Are You Prepared for an Emergency?
Emergencies happen. Sometimes we anticipate them. Sometimes we don’t,,, the pandemic being a perfect example. We may not be fully ready for these types of situations as they come, but …
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Did We Really Need Menopause to Be Harder Than it Is?
Experiencing perimenopause can be stressful for many women during normal times. With the pandemic’s long list of stressors, it now appears to be making this major change even more difficult …
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Use These Holiday Tips to Make Sure Not to Tip the Scale
You know you’ve been there, maybe as recently as Thanksgiving. You go in with good intentions and a mind that you think is focused on moderation and then things start …
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Going Plastic-Free in the Kitchen
Before we had Teflon, aluminum, and plastics, our ancestors used pottery, tin cans, glass, wood, paper, iron and other metals. Now we are practically drowning in plastic packaging and contributing …
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Drown Out the Doubt: How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself
On a scale from one to ten, how confident are you in your decision-making abilities? Be honest with yourself. I trust my judgement for the most part, and as of …
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You May Be Overlooking a Critical Ingredient in Your Meals
My husband and I used to eat out all the time. It was one of the things we loved to do together. Then we moved to France and everything changed. …
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How to Set Healthy Boundaries with Your Phone
So, you’re a wee bit too attached to your phone. As someone who used to check my phone a million times a day, I know the struggle oh so well. …
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How do you Tackle Teens and Social Media?
“Mom, so, how old do you think I need to be to get a phone? Like one that is 100% mine?” I knew the question had been brewing. It seemed …
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Why It’s Okay to Take Off Work for Mental Health
People normally call in sick when they catch a cold or they wind up with the flu. But what about those days when you’re on the verge of burnout or …
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2020 Giving You Tension Headaches? Here Are Some Solutions.
Think about the past seven months or so, or even all of 2020. Have you felt more stress and tension in your life than usual? If you haven’t, talk to …
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Alternative Sweeteners 101
Most of us love the taste of sweetness, and we are not to blame, we are wired for it! But what can we use other than white sugar to satisfy …
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Creating the Perfect At-Home School Space for Your Kids
Back-to-school sure looks different for the start of the 2020-21 school year. In many places, virtual learning means your kids are home schooling, whether you like it or not. But …
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How Animals Should Be Raised and Why It’s Important
As we have seen from recent months of “sheltering in place” or “confinement” as the French so aptly call it, we viscerally understand that no one likes to be penned …
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Why Building a Garden Could Be Your Key to Happiness This Year
There’s a whole lot going on in the world right now, and none of it seems particularly great. But I’m here to share my sanity saver which, admittedly, quite a …
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What’s the Deal with Salt?
More salt? Less salt? What kind of salt and what’s the difference? I am going to tell you that you should be eating adequate salt, but it needs to be …
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