Stop Feeling Guilty This Holiday Season With One Little Trick By Jessica Aycock In August, I had the pleasure of attending one of my favorite conferences, the Healthy Living Summit. If you follow the Healthy Living blog community at all, you probably know all about it. It’s become a great event for bloggers to come [...]
Empowerment Through Exercise
September 1, 2012 by
Empowerment Through Exercise By: Cindy Cornelis www.durgababy.com Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ~ Mother Teresa Empowerment is a tricky concept. Lately I have been really tapping and exploring my empowerment and how it reflects in my actions- big and small. What does it feel like? What [...]
Value of Fitness
July 1, 2012 by
Value of Fitness By: Cindy Cornelis The fitness industry is a multi-million dollar entity. But what real value does fitness instill in us and within our family? I grew up in a highly motivated fitness household. I thought it was totally normal for my parents to wake up at 5:00 am and workout at the [...]
Lose Weight with this Expert Tip
May 1, 2012 by
Lose Weight with this Expert Tip By Shari Lopatin TriWest Healthcare Alliance Did you know more than half of American adults are overweight or obese? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, the actual number is 66 percent. Imagine a map of the U.S. showing the Mississippi River. [...]
One Tight Muscle, Much Pain
May 1, 2012 by
One Tight Muscle, Much Pain . . . Body Maintenance By: Brandy Woodley For over three years, I would periodically experience muscle issues that would render pain in my neck and back, spasms in my leg and lower back, nagging dullness in my arm, and loss of strength in my hand. Each time that it [...]
Open Your Hips and a New World Embraces You
May 1, 2012 by
Open Your Hips and a New World Embraces You By: Cindy Cornelis Spring always feels like a new beginning and a clean, fresh start. Just like cleaning our house of all the dust and grime that accumulated during winter, spring allows us to cleanse our mind and body and start anew. I love feeling the [...]
A Wellspring of Family Safety Knowledge
May 1, 2012 by
A Wellspring of Family Safety Knowledge By: Brandy Woodley Debra Holtzman, J.D., M.A. Child Safety and Health Expert Hollywood, Florida www.TheSafetyExpert.com While researching personal and home safety information to share with our readers for the upcoming summer season, I discovered a wellspring of knowledge on baby, pet, family and home safety. I contacted [...]
The Birth of Your Baby is the Birth of Yourself
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Birth of Your Baby is the Birth of Yourself By: Cindy Cornelis Our lives require us to die and be reborn every time we confront change. The decision to be a mother forces us to face the death of our old habits, defenses and hidden fears in order to rise up evermore ourselves, and [...]
Helping Improve People’s Lives through Support and Encouragement
January 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Helping Improve People’s Lives through Support and Encouragement by Lisa Jahred Fifty years ago, “community” meant your neighborhood, the church to which you belonged or your school group. Today, community goes beyond the boundaries of where you stand. Communities of like-minded people are brought together every day in virtual locations, broadening the area in which [...]
Preventatives Against the Flu
October 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Preventatives Against the Flu Flu season is in full swing. Many of us have seen the commercials for medications to fight off flu symptoms. Then, there are the drugstore signs that informs of the convenience of getting your flu shot while you shop. Whether you get a flu shot or not, there are daily preventatives [...]
