened to October – it was a blur of activity. Autumn has definitely arrived, and for all you busy moms the busy back-to-school season has quickly turned into
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The Holiday Season is almost here and I’m already in the pre-planning frenzy. Which means that STRESS is not far behind. Do you have any secret stress busters for the holiday season? Every year seems to get busier and busier. Why do we do this to ourselves? Surely we know better –
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Halloween is here and candy is flying off the shelves at every store. We’ll have more candy than we know what to do with. Have you ever considered the massive sugar rush we allow our children to experience on this particular day of the year? I feel for the teachers and what they must
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It’s All About PUMPKINS Pumpkin Season arrived on September 21st when the calendar flipped to Fall. Summer has ended and a new season of fun has arrived. I get all excited when Fall arrives, with the beauty of the colors, the crispness of the air, and PUMPKINS. Of course, living in the south, the crispness
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Glycemic this and glycemic that. Does it really matter? Prior to 2013, I had never heard of the word “glycemic”. As a busy working mother, all I knew was that I was steadily putting on the pounds and no amount of cutting back was helping. I had turned my body into
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