The following guest post is from Pam of Be Healthy, Be Happy Wellness: Eating for Energy to Beat the Winter Blahs Feeling sluggish? The long stretch of days between Christmas and Spring Break can be tough. The sky is grey. The days are cold. How can you get through it without gaining ten pounds and…
The following post is from Prerna of The Mom Writes: Three Neat Tricks to Tame Your Time Today Time management {or the lack of it} is one of the biggest challenges that people face. Whether you work at home, out of it, or are a stay-at-home parent, chances are you want to have more control…
The following post is from Prerna of The Mom Writes: Personalize Your Productivity: How to Create Your Best Productive Self I know. Personalize productivity? Seriously? But hear me out. As someone who’s played with, worked with and experimented with several productivity solutions and techniques, I can safely say that my sense of productivity is uniquely mine.…
The following post is from Prerna of The Mom Writes: The Easy Guide to a Productive You December is moving rapidly, and soon, we’ll be celebrating a New Year! I don’t know about you, but I’m already planning for 2013 to be my most productive year ever. How did you ask? Here is my easy…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: A new baby's skin is so soft, and delicate, and precious. And, as parents, we want to do everything we can to keep it that way. Unfortunately, many of the conventional and name brand baby care products contain ingredients that we wouldn't want to put on…
The following post is from Michelle of Mommy Misadventures: 4 Chrome Extensions for Your Workday Everyone has a favorite web browser. I’m a heavy Google user, so it’s probably no surprise that Google Chrome tops my list. And while all major browsers have add-ons/extensions and programs that help extend browser functionality, I have to say that…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 5 Beauty Products You Can Find in Your Kitchen When my friend first told me about the EWG's Cosmetic Safety Database several years ago, I basically did the equivalent of a three-year old covering their ears and chanting, "I'm not listening, I'm not listening!" I was…
The following post is from Prerna of The Mom Writes: The Pre-Breakfast Productivity Boost As someone who is an early riser, I value the time I get before the morning routine gets underway. However, even if you’re not an early riser, you can use the time before breakfast to kickstart your day into a productive,…
Last year I wrote a post about balancing the risks of sunscreen and skin cancer. I shared our family's approach to spending time in the sun (hint: we don't avoid it) as well as the reasons that we choose a physical mineral sunblock rather than a chemical sunscreen. Until now, there's a pretty clear line…
At the beginning of April, our family was hit hard by a virus that seemed to be going around our area. After two weeks of ups and downs -- with fevers, chills, coughs, stuffy noses, viral conjunctivitis, and more-- I was already done for already...and then I woke up one morning with a sinus infection.…