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5 #ShopSmall Gift Ideas & A Giveaway

5 #ShopSmall Gift Ideas & A Giveaway

The American Express Shop Small® initiative is pretty rad and definitely worthy of your support. But, today I want to showcase a specific kind of small business. I first heard the term “solopreneur” from my friend Lou Mongello, and instantly began using it when people ask me what I do for a living. Both my husband and I run businesses pretty much singlehandedly. It is both an exhilarating and exhausting way to provide for our family. My fellow solopreners are doing some amazing work in our world today. They see the problems, big…Read more
The Important Health Question You Aren’t Asking

The Important Health Question You Aren’t Asking

What is health? How do you know how healthy you are? Can you tell by looking in the mirror? Maybe you look to the numbers on a scale? Or, do you go to the doctor to find out? We live in a very health-conscious culture. We are bombarded with health-related news and information. Yet, we aren’t very healthy. I have a theory about why. I think we are asking the wrong questions. We are looking in the wrong places. If you want to both evaluate and improve your health, you have to start…Read more
From Giving Up to Letting Go

From Giving Up to Letting Go

My friend Megan is one of the most inspiring and encouraging women I know. She is currently doing a wonderful series for Lent called Waiting Tables: Observing Lent with a Servant's Heart. I'm honored to share my experience with surrender in her space today. Join me there? (I know many of you have tasted this kind of sweet surrender yourself. I'd love for you to share your experience in the comments over there!) Almost everyone can name a food that they hated as a child but have since grown to love, even crave.…Read more
Move for Fun

Move for Fun

Have you ever watched kids at the playground? They are not running, climbing, sliding and swinging from monkey bars to "get their workout in." It is a form of play for them. They enjoy it! Smiles adorn their cute little faces as they move their bodies. Can you remember how to playfully move? Is it possible to be so completely present with your body and the sensations of stretching and strengthening that joy naturally arises? Can you smile as you move? On the mat experiment with some balancing poses-they easily invoke a spirit…Read more
7 Ways to Get Kids Their Movement Nutrients

7 Ways to Get Kids Their Movement Nutrients

Movement is as vital to our health and well being as food. But, just like there's junk food, there's also junk movement. Here are seven ways to get your kids the movement nutrients they need. 1. Move to improve how you feel not how you look. Our culture has an unhealthy relationship with exercise. Most fitness programs use before and after pictures to extol their benefits. If our exercise is giving us the appearance we want, we ignore signals from our body (aches and pains, insomnia, incontinence, constant stress etc.) that there might be something…Read more