Category Archives: Healthy Living

Eating wholesome foods and keeping fit

• The New Year’s Non-Resolution

  Resolve that you are enough as you are. Resolve to enjoy where you’re at more. Then just breathe.  MORE

• OCD: Obsessive. Compulsive. Don’t Lose the Connection.

  We are our children’s advocates. No one else. The tenacity to get to the bottom of an issue, whether it is physical health, mental health, behavioural is our job as their advocate. Taking that responsibility in the fullest sense, coming alongside a child in their frustration and fear was so much more productive than trying to control behaviour from the outside.  MORE

• Coconut Ginger Sweet Potato Soup

  This sweet potato soup requires only 10 minutes of work and 20 minutes of waiting–simple indeed! But the flavor belies its ease. The soup is rich with sweet potato flavor, balanced by hints of coconut and spicy ginger!  MORE

• 5 Ways to Use Healing Bone Broth

  It’s that time of year again, when the kids go back to school and the sniffles and coughs and other unpleasant little bugs make their way into our homes. There are so many wonderful natural ways to combat illness, and for our family, homemade stock or bone broth is a mainstay all year ‘round.  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: From Scratch

  This week we asked you to share your “from scratch” photos with us. Read more about Healthy Eating and Living on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

• Calling for Submissions for the November 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Feeding Your Family

  How do you keep your family nourished? Does your family practice a special diet or deal with food allergies? If so, how do holidays look different for you since starting a special diet? Do you practice baby-led solids or have tips and recipes to share? Let us know by November 5!  MORE

• Shake It Off!

  Just because children are little doesn’t mean their injuries hurt less, or that tumbles are less scary.  MORE

• Versatile Homemade Granola Bars

  This recipe is a family favorite; even my super picky husband loves these and routinely asks for them! I’ve added two ways you can use the basic recipe to make different types of bars but the possibilities are really endless!  MORE

• Ethics, A Budget, and Your Taste Buds: Pick Your Pleasure

  I have reached Ethical Eating Fatigue, people. And I bet you have, too. There is a list as long as my arm concerning the health and ethical grey areas surrounding the food on our plates, and it’s enough to overwhelm a person. Here’s how to break through.  MORE

• Cranberry Power Muffins

  Warm and comforting, these muffins supply power to your body and nutrition for your health.  MORE

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