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Are you a Hormonal Mess ?

My first encounter with hormone testing was in 2007. My husband and I got married the day before his 15 month deployment to Iraq and I was living in NYC with no family support system. There was a lot of crying, I thought that wallowing in my misery for a day or two was what […]

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Local, Healthy, Kid Friendly Eats

As a Holistic Health counselor and a mom who dreams of being the Next Food Network Star healthy, delicious, food is important to me. When we’re at home I make the best choices I can, I choose organic whenever possible and avoid processed and packaged foods as much as possible. I let loose a little […]

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A Mothers Guide to Safe Contraception

Recent recalls and lawsuits against birth control manufacturers has left many women wondering about the safety of their oral contraception. According to the Center for Disease Control birth control pills are the leading contraception for women between the ages of 15-29 and over 17% of women aged 15-44 use the pill. Besides using it for […]

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Storing Raw Milk / Frozen Hot Chocolate

I’ve been going back and forth will raw milk co-ops since Annabelle turned 1. We’ve finally joined one with a membership that delivers every other week so for the last 2 months or so we’ve been getting a gallon of raw milk every other week. I love that we have it, except I don’t really […]

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The Monsanto Post

Surely you heard that last Wednesday when Americans were busy fighting about gay marriage Obama signed the Monsanto Protection Act. The short version of what this means for us is that the federal courts will no longer have the right to stop the planting and sale of GMO seed crop regardless of any health concerns […]

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What is Kombucha? And who is Scoby?

Those of you wonderful people that follow me on Facebook may have noticed that I’ve been doing a bit of posting about my current love affair with kombucha. If you don’t follow me on Facebook, you should. Just click here. I first tried Kombucha when I was living in NYC managing a health club and going […]

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What the Paleo?

If you follow me on facebook you might have noticed that I’ve been making a few paleo meals lately. wait. what? Pale who? That was my thought not too long ago. In simple terms paleo means grain free. While I wish I could say I’ve jumped on the paleo bandwagon I must sadly admit that […]

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The Organic Truth

There’s been a lot of buzz about organic food lately. Some say that the high price of organic food is a waste of money and that it makes people feel better about eating processed junk food just because it has an organic label on it. There are a lot of views on if it’s really worth […]

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Need more energy? 5 Quick fixes

Who doesn’t need more energy? Wether you’re a working mom, a stay at home mom, or not a mom at all, chances are you could benefit from a little extra boost to get you through the day. The bad news is that I can’t stretch the day to give you a few etra hours of […]

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6 Easy Steps to Meal Planning

1. Choose your seasonal veggies.  Try choosing veggies that you can use for more than meal. For example I like to buy a lot of broccoli. I clean and steam all of it all at once and one night we can have plain, steamed broccoli and the next night I can make broccoli avocado salad. […]

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