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Update: What is for Breakfast?

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What is for Breakfast?

What can you learn from a toddler about self awareness?  This morning my daughter reminded me how to be intuitive and think outside the box.  Not the typical morning in the Diaz house, Lucas was sick and Claire woke up immediately requesting breakfast.  Here is how the conversation went: Claire: “Mommy I want those little [...]

Letting Go of Judgment

I can never eat normal and lose weight. I have to restrict and eat diet foods to get to my goal weight. I will only be happy once I lose weight. I could never just eat one cookie. Do you notice any pattern in these thoughts?  Can you see the judgment?  NEVER.  HAVE TO. ONLY [...]

What Does “Healthy Living for Life” mean to You?

Alison is a mother to a busy 19 month old, Isla, with baby #2 arriving early December.  Always fiercely independent with a taste for travel, she did not know how life would be as a busy mom.  Isla has made her appreciate healthy living more.  Enough from me, here are her thoughts: (make note:  Another [...]

Blazing a New Trail

  Last week I introduced you the Fortune Teller and this week meet the Oracle.  What advice did she bestow on my husband?   Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail. The Oracle, at Waterfire, Providence RI   Blazing a new trail is [...]

Never Give Up

This weekend my husband and I visited Providence Rhode Island for a weekend away.  While beautiful, Providence was not overly exciting.  WaterFire was an event we heard was worth our time to see so we set off in search of a good spot to sit and enjoy.  After an hour of watching fire pits burn [...]

What is Healthy Living for Life?

Healthy living for life defies a single definition.  In this section we will explore different approaches to healthy living.  We will hear from a variety of people from moms to health professionals and see how they define and apply this concept.  The goal is to keep an open mind, leave judgement at the door, and [...]