I'm so excited that my sweet friend, Elena Brower, has offered to share with you all! Journaling has been such an important part of my personal growth. I love looking at old entries to see the progress I have experienced. It's been a gift to see answered prayers and where doors have been closed. It has also fostered an attitude of gratitude and has allowed me to find joy in the small things. Elena expands on this topic and beautifully ...
Kale Yeah! + 3 Favorite Recipes
Kale, yeah! Seriously, I love me some kale. However, there are a couple of things about this super trendy and delicious veggie that you need to know: It is full of antioxidants, particularly carotenoids and flavonoids, which protect against cancer. Here's what Wikipedia even states: “Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and is reasonably rich in calcium. Kale, as with broccoli and other ...
Plantain Chips
Plantain Chips are the perfect Paleo salty snack! We love to… dip them in salsa and guacamole top them with cheese and salami cover them in almond butter or goose liver pâté eat them like nachos and enjoy them plain and simple on road trips I do recognize that there are some great options for purchasing them, like at Thrive Market, but I also love to make them myself. Here’s my favorite recipe…Enjoy! PrintPlantain ...
My Morning Essential Oil Routine
When my family and I first started using essential oils, I had no idea that they did more than just help with symptoms from sickness. I had a basic knowledge of how they could support our immune system, but we mostly used them for headaches, tummy aches and the common cold. However, a few years later and after a lot of research and a million bottles used…ok maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration…I can’t even believe the power that these ...
My Morning Power Hour
Did you know that a person's brain is at its optimal time to learn and be most creative in the first part of the morning when they have just woken up? Unfortunately, statistics also show that the majority of people start their morning off checking their phone, which immediately inhibits the mind's ability to be used at max capacity. I have also read and heard how some of the most successful people in the world start their mornings in ...
What Would You Do If Your Child Was Diagnosed With Cancer?
One week before Thanksgiving, 2013, my almost 3-year-old baby boy stopped walking. He had been complaining of back pain, leg pain and tummy aches off and on for about a month, but we shrugged it off as nothing more than the 'terrible two's." Then, one day he stopped walking...like he literally began crawling and would say his legs hurt too bad to walk. I remember walking into my room, closing the door and calling my friend and ...
How Eating More Fat Will Reduce Your Stress & Improve Your Libido
It should not come as a surprise that the current environment in which most of us live or work is stressful! Whether it is financial stress, the stress of caring for an ill family member, the demands of parenting, or high expectations placed upon us from our work place, we consistently are in a "fight or flight" mode. Ultimately, this contributes to poor physical and mental health. I have always prided myself on handling stress fairly ...
