This week's theme is stress - if you don't have any, feel free to skip this post! Stress, as such, is not necessarily a bad thing. If we don't have a certain amount of stress, we will never grow. This is true both physically (we stress our muscles in the gym so that their repair … Continue reading Dealing with Stress
Category: Health
A New Survey for Menopausal Mamas
If you are not a woman between the ages of 45 and 60, and you don't know anybody in that category, you can ignore this post. But if you either are a menopausal mama, or happen to know one, I'd love you to read further. I'm designing a new course for women who are living … Continue reading A New Survey for Menopausal Mamas
Learning about Essential Oils – Digestive Health
If you know anything about me (and do please follow me on social media - icons below every post), you know that I've been living with an autoimmune digestive disorder since 1987. So digestive health is a biggie for me, and that's why this is the very first topic I want to touch on. I … Continue reading Learning about Essential Oils – Digestive Health
Learning about Essential Oils!
Since the company I partner with came out with Essential Oils in August, I've been learning as much as I can about them, and of course I've enjoyed using them. Now I'd love to share some of that knowledge with you. So what are essential oils? The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in their Vocabulary … Continue reading Learning about Essential Oils!
A Confession and a Challenge [VIDEO]
Take Care of Yourself!
The Power of Resiliency
There are very few people on this earth who have lived a charmed life, with no adversity. Even young children learn fairly quickly that not everything in life will go their way – sometimes we need to share when we don't want to, or we fall down and hurt ourselves. What happens then? We cry. … Continue reading The Power of Resiliency
Dealing with Counter-Productive Habits
Spring is when a middle-aged woman's fancy turns to mending the ravages of winter – the all-too-obvious results of months of comfort food, sun deprivation and less exercise. Add in stress from family or work and overeating from the spring holidays, and most people are feeling less than optimal these days. Tight clothes and reduced … Continue reading Dealing with Counter-Productive Habits
Prep Week – Cleaning Up Some Counter-Productive Behaviours
This week is prep week - just flooding my body with nutrition and cleaning up my behaviours. I don't know about you - but I know I have developed some counter-productive behaviours that are not enhancing my health and happiness. I'm grateful to say that I haven't smoked since 1991, but staying up too late, … Continue reading Prep Week – Cleaning Up Some Counter-Productive Behaviours
Spring has sprung … (and I’ve got some goals!)
Well, kind of. This picture is obviously not from around here. But the trees are budding here, too! In just a few weeks, green will be exploding all around us. In springtime, a middle-aged woman's fancy turns to her health goals. Remembering beloved family members who are no longer with us because of preventable diseases, … Continue reading Spring has sprung … (and I’ve got some goals!)