Healthy Living

Cleaning

Non-Toxic Cleaning Solutions

Well it is officially Spring Cleaning Time!!  Wooooohoooooooo!!  {Can you hear my super excited tone????  Just kidding}Since we have just celebrated Earth Day and it is still the time of Spring Cleaning, I started thinking about all of the seemingly dangerous commercial cleaning products.  … Read More

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Going Deeper

Sometimes in life, the chase for bodily improvement and spiritual improvement come together. Recently, I-along with many other Charlotteans, maybe you?--took a weekend trip to enjoy the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC.  It was jam packed with folks, normal and zany alike, who enjoy … Read More

Earth Day

Earth Day 2013

"The Earth is the LORD’S, and everything in it.   The world and all its people belong to him." ~Psalms 24:1~ Spring has sprung and Earth Day is coming up.  It's Monday, April 22nd, 2013. It’s a great time to share with our children the importance of caring for what God entrusted to our … Read More

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Pro•pel

Let’s talk about how you can PROPEL forward with some of your personal fitness goals you set at the beginning of 2013--you know what they are!  Whether you’ve been rock solid or suffered from fits and starts, I'm sure you’ve made progress worth celebrating!  Way to go!  Sometimes getting … Read More

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Charity Awareness: March of Dimes – April, 2013

Last year I shared this picture of my nephew born at 30 weeks!It's hard to believe that my nephew will be 18 years old this July!!  However, the moment my sister went into early labor was very scary.  I am so happy that March of Dimes exists to help continue research on helping babies, … Read More

Tea Time

Spring is here!  Blossoms are appearing, grass is greening, birds chirping!  But I’m sure you’ve also noticed that the cold is still stubbornly clinging to the mornings and evenings… What better way fight that early spring chill than a few healthy cups of freshly brewed tea?Gals, tea has … Read More

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Have an Eggsperience with Your Kids

 What healthy living column would be complete this Easter season without mentioning one of God’s great natural gifts… the incredible egg!?  As the editors of PureHealthMD report , “this nutrition powerhouse has acquired a bruised reputation from reports they contribute to raised … Read More

Palm Tree on a Beach

Find your oasis

Ever have a day at the gym when you weren’t “feeling it”?For me, that was Thursday.  About a mile into my run, I felt like someone had flicked a switch and there was no power left.  Laughing with my husband about this experience, I explained to him that we women have our make-up, … Read More

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Lunch Buddies

Lunch buddiesWhat is a lunch buddy?Having just yesterday participated in the “Lunch Buddy for a Day” program facilitated by Least of These and A Child’s Place, I learned that a lunch buddy is a volunteer that eats lunch with a homeless child enrolled in our public school system.  If … Read More

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Interval Training

Hey Moms, are you looking for more fitness gains from a shorter workout?  Interval training may be your answer.What is interval training?  Put simply, it’s any sort of workout routine that alternates between periods of high intensity activity (typically sprints or calisthenics) and low … Read More