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Bone Broth: A How-To for Health
Doesn’t bone broth sound intimidating? It did to me. It felt like what a witch would be stirring up on Halloween. However, bone broth is easy to make and ridiculously great for you health. If you are...
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Alfalfa, Allergies & Pregnancy
When I first saw my positive pregnancy test, I mentally calculated my due date and realized it would be early May. Then three thoughts shot through my head: 1. Hooray! I’m pregnant! 2. I wonder if...
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Sometimes, Small is Better
I’ve mentioned before that I’m not big on guest posts. Mostly it’s because I enjoy going to blogs to read the person’s thoughts that it belongs to. Truth be told, I often skip over guest posts. If...
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How to Brew Kombucha at Home
One of my favorite health drinks (after apple cider vinegar beverages) is kombucha. Kombucha is a fermented tea that hosts a number of health benefits from the high amount of b-vitamins, digestive...
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Friday Favorite: Children’s Vitamins
Yesterday was quite an adventure. My friend, Cindi, is moving to Utah so a bunch of us got together for one last morning play date at the Charlotte Nature Museum. It’s centrally located since our group...
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Breastfeeding Hormones and Postpartum Weight Loss
I dusted off of my health coach hat this morning and hope you don’t mind if I pop it on for a quick minute. I wanted to touch on a topic that seems to have a bit of confusion around it: breastfeeding...
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Homemade Dog Treats for Fresher Breath
Yesterday was National Dog Day, a fact I was not aware of until I saw the hashtag blow up on instagram. It got me thinking about my sweet pal, Koda. Since the girls were born, she’s fallen to the...
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My Favorite Shaklee Products
By now you might have noticed the little Shaklee tab at the top of my blog. I’ve been Shaklee rep for almost a year now and have linked to it here or there when discussing the products I use. However,...
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Irrational Worries
I’m stretching it a little bit today on topics for a healthy living blog. … or mommy blog? Online diary? Shoot, ok, I guess I’m all over the place anyway, so let’s just go with it! Mental health is a...
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3 Healthy Eating Myths I used to Believe
I don’t put nearly as much thought into food as I used to. Sure I now meal plan, browse recipes and enjoy cooking, but even with all that, I’m spending so much less time and effort focusing on what I...
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Things I’m Loving Lately
Friday!!! Any big weekend plans? Shocker- we don’t. We had a fun night out planned for a friend’s birthday, but with no sitter and the majority of people frowning on leaving a dog in charge of the...
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No Tech Tuesday
Nothing like some catchy alliteration to get you motivated, right? Or does that just work for me? Anyway, ‘No Tech Tuesday’ is something David and I came up with over our Scrabble session this past...
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Whole Foods Lake Norman: A Detailed Tour
I consider myself a grocery store extraordinaire. I get great pleasure from exploring new stores, noticing the details and forming opinions and personal rating systems. This is incredibly weird, I...
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Keeping My Family Healthy During Cold & Flu Season
If you ask me what I’m grateful for, near the very top of my list is my family’s health. I mean that in the deeper sense that we are all healthy overall, but also in the fact that we all seem to have...
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Keeping my Energy (and Sanity) as a Mom to Two
I once heard a saying that any number of kids is a lot of kids. I get it now. One child feels overwhelming, then you add another and think, oh man, one was so much easier! I’m sure that continues with...
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The Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done for My Health
Over the past ten years I’ve transformed my way of caring for my body from working hard to try and make it a certain size and shape to working hard to make it as strong and healthy as possible. In the...
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7 Things to Consider When Choosing a Vitamin
Over the years my idea of living healthy has evolved. Luckily the days of pre-packed 100 calorie packs are behind me (as are the days of eating pork rinds and pickles because they were Atkins...
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What We Should Really Be Watching in Our Diets
Sunday night David and I watched Fed Up, a documentary about America’s growing obesity problem. I found it to include some interesting facts, including a history of the dietary guidelines and how...
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Balancing Blood Sugars Naturally
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before but once upon a time I had trouble with blood sugar (remember my glucose test disaster while I was pregnant with Hailey?). It runs in my family but when I first had...
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7 Natural Remedies that Actually Work
Alternatively titled: Being Sick Sucks, but I changed it because, you know, SEO and stuff. Whatever the title, it’s officially here. Germ season. Sunday evening I felt drained, but sure enough...
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