When a family friend asked why my children didn’t know about my childhood gymnastics successes, I realized I had taken my dad’s lesson too far. He always stressed that I should never let my successes and accomplishments get to my head. I became not only humble but also timid about sharing anything out of fear of being seen as bragging.
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When was the last time you spent 48 hours completely alone? I asked myself that very question, and when I couldn’t remember when it was, I booked myself the most rejuvenating mini-retreat, a Mother’s Day present to myself!READ MORE
Happy New Year! It’s that time of year when so many people are ready to tackle their New Year’s Resolutions. For example: cutting sugar from your diet. According to Dr. Mark Hyman, “only about 12 percent of Americans are metabolically healthy, without a large waist, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, or high cholesterol. The major driver of poor metabolic health, which increases the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, is the nation’s diet — rich in starch, sugar, and processed foods and low in unprocessed food, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, good fats, seafood, nuts, and seeds”.When was the last time you spent 48 hours completely alone? I asked myself that very question, and when I couldn’t remember when it was, I booked myself the most rejuvenating mini-retreat, a Mother’s Day present to myself!READ MORE
Every night as I crawl into bed, I think of my ‘list of three things’ and text it over to my friend. She replies with her list. This started as a pandemic coping strategy and has now become an essential part of my wellness routine.READ MORE
“No! I can’t do it, mom!”. This is what I heard over and over from my boys when we got the announcement that they would be online for school through January, 2021. We had just returned from an amazing month-long trip to my native country of Iceland. My first reaction when I heard the news was to ‘escape’ back to Iceland where COVID cases are very low and schools are scheduled to be in person this Autumn. READ MORE
As we all settle into the reality of an uncertain (near) future, I wanted to take a moment to reach out and share with you a few thoughts and reminders around health and wellbeing which ARE within our control and have NOT been cancelled.
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