Just asking … Do You Ever Pick Your Own?
Sometimes great solutions are all around us, but we just never knew! Picking your own fruit is an amazing solution because it gets your moving (good for your activity), scores you legit organic fruit (great for your nutrition), and will cost far less than what you’d pay in the...
The Delta Variant: What You Should Know
The Delta Variant video from the CDC: What You Should Know to help slow the spread....
Just Asking … It’s Hot. Are You Hydrated Enough?
I grew up in south Alabama, where the August heat hits you like a hammer when you go outside. These kinds of heat waves are more and more frequent now, and even if you’re not from the deep south, this time of year it’s critical to keep yourself hydrated. ...
Mindful Mondays
When stuff happens, but how do you respond? The mistake of what happened focuses on blame. The lesson of what happened focuses on what you can learn from it to be a better person. Don’t beat yourself up. Forget the mistake, and remember the lesson. Copy this link...
Vegetable Frittata
You’ll Need 2 Tablespoons olive oil or butter (and a little extra to grease pie pan) 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped ½ medium zucchini, finely chopped (approximately 1 cup) About 4 sundried tomatoes (1 to 1 ½ tablespoons finely chopped) 1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach 6 eggs...
Just asking … Which Aspect of Overall Wellbeing is Most Important To You?
“Being well” involves so many factors that it can seem overwhelming to keep up with. Even with all those factors at play, some are more important to us than others. Maybe for you it’s mindfulness to head off stress. Maybe managing weight is top of mind, or getting your...
Mindful Mondays
Face forward. What happened has happened. But today is a new day filled with new possibilities. Today you get to start again, and strive to be the best version of yourself. This new day is a blank slate for you. Face forward to meet it. Copy this link and...
Chemists Find Breakthrough Treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s That Protects Brain Cells From Amyloid Plaque
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are diseases of the brain in which gradual degeneration of neurons leads to loss of speech, memory, and thinking. Existing remedies are aimed only at suppressing symptoms, but cannot stop the process of neurodegeneration itself. Now Russian scientists have synthesized chemical compounds that can stop the...
Backed by Mom and Science—9 Totally Different Ways to Use Rosemary and Rosemary Oil
Like many wild herbs, the number of uses for rosemary are nearly endless. A nutritional supplement, an herb, a cleaning agent, a pest repellent, and even in part of burial traditions, the spikey Mediterranean aromatic has been in use for at least 7,000 years. For some, rosemary is a...
Stem-Cell Based ‘Cure’ for Type-1 Diabetes Draws Nearer, With FDA Trials Launched
While type-2 diabetes is largely preventable, type-1 diabetes is a disruptive autoimmune disorder that was once thought incurable. ‘Once’ is the keyword here, as a new and uncontroversial form of stem cell treatment should be able to cure the disease once and for all. Relying on transforming a small...
Just Asking … Have You Ever Pulled Your Sweet Tooth?
My question for you is whether you have changed your habits and dialed down your cravings for sugar? If so, what did you do, and how did you do it? Of course, the bad news is that if you crave more sugar, you’ll eat more sugar. By contrast, if...
Mindful Mondays
Each Monday, we focus on one aspect of mindfulness. ...