Are you a tad tired as I am? Has Halloween into Thanksgiving straight into the rest o'the holiday season got you feeling d*amn depleted? I've gots solutions for us. Five to be specific. Click my friend's fangs to find them all out! ... Continue Reading
We are the same: National Adoption Month.
When we chose adoption I thought I grasped how challenging it would be. I read everything I could find on the subject. I talked to friends who'd adopted. I spoke with adult- friends who had been adopted. I joined groups both online and off. As she grew, I made certain our daughter had a circle of friends who were adopted and many from precisely where she was born. Without sharing a story ... Continue Reading
Food with BENEFITS.
caught in the F.W.B. act. I've talked before about the fact we DON'T do food sneaks. We each need to do what works best for our families and here slipping in super-foods would mean the Husband Child isn't building life-long good habits. We are tremendous fans of the open sneak---but that's not what's on my mind today. Today we are focusing on the H-WORD. The healthy. The word which, ... Continue Reading
3 ways to boost emotional metabolism.
Years ago, during yet other foray into creating a yoga practice, I had an instructor who was smitten with the idea of emotional metabolism. Many of us are here to increase our metabolic rate, she'd tell us at start of class. And yet, the more important metabolism, the emotional metabolism, should be what we're really seeking to elevate. Each time she'd say these words I'd file them under ... Continue Reading
Get into character for a healthy Halloween.
a pretty pink piece of this year's costume. It's almost Halloween and articles abound focusing on ways to have a healthy one. Suggestions for satiety. Prompts for passing on candy. Tips for tossing sweets in favor of pre-cut raw veggies. Traditional tips which work, but are *not* how we roll up in herre. We believe, with a few exceptions, all things in moderation rock. We think it's ... Continue Reading
3 Reasons I Swapped Coffee Breaks For Outside Time.
OK, even I giggled when I typed the post title. I don't work in a traditional office setting and am far too frugal to fire up my Nespresso mid-day (even with my fave knock off coffee pods). Also (non-rhetorical here): Do people take coffee breaks anymore? I'm fairly certain they don't, but the more candid 'I've swapped Facebook breaks for outside fun' didn't flow as nicely. And the message ... Continue Reading
Yoga Gave Me My ISH Back.
adult-ISH. Lately, Ive become an adult. I don't even know how it happened, but one day I was happily not giving a f*ck and the next I was all grown up and business-like. Job hunting, mortgage paying, parent teacher conference'ing, taxes figure out'ing full-on ADULTING. In some ways it was good (we love us some electricity & groceries up in herre) yet for the most part it suffocated me. I ... Continue Reading
Are you HAM or are you EGGS?
I rock at saying no and have for a long, long time. For such a long while I can barely remember when I struggled to put myself first and say the word. I was fortunate to realize early in life a misplaced yes didn't benefit anyone. It was a disservice to the other person(s) and it smeared my margins. The latter, the margin blurring, always resulted in a grumpy, resentful Carla. No one ... Continue Reading
A Day of Atonement.
Last night at sundown one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar began. It's a day filled with serious faces and repenting. It's also a day (or more aptly put a process) to which I look forward all year. I readily admit I'm not the most religious of women. I claim I'm a cultural Jew, but even that declaration can be a stretch at times. I intend to celebrate holidays ... Continue Reading
Mother/Daughter Journaling.
Mother/daughter journaling is something we've done for a while. On the surface it's as simple as a shared notebook where we both write. Sometimes serious and frequently silly our joint-journaling offers easy, silent connection. Right now uncomfortable face-to-face talks are not something which challenge the Child and me. At 10 she's still in the ask anything/tell anything phase. She ... Continue Reading
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