finding health, wellness, and happiness through mindful living
If you’ve read the blog for a while, you probably know just how much I love our daily breakfast smoothies. I’ve written a number of posts on smoothies, including: our breakfast smoothie recipe, smoothie superfoods, Danny’s chocolate peanut butter [veggie] dessert smoothie. One thing I haven’t written about, but has changed my life, is our…
Now that it’s fall here in Colorado, I have been getting bundled up and wanting something toasty warm to curl up with. I’ve never been a coffee girl, but I am a hot cocoa connoisseur. This {Caffeine & Dairy Free} Bengal Spice Tea is the perfect cup of yum! Are you looking for a less…
The last few weeks have been not only crazy in our household (getting ready for the big move), but also hot here in Richmond, Virginia. As expected, as the temperatures outside heat up, I am less and less interested in “cooking” in the conventional sense (…sound familiar?). Because preparing our meals is my responsibility, in…
That’s right, the cheeseaholic has left the building–well, you know what I mean. a cheese plate I shared with my girlfriends at Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyard I decided to quit cheese last weekend and started Monday morning (so, you know, it’s been nine days now! Danny has been calling me a “recovering cheese…
I know I’ve been quite slow disseminating my baby steps into health and wellness, but this reminder is worth the wait. Fiber. You might think that’s what old people need, or that will make me have to go to the bathroom too much, or it’s just a suggestion… but fiber is vitally important to the…
As I said in the first baby step post, this month, I want to highlight 31 ways to baby step your way into a more mindful and healthful life. Some of the tips will be advice already stated or implied in previous posts, while some will be brand new. This post provides the eleventh and…
As I said in the first baby step post, this month, I want to highlight 31 ways to baby step your way into a more mindful and healthful life. Some of the tips will be advice already stated or implied in previous posts, while some will be brand new. This post provides the ninth and…
As I said in the first baby step post, this month, I want to highlight 31 ways to baby step your way into a more mindful and healthful life. Some of the tips will be advice already stated or implied in previous posts, while some will be brand new. This post provides the third and…
Do you remember DEAR in elementary or middle school? It was an initiative standing for Drop Everything And Read. This is similar, but it’s a reminder (and possibly an initiative) to DEAEM–Drop Everything And Eat Mindfully–alright, not that catchy, I know! Not to diminish the importance of reading each day, but eating mindfully can be just…
Way back in the beginning of fall, Danny and I began experimenting with incorporating new, healthy foods and disease-fighting spices into our daily lives. We already take a number of vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplements each day, but we were ready to try something new. We had both heard about the many incredible health benefits of…