I didn’t realize nervous system work would make such an impact for my husband’s health until he started doing it regularly! Here’s why it’s important and how he incorporates it into his day. The last few weeks, I’ve been in awe. I absolutely marvel at the changes we’re seeing in my husband’s health. In fact, I have a […]
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What to do about Cell Danger Response if it’s holding you back? In last month’s post, I shared how I suspected I was stuck in…
Do you find yourself exhausted? Could you be stuck in Cell Danger Response? I first started experiencing chronic fatigue in the middle of grad school.…
Could a container exercise relieve your brain? Do you struggle to turn your brain off sometimes? Usually, a 5 senses meditation or a body scan will help calm me down. But in some moments, I need a different approach. For me, the thoughts have grown more intense as my family has grown. My heart is
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Head Back to School Sustainably in 2024 It’s the time of year when school supplies seem to have taken over my house and I’m scouring…
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This post was written by Emily Rooney of Happy Organized Life. It was edited by Amanda Kay and fact-checked by Hailey Rose McLaughlin. Mental Health…
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One of the biggest misconceptions in the health and wellness world is that in order to improve your health and the health of your kids, the first step is a drastic diet change or adding in numerous supplements. In reality, that is a recipe for overwhelm and setbacks. This is especially true when it comes
It’s Monday morning. We have to be out the door by 8:00am. It’s the usual frenzy of packing up lunches, helping the preschooler get dressed
I have struggled with anxiety pretty much my entire life. From the time I was very little I worried about things most people never even think about. It gradually increased over the years, coming to a head in my 20’s with full-blown panic attacks. My poor husband got a crash course in mental health issues
When I was little, riding in the car meant one thing to me – no bathroom for a long stretch with an overactive bladder. My dad hated stopping. I actually didn’t even know that you could stop anywhere besides a rest area until I was much older. Most long car rides were spent staring out
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Here’s how to stop stress eating if you’re anything like me. I used to weigh 200 pounds. I wanted to have healthy eating habits, but I didn’t know how to stop stress eating. After I started working with a functional medicine specialist, I was eating better. I learned how to read food labels and focus
It happened again. It always does. My toddler (kid #4) has started to respond to the word “no” with a full-on head back, mouth open, scream-cry mixture. As parents we hear a phrase that tends to sum up what we experience when our kids are little: The Terrible Twos OR The Terrible Threes. Many moms
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Parents, especially moms, have a way of getting right to the heart of the issue. I still remember back in seventh grade when my father told me he was embarrassed that I would consider getting up to sing karaoke with his colleagues’ wives at a restaurant. I was crushed. But I took it upon myself
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Knowledge is everything. The way I wear a mask and what it causes me to do with my nose, my mouth, and my fingers is a complete 180-degree reversal from what masks cause others to do habitually. I believe it’s because my brain is inundated with knowledge: I understand the harms of mouth breathing and
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Now that you know about the different forms of magnesium, it’s time to answer some of your questions! Moms at Kitchen Stewardship® have been very interested in magnesium for kids this year—we know most people are deficient, we hear magnesium supplements may help sleep, and we want to know more. Lots of savvy moms are
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“You can’t out supplement a poor diet,” health experts are fond of saying. But once you’re eating your vegetables, there are still a few supplements that a whole lot of people recommend, and I think magnesium is the most often mentioned (followed closely by Vitamin D). In our family, everyone takes magnesium, sometimes multiple varieties,
I’ve never in my life had much trouble falling asleep, possibly because sleep deprivation has been something I’ve erroneously worn as a badge of honor for a few decades now. Now suddenly in the last few months, I find myself lying awake at night occasionally. Worse yet, sometimes my eyes will pop open at 3
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I was totally in denial. Or not? I’ve known for years that a strong sign of allergies is dark circles under the eyes, and on many an occasion I would have a little conversation in my head like this: My kids sort of look like they have the dark circles, a little baggy under there.
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People say when you’re depressed, you feel flat. You don’t find enjoyment in what you used to, and you feel like nothing matters. Something that should get you excited might just raise an eyebrow, and you can’t dredge up the energy to care about much of anything. A while back, I questioned my mental health
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If you can’t view the video above, click Teaching Kids to Cook May Help Prevent Anxiety and Depression to see it directly on YouTube. Here’s the thing about food and mood – a lot of people don’t believe that what we eat can be the root cause of how we feel, especially when it comes
