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Breast Cancer Awareness

Filed Under: Biz, Charity Events, Healthy Living, Reviews

Breast Cancer Awareness and Giveaway!   Its still breast cancer awareness month so I wanted to do a couple things this week. It is a very important cause, and to me personally. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor. So its something that I think about as a possibility for my mom, and me and […]

Strong Start Day for Postpartum Moms

Filed Under: Blogs, Charity Events, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Motherhood, PPD, Pregnancy

Today October 5th is my son Ronin’s 4th Birthday! Today October 5th is my brother Ron’s 35th Birthday! Today October 5th is the day when more children are born each year than any other day. Wow! Who knew!? When Ronin was born, I had already been suffering from prenatal and perinatal depression. I was treated. I […]

Top 10: Why Breastfeeding Rocks

Filed Under: Eco Friendly, Feeding Baby, Healthy Living

My Top 10: Why Breastfeeding Rocks.   Last week during World Breastfeeding Week, I went a little against the grain and left Ellie for 4 nights for the first time. Unsure if it might be the end of our nursing relationship, I was feeling a little uncomfortable about doing a Breastfeeding post, even though I […]

Butterflies, Blogging & Fundraising at 38K Feet

Filed Under: Alternative Therapies, Blogs, Charity Events, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mental Illness, PPD

. Right now I’m on a jet plane with free wifi, so i just HAD to post…from 38,000 feet above California! ————————————————– Butterflies are NOT my favorite. When I’m at the height of anxiety they flow from my chest into my arms and hands and can be such a dreadful feeling. I’ve been pretty good […]

Does Diet Affect Anxiety?

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Motherhood

Oh mama! We took Ronin (my 3 1/2 year old) to the Naturopath a couple weeks ago to look into his anxiety. Yes, I know, he’s only 3 but he’s been an exceedingly shy, cautious and anxious kid almost from birth. He has terrible sleep, including night terrors, tosses and turns like crazy, and sweats […]

Total Mind & Body Wellness with Exercise: My Journey

Filed Under: Alternative Therapies, Healthy Living, Mental Health

. GUEST POST By: Kristin Neudorfer, Mom of 2 Under 2. Creator and Founder of ActiveWoMOM.   I live in Washington where its raining what sometimes feels like 364 days out of the year. Combine that with the total body exhaustion of raising two under the age of two, just thinking of getting myself out […]

My Dad’s Greatest Gift: Quitting Smoking

Filed Under: Creative Outlets, Healthy Living, Motherhood

. My Dad used to smoke. This was about 25-30 years ago when I suppose it was more socially acceptable. But he still took great pains to hide it from my brother and me. He only smoked out of the house, in his car, and in the bathroom. But of course we knew he did […]

My Top 10 for Improving Mental Health. 5 Things I Need to Do More.

Filed Under: Alternative Therapies, Creative Outlets, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mental Illness, PPD

. I’ve been thinking a lot about my own mental health, how things have been lately and especially during the past 15 months since having my 2nd child Ellie. I thought I’d share with you the Top 10 things I’ve done in the past 15 months to improve my mental health and the Top 5 […]

A Fairy Tale Told in Asteriks

Filed Under: Funny, Healthy Living

GUEST POST By: Pauline M. Campos, Aspiring Mama Once upon a time: *I had a baby *Gained 45 pounds *On top of the 15 pounds I was so close to losing before I got pregnant *Which is technically on top of the 35 I gained after college when my thyroid dumped me *And blindly believed I would […]

How Stress and Sleep Conspire to Make You Fat

Filed Under: Alternative Therapies, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Sleep

. Mamas…This is so interesting and further proof that many factors contribute to depression and can help reverse it. Stress Reduction, Diet, Exercise, Weight Management, Good Sleep, etc. There are so many things we can do to help overcome PPD and chronic depression, but its SO hard to get there when you’re in the depths […]

Want to Eat Well for Less $$?

Filed Under: Healthy Living

GUEST POST: From EdenFeed. By: Gretchen Covine, Mom & Founder HUCO Marketing   The Veggie Run Makes it Easy to Bring Home a Bounty. In this photo I spent $37.59 and filled my entire kitchen table with fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, plants, orange juice and even a strawberry shake.  This was an expensive run.  This […]

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