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A Very Personal Relationship with Food
I struggled with common things like the inability to lose weight and never really ‘felt’ better from eating healthy foods… My relationship with food has been dysfunctional since I started dieting at age 9. I tried every diet in the book and also went as far as restricting food and throwing it up. My clean eating journey…
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Do Good Deeds
It’s National Do Something Nice Day and I think most of us know that when we do something good for others, we feel good too. In the movie, Scrooge, we see how being kind and giving can completely transform you. There are sooooooooo many health benefits to helping others…reduces stress, can be more effective than…
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Getting Kids to Listen
This week in Study Breaks, we are working on how to get our kids to listen. Check out this video for what we use at home – click here to watch! (password: KIDS) As I worked on the homework, I was hit with the realization that I have some major work to do in role modeling. I found…
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Vision Boards for Back to School Success
People keep asking me if I am getting my kids ready to go back to school. Here’s the deal – although I am a life coach and I do my best to model and enforce good habits – the back to school tips out there really don’t get me excited so my kids aren’t going to…
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Adult Coloring Boosts the Brain
Adult coloring books are the latest craze. The books may be new to store shelves but it’s actually not new at all. Color therapy has been around for a long time. Dr. Carl Jung prescribed it to his patients over a 100 years ago to help them calm their mind. I introduced mandala coloring on…
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Simple Meditation Tips with Jill Lemke
I never thought I would be giving meditation tips, let alone meditation. I used to be addicted to sleeping pills. I was so addicted that they eventually lost their effect and I would wake up at 4am to take another one. Sleep – it was a foreign thing for me. There is a song by the…
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How to Turn Cleaning into Family Fun!
There are some things we “have” to do in life – one of them is cleaning, unless of course you don’t mind dust bunnies and dirty underwear. Do I love cleaning? No. However, I don’t have to hate it either. I am a big believer in making things fun. Anything I don’t like in life,…
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The Busy Entrepeneurs Get Shit Done Guide
There is nothing like crossing something off your to-do list! The problem is, that doesn’t happen too often as most of us make these lists a mile long piled with stuff we think we “have” to get done. Writing out things in our heads can be beneficial but it can be detrimental if we don’t make…
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Awesome Ideas for a Successful Staycation
Spring break is underway and for those of you not heading away this year, let’s take a look at how we can ‘vacationify’ your time at home. I have talked to numerous people that aren’t traveling this break and when I ask what their plans are, I hear “not much” or “probably work or catching…
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Find Self-Confidence Through Style
I have been talking a lot about clutter lately… I think it is because spring cleaning seems to be in full swing but also because clearing it away has made such a dramatic impact on my life. It truly has been life-changing and liberating. When we clear away the clutter in our closets and all that…