Family, Health, Recipes

The insanely simple and healthy way to put dinner on the table

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Bowls. Think bowls. I am always on the search for insanely healthy and ridiculously simple ways to put dinner on the table. That’s because I get stressed trying to come up with something new every night. So I came across the bowl method. It definitely passes my test for ridiculously simple and healthy cooking. Here’s all you need, every night: Bowl Grain Veggies Protein Sauce Miscellaneous goodies for added excitement Done. The only cooking tools you’ll need are also insanely simple: wooden spoon, knife, frying pan and sauce pan. I found a great book that massively simplifies this idea. It’s titled Grain Bowls, by Anna Shillinglaw Hampton. Even the layout is super simple – each page shows you the finished bowl, plus a super simple recipe. I’m loving this! Minimal and healthy cooking at its finest! Here are a few samples:   Red Quinoa Ratatouille Time: 15 minutes Serves 2 […]

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Health, Mindfulness

Permanently calm your anxiety with this morning routine

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Did you know that forty percent of us are wired more anxiously than others? If you’re one of the group, don’t worry! You’re not doomed to always be anxious. You can change your neural pathways to be more calm. Current science is all about the plasticity of neural pathways – which means that our brains can indeed, be re-wired. Think of your brain’s neural pathways as a trail through the woods. Say it’s a trail that’s been used a lot, and that’s the trail you usually take. But what if you want to take a different trail – one that doesn’t yet exist or is very faint? You have to bushwhack through the woods and forge your new trail. It takes some effort, right? But if you keep walking on the trail every day, pretty soon you’ll carve out a new trail. If you stop using the old trail, eventually the weeds […]

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Family, Finances, Health, Mindfulness

Why you don’t need this kind of credit card stress

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Let’s talk about credit cards and stress. I only carry one credit card for a bunch of reasons, and one of them is that I don’t want the stress of having more than one card. (If you need to carry a separate card for business, that’s different. I’m talking about personal cards.) But recently, I was in a store and I’m embarrassed to say that I let the clerk talk me into saving a bunch of money on my purchase by opening a store credit card. I knew I was doing something stupid as soon as I agreed to this, but I thought, well, the card will let me save 10 percent on all of my purchases, and I shop here a lot, so I rationalized why it was OK. But it wasn’t OK. I’m sharing this with you because if you want to simplify your life, you have to […]

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Health

Essential oils work! Tap into their power for allergies, bugs and sun

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By Norelle Done I am in love with essential oils. Not just because the smells make me swoon (which is true), but because they are actually surprisingly effective. Who knew? I’ve been learning more and more about them, and slowly building up my own little medicine chest of essential oils. There are oils for every reason and every season, but since we’re heading into summer right now, I want to share a few of my favorites that you can start using right now. Reducing Allergy Symptoms Did you know that mixing some key essential oils together can significantly reduce allergy symptoms? Dab your mix on the back of your neck, behind your ears or on the bottoms of your feet to alleviate symptoms so that you can breathe easier. For the classic Lavender-Lemon-Peppermint Blend, mix together a 7-7-6 drop ratio (7 drops each of Lavender and Lemon, plus 6 drops […]

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