Resources for Clean Food – Avoiding Cancer, Hormone Disruption, and Food Poisoning Everyone knows eating healthy is important, but what is not talked about are the hidden dangers of eating in America. Due to lack of labeling and consumer advocacy, food labels are often incredibly misleading and inaccurate. Europe, and even Russia, has banned certain…
This week’s post is by guest blogger Renee Trudeau. Visit her at www.ReneeTrudeau.com Slow Down…on the Inside An Excerpt from Nurturing the Soul of Your Family Think slow is for slackers? I used to think so, too. Slowing down and doing less are easier said than done, and they require a radical paradigm shift for most of…
A New Simplicity An Excerpt from Nurturing the Soul of Your Family Many of us feel called to simplify our lives and do less. Not a fluffy, it-would-be-nice-to-have-clean-closets simplicity, but a new way of being. This new simplicity is about purging and streamlining our thinking, our doing, our giving and receiving, and, of course, our…
What is a Birth Playlist? Designer Music for Mom Music is very important in my family. I come from a family of musicians, and my husband and I are both musicians. We even play gigs together, in lieu of “date nights,” on a regular basis. So for me, laboring without music was unthinkable. I had…
Feeling Better Means Avoiding Meat’s Dark Side: Infection & Immune-System Bugs This week’s post highlights two informative posts by Rodale Press and Zen Habits. Both are independent websites with blogs – one is research-oriented and the other is lifestyle-oriented, but both bring very important information to your dinner table. EXCERPT: Here’s a shocker: Your…
No I Am Not On A Diet This is such a short, sweet post that I could not resist passing up the wisdom that this little phrase debunks. Have you ever gotten handed this phrase on a proverbial platter before: “Oh honey, you should just enjoy life. Eat what you want. Don’t worry about your…
Is Stress Making You Sick and Sad? Inflammation in the Body Linked to Depression Today’s post was a tandem project by Dr. Tianna and Ginger. Emerging evidence demonstrates that there is a connection between inflammation and depression. When your body is in a state of constant, low-level inflammation, you may feel sad. Recent research is encouraging, and shows that feeling sad or…
Go Non-GMO It takes quite a bit of homework to be able to feed my family of five (all of them hungry boys, mind you) a non-GMO, organic diet. I’ve been doing it for about 10 years now. It is difficult, but not impossible. We do it on a reasonable budget, and the kids love…
Anti-Cancer 101: Avoid Pesticides Here’s How: Here are some other helpful links for your family’s health: Avoiding Cancer & Chronic Disease Clean Food Resources – If buying organic is expensive where you live, then make sure you at least follow the Dirty Dozen List, buy organic milk and yogurt, and avoid GMO’s (namely wheat, corn,…
Self-Help Tip of the Week: That which remains when there is no more grasping, is the Self. ~ Panchardasi Heeding this proverb, or mantra, or whatever you want to call it, is a daily challenge for me. And on the day this picture was taken, in the dimming of the day on a Virginia mountainside…
Read The Role of Nutrition and Exercise in Longevity, full post, of my latest article on Yang-Sheng magazine. Read Yang-Sheng magazine on full screen flip book No one wants to hear the phrase “you are aging prematurely.” However, that is exactly what is happening when you suffer from chronic disease. The phrase “anti-inflammatory diet” is a huge buzzword now in…
Loss and healing after Stillbirth This guest post is shared with us by Lexington, KY based yoga teacher Sharon Tessandori, a beautiful soul and mother to a precious, sleeping angel. Here is her story of loss, and of hope for tomorrow. October 16, 2012 – One week ago today, Andy (my husband) and I found ourselves in…