If I were to say that this year has been a test in every way imaginable, I wouldn’t be exaggerating. With kids homeschooling due to the pandemic, every family’s time and energy has ...
Mind
7 Ways to be Optimistic as we enter the New Year
What a year this has been! We were all presented with a smorgasbord of issues just the way a contestant on Chopped is presented with a box ...
Kirk Smalley: A Trailblazer In The Fight Against Bullying
Last week, I dropped my kids off to school and drove to Hawkeye Community College to hear Kirk Smalley speak. ...
Body
Functional Patterns: A New Wave of Movement Science – Part II
Continued from Part I I observed Schuver as he walked around the park barefoot without so much as a care in the world. Just like Frida Paris’s coordinated and controlled ...
Functional Patterns: A New Wave of Movement Science – Part III
Continued from Part II “Actually, it’s the opposite. Only 20-30% of your eating effort accounts for weight loss while 70% of health is more about the environment and how ...
Punching Bag Safety Tips To Remember When Kickboxing
If you’re looking to add a kickboxing bag to your home gym, congratulations! Your investment will result in major dividends over time if you stick to your routine. But if it is ...
Restock Your Kitchen For Weight Control
After I had my third child, I suffered from poor health. When I stepped on the scale, I found myself at my heaviest ...
Soul
12 Tips for managing grief over the holidays
Managing grief is hard enough. However, grief and loss feel compounded around the holiday season. This year has been particularly brutal. With nearly 270,000 dead ...
The Power of Forgiveness
In November 2017, I read about a Muslim gentleman by the name of Dr. Abdul-Munim Sombat Jitmoud who moved an entire courtroom to tears by pardoning his son’s murderer. In doing so, ...
Janine’s Journey: Reiki and Regression Therapy
“There is more to this world than what meets the eye,” shared Dr. Janine Ambrose, a Reiki Master and Life Coach who is based in Waterloo, Iowa. Doctor Janine Ambrose ...
Self-Discipline
Teach Your Children How to Cook… With Raddish Kids!
Developing skills in the kitchen is an essential part of growing up. My earliest memories include watching my grandmother hum sweet songs as she whipped up a variety of Afghan ...
How to Make School Bearable During the Pandemic?
The coronavirus pandemic has officially followed us well into the final weeks of summer, and relief is nowhere in sight. Last Spring ...