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Pets are family for most people and some people even consider their fur babies children. Keeping them safe is as important as keeping our human kids safe. Here my summer checklist of 10 ways I’ve found to keep your dog safe this summer. Most of these suggestions go for other pets as well as dogs.
Summertime and fun go hand in hand, and most people don’t think their kids will get hurt or worse, but as a nurse I’ve seen so many tragedies and wanted to impart a gentle reminder about how to avoid summertime dangers for kids.
We all love coconut oil for its amazing uses in the kitchen. It tastes great, it’s super-healthy, and it tolerates high heat, thanks to its extremely high smoke point. But did you know that coconut oil has many other uses as well? Keep reading for the top 10 reasons every woman should keep a second jar of coconut oil in her bathroom cabinet!
Okay moms, who here doesn't like spending hours a week on laundry? Not me. I found a system that works well for us. I want to share it with you. It isn't anything fancy, and cost less than $5.
Summertime is the best time of year if you ask me. The grass is soft. The air is fresh. The sunshine is warm. The plants are blooming in beautiful colors. Everyone wants to get outside and play. But what else comes along with the summer? Bee stings, sunburns, bug bites, and poison ivy. Wouldn't it be nice to not have to rush out to the pharmacy to treat these summertime ailments and simply use things you can find in your pantry, medicine cabinet, or refrigerator to treat them?
Moms I want to give you some hope and encouragement today. The load that you are carrying around..stop. Lay it at God's feet. He hears your prayers. He heard our cries and performed a miracle!
People often have hobbies they love and don’t realize they could turn what they love to do into a second income. I have a lot of friends who have amazing talents and a few of them decided to turn their passion into big profits without having a college degree that was related or even attending college.
Looking for the perfect Father's Day gift for the health-conscious man in your life? Fitness watches are SO last year! We have compiled a list for you of the hottest new wearable tech gadgets to show Dad just how much you care!
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD is a disorder of modern times, affecting more and more of America's children. While the origins of ADHD are surprising and disturbing, alleviating or even reversing symptoms is possible.
It’s so crucial for fathers to grow that bond, especially with a very young baby and baby carrier for dads helps.
I know the struggle of trying to feed a large family on a small budget. To make it even harder trying to eat healthy on a small budget. Here is what I do to keep within our budget for our family of 10.
If you have had kids you may have had some strange changes in your body after including stinky pits. Don’t despair. While weird, having stinky pits after pregnancy is a normal side effect of having kids.
I want to provide to you a few tips that might help you through this storm. First a little background about my own child whom was born very sick. Our daughter Sophie was born on Valentine's Day, soon after birth she stopped breathing. One thing lead to another and all her major organs shut down.
Every women, especially those raising children need to be reminded that they are more than an employee, more than a housewife, more than a mother; how playing football saved my sanity.
The vegetarian society highlights that vegetarians must know the nutritional value of what they eat, because lack of iron is one of the commonest concerns people have in connection with vegetarian food and health. So, vegetarians with iron deficiency anemia need to boost up their rich iron foods intake, and other nutrients. The 5 recipe ideas that will help vegetarians with Iron deficiency anemia will be packed with iron, various nutrients and will be easy to make.
Sadly, to be American today means to be overfed, undernourished and fatigued. It means disease, a multitude of medical treatments and numerous prescriptions. It means, immobility and chronic illness. More than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of American adults are obese and spend billions each year on weight-loss programs and products when they're actually dealing with adrenal fatigue and weight loss resistance.
It happens every year. It's one of the more popular jokes amongst parents. Summer vacation is dreaded. I mean think about it: you're stuck with your kids all summer! Just about every waking moment of your life is consumed by snacks and play time. God forbid it's a rainy day! Then you have to have a movie marathon. But then the children will fight about who is picking and blah blah blah. It's enough to drive a woman mad.
Recently, I was reading through a Facebook debate on whether you could lose weight and build lean muscle simultaneously. It seems there is a common misconception that you have to do one before the other but I know I’m not taking time out of my morning to flop around in front of my TV, sweating to death (all while trying to keep my toddler busy) to not have visible results.
Did you know there could be dozens of harmful toxins within your daily beauty routine? These toxins are disguised under tricky little names we think are very innocent, but they arent whatsoever. And they are in everything we use as consumers. Scary, huh?
In this day of instant gratification, it is easy to lose sight of true love and romance within the context of marriage. The temptation is there to always be searching for the next rush--the next thrill. But what does true, long term Love and romance look like? How can we resist being wooed by the Hollywood fantasy of the "ideal" romance, and see true, self-sacrificial Love within the walls of our own home?
When it comes to hospital birth vs home birth the decision is clear for me as I have decided to have my second child delivered at home after a traumatic hospital birth experience.
This is how big families, that include, 5 kids and two adults, prepare for a family trip to Yellowstone. Andrea Goeldner from Wisconsin tells the story about their family's big vacation and how to pack and load your car before you start your family trip.
June is National Pollinator Month and while you may not think every day about bees, hummingbirds, bats and other pollinators, without them there would be no fruits and vegetables. Imagine that! I wanted to share a few simple ideas on how you can help save the bees.
Have you ever wished you could turn back time just a bit, and get the thickness back in your hair, the strength back in your bones, teeth and nails, regulate your insulin and get the glow back to your skin? Well you can, if you get more silica in your life. Silica is the new calcium and more!
Smoking around children is now illegal in most states. Smoking in restaurants was banned long ago and now there is a push toward banning smoking in parks. Smoking with baby in a stroller is harmful and here’s why from personal experience.
The importance of a healthy liver cannot be questioned, as alternative cancer treatments suggest the necessity of flushing toxins out of the liver on the road to recovery. This is based in solid science, as it is known that the liver’s main functions include: detoxification of the blood, storing large quantities of glucose (for cells), producing bile for digestion, and purifying the blood. So, logically, ridding the liver of toxins will help you treat cancer.
Flat feet or fallen arches can come with a lot of other issues and for runners with flat feet it means four things: they have to take extreme care with stretching, training, knowing warning signs of problems, and selection of running shoes. There are a lot of considerations when selecting the right footwear so I decided to consult the experts regarding how to select the best running shoes for women with flat feet.
Forbes reported that virtual consults with patients is going to double by 2020. The reason for that, is that millenials are a generation that puts other things before health, as they feel they are too busy, according to an article by the International Business Times. So, if you find yourself in a “too busy” predicament, you will want to read the 3 ways the fast growing telemedicine practice benefits those with busy lives.
How to stop receding gums from getting worse is as simple as changing your diet and improving your gut health, according to science.
People these days are going back to their roots and using natural “medicine” more and more. In fact the popularity of alternative medicine is at an all-time high and Facebook groups like Modern Alternative Mamas are driving this interest for natural over allopathic. Here’s a checklist of basic natural remedies to have at home.
