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How Sweet It Is: Strawberry Picking at Mercier Orchards
This is my crazy messy family: Their fingers (and clothes) are stained with strawberries, after an amazing morning of strawberry picking at Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, GA. We had a great time last...
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All I Really Needed to Know About Parenting, I Learned On My Yoga Mat
When I discovered yoga in 1998, I was 27 years old, newly married, and several years away from having kids. I took my first class at a health club, in hopes that yoga would relieve stiffness that...
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The Thin Line Between Selfish And Selfless
The hardest thing about being a wife and mother is figuring out where you end, and your family begins. It’s like, as soon as two become one, and then two becomes three, four, and five, we wake up and...
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Let’s Start A Wellness Revolution
People always ask me, “how can I teach my kids to be healthy?” The answer is simple: be the change you want to see in your kids. Kids value what their parents value. The way I see it, we must put the...
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Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way
ZiZi climbed off the bus with this tucked under her arm yesterday afternoon: Her lips and teeth were blue, and she was chewing a wad of gum that was way too big for her mouth. With a goofy smile on her...
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The A-B-C’s of Raising Crazy Healthy Kids
I have three daughters, ages 6, 8, and 9, who love to dance, swim, practice yoga, shoot hoops, play soccer, and invent healthy snacks. They know that food and exercise can be medicinal, and love to...
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When Kids Don’t Eat Their Lunch, It’s Not About The Food
My friend, Cindy, has two precious young boys who adore her, but don’t always love the healthy lunches she packs for school. Feeling frustrated by their ever-changing attitudes, she reached out for a...
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Dinner In 30 Minutes or Less: Ginger Lime Kitchari With Crunchy Veggies
Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like spring can’t get here fast enough! Everyone in our house is longing for sunshine, flip flops, and the lightness that arrives with warmer weather. This shift is...
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Mother’s Day, When You Don’t Have A Mom
Every time Mother’s Day rolls around, I want to run and hide. I know that, if I don’t, I will get bombarded with the same message, over and over again, for days on end: Have a happy Mother’s Day! How...
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Yoga & Real Food With The Fam
Happy summer! Did you start 100 Days of Crazy Healthy yesterday? It was a challenge for us to get started, because we were on vacation at the lake with some other families, but we did it! I was...
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Let’s Talk About Raising Healthy Kids
When I was a little girl, I believed in fairy tales. That no matter what kind of trouble might find me, there would always be a hero rushing to my rescue. As I got older, I realized that this is not...
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10 Tips for a Healthier Lunchbox
Do your kids go back to school next week? Mine do–which means it’s time to stock up on healthy foods for snacks and lunch. Why? Because research shows that children think more clearly, and perform...
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Healthy Family Fun at Chantlanta 2013
My husband is incredibly supportive of my yoga practice, and the crazy healthy habits that it inspires. He is pretty open minded about it all, and truly enjoys practicing yoga. Unfortunately, we rarely...
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