It's that time of the year again: it is late summer, time for everyone to head back to school. Before you head out the door to do your shopping, you might be thinking about purchasing products that are eco-friendly. There is no need to go overboard to do your part for our planet. Below are a few simple ways you can go eco-friendly on those back to school supplies: Start Your Eco-Friendly School Supply Collection with Pens and Pencils Do you know that Americans throw away six billion pens every ... Read the Post
Eco-Friendly Ways to Prepare for Back to School
10 Tips on Moving Beyond Poor Decisions
We’ve all made choices that we regret now and again. This is an inevitable part of daily life, and it’s a huge aspect to how we learn and grow. Our mistakes ultimately help us to understand more deeply who we are, and they help us to carve out our personal boundaries. It’s not always easy to see that our mistakes and poor choices can be helpful to us though, especially when we are right in the thick of it all. If we could always benefit equally from our good decisions and ... Read the Post
A Mindful Mama’s Blogging Moments of Deep Gratitude
The time has come to consolidate some older posts from when I first started blogging. I am not prepared to let them go, they are a wonderful testament to my journey as a writer and my initial impulses for starting a blog in the first place. These older posts have been tiny snippets of markers along the way to blending the worlds of mothering and blogging. You know, back when posts were 'allowed' to be much shorter, and personal shared stories were more commonplace? My children were entirely my ... Read the Post
No Time for Myself After Marriage and Children
As a wife, your partner and your children are the most important things in your life. You enjoy cooking dinner for your husband after a long day of work, putting your children to bed at night and getting them ready for school in the morning. You feel accomplished. You feel whole. But, what happens when all you start to feel is “I have no time for myself” after marriage? Juggling wifely responsibilities, work obligations, and preschool activities is a full-time job in and of itself. Even if you ... Read the Post
8 Wonderful Ways to Let Gratitude Flow (+ How to Make Gratitude Tea!)
I'm sure you've felt the shift occur inside of you at the times in your life where you paused to give thanks. Not only are there the incredible peace inducing effects that we can immediately sense, but there is plenty of science that shows holding and expressing gratitude is linked to less physical stress and anxiety. Mental and emotional stress are taxing on the adrenal glands and not only can this stress wreak havoc on you physically, but it can snowball, thereby giving way to even more ... Read the Post
Yoga for Your Child:: The Relaxation Ball
This is a wonderful little exercise for you to guide your children through when they are feeling stressed, over stimulated, or simply need to find a way to wind down. It is not always easy to find yoga classes for children, and it's even trickier to get children to adopt their own practice. But if you can find something that they love, that makes them very aware of the benefits that they receive, then they are much more likely to stick with it. My daughter loves this relaxation ball ... Read the Post