Well-being
Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy soul... One needs to find the balance in everything. I am always exploring ways to be holistically more healthy.
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Light a Candle
“Be the light that helps others see.” I have always liked candles – a glimmer of light in the darkness. Lately I’ve been thinking more often about candles. I like that they are…
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What’s Really in the Sweets Your Kid Buys at the School Tuck-Shop!?
Let Food by Thy Medicine and Medicine be Thy Food – Hippocrates It’s difficult enough to get kids to eat healthy foods these days. It’s not very helpful when the school and other…
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The Cold Is Your Teacher: The Power of Cold Plunges
Ask any special forces guy: Doing physically hard things is an enormous life hack. Do hard things and the rest of life gets easier and you appreciate it all the more. -Michael Easter…
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Dopamine, ADD and ADHD: Why We All Feel Like Headless Chickens
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin Lately, I’ve found myself unable to concentrate on anything. Maybe having kids also contributes,…
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July is Self-Care Month. 8 Steps to Incorporate Self-Care
Did you know that keeping tropical fish at home can have a calming effect on the brain... This is due to all the indoor fins… The 24th of June marks the start of…
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What’s My Glucose
Last year I wore a continous glucose monitor for the first time… Just for interests sake. It was so eye opening for me! Here’s the post I wrote last year about it. Since…
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How to make Kombucha
“The road to health is paved with good intestines.” SA Rodgers Kombucha is a fermented, slightly fizzy drink made when SCOBY is left in a mixture made from tea, sugar and water. SCOBY…
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What I learnt from wearing a continous glucose monitor
Marcus and I wore a continous glucose monitor for 2 weeks… A few people I have spoken to were curious as to why we did this and were interested in the results, so…
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Week 8 – Gratitude Mandala and the last week of this Creatively Grateful Challenge
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”—Charles Dickens This week’s challenge was to doodle a gratitude mandala. I like the…
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How to Treat Your Child’s Fever
This is my preferred way of treating a fever and by no means replaces taking your child to your own doctor. I’m not a fan of using medications with multiple ingredients in them…
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Week 7 – Thankful for Play
“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” This week we appreciated the opportunities we had and still have to play. Play comes naturally to children and is actually…
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Week 6 – Thankful for Clouds
“We mostly see what we have learned to expect to see.“ “Clouds in the sky very much resemble the thoughts in our minds! Both changes perpetually from one second to another!” – Mehmet…
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Week 5 – Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
“if Pooh Bear can wear a crop top, so can I!” “I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.” Oprah Winfrey We have all…
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Week 4 – Someone I am Thankful For
When I count my blessings I count you twice! This week’s challenge was about taking time to think about and appreciate the people in our lives. It was a meaningful week for me…
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Week 3 – Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” Week 3’s Challenge was to keep our eyes open for things we see around us. (And to stop and smell the roses and…
