Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Simple Step to Being Happy: Listen to Your Inner Therapist
A simple step to being happy involves simply listening to your inner therapist. That’s right. All you have to do is stop, listen, and take action. You have a little voice that is constantly trying to take care of you but you keep ignoring it. The other day my 8 year-old son asked, “Mom, why…
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Life Lessons from Christmas Cutout Cookie Ultimate Fail
You can learn a lot of life lessons in the kitchen, especially if you are making Christmas Cutout Cookies. For the past few years, I have attempted to be that awesome mom that bakes and decorates cutout cookies with their kids. After each attempt I have said, “I am never doing that again!” Nothing ever…
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Live Life to the Fullest: Lessons from a Funeral
“Live life to the fullest”…we hear it all the time. But here is a lesson from a funeral that may get you to start upping your game. During my dad’s memorial service, I remember standing in the line at the wake…I had probably hugged and greeted hundreds of people. I was in a fog…just going…
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Free Apps for Healthy Kids: Get Kids to Wash Hands
Free apps for healthy kids – why not? Using apps to keep our kids healthy and washing their hands may sound outlandish to some people but in my opinion if it works, then I am all for it. I bang my head over how hard it can be to get a child to wash their…
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Photo Collages on Removable Wallpaper: A Tool for Happiness
Photo collages on removable wallpaper can be a great tool to bring happiness. Finding health and happiness is simple, but it is not easy. One of the biggest things I stress with my clients is that the road can be much smoother if you make your scenery nicer. If you surround yourself with what…
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Simple Holiday Shopping Apps
With Thanksgiving later this year, I am hearing more and more people stressing about holiday shopping. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, I decided to feature three mobile apps that will help make shopping simple and stress-free for you. I found 3 simple holiday shopping apps that will save you time, money,…
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Manage Kids’ Technology and Media Time With Wellness Incentives
It is getting colder outside, which means my kids are grabbing for their electronics more. While I love technology, I hate it when my kids become techno-zombies. You know that glazed-over, zoned out look they get when they are glued to the TV? They get all bug-eyed and develop selective hearing, it drives me crazy.…
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Halloween Safety Tips: GPS Tools for Tracking Your Children
We’re talking Halloween safety tips along with other free online games for kids on “Media Mom” on Local Five Live, a CBS affiliate. I was on the fence about featuring these tracking apps today. At what point are we being too paranoid as parents? When I was a kid, I remember trick-or-treating until all hours…
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Great Apps for Halloween Fun
I am not a big fan of Halloween but I will admit…I am having a ton of fun with some of the sites and apps I found. If you watch this segment, you will see me cover them all. It was a pretty entertaining one! If you just want to read about my top picks…
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Thanks Ellen DeGeneres, Best 99 cents I have Spent
There is a question I dread hearing from my kids…”Mom, can I get another game on my iPod?” For some reason, it is like nails on a chalkboard. I mean come on, my kids both have a million and one games on those things already, why do they need more!? Well, last week I caved…
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