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Ask the Doctor :: Best Supplements for Kids
Ask the Doctor: Question: My preschool and elementary children are back in school and I want to prevent any school colds and flus. Do you have any suggestions? Kids are back in school and yes, cold and flu season is gearing up. The best thing you can do, especially with those picky eaters, to slide in a few to boost and support their immune system; no one wants to miss school or work. Below are my 3 favorites that can be thrown into a smoothie or made into a popsicle: Essential Fatty Acids Why? Your body cannot make essential fatty acids so you need to get them from…
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Fashion :: A Love Affair with Fall Coats
My love affair with coats probably started while I lived abroad and experienced what cold weather really meant while living in Japan. It happened that the city I lived in, Shizuoka Prefecture, was known for having mild winters, but for a Southern California transplant they were much more severe than what I had grown up with. Since then, I have had this… need I say obsession with coats. My husband will just shake his head if I bring home a new coat I found at our local resale boutique (BEST place to get coats) and have a look in his eyes like Really? You need another one? And I just hang…
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Garden :: Using Stones to Add Beauty in Your Garden
There is something so calming about stones in a garden. While living in Japan, I grew to appreciate old stones used throughout a garden, such as a stone pagoda covered in green moss, or the stepping stones used in a pathway to a temple. White sand and gravel had long been a feature of Japanese gardens. In the Shinto religion, it was used to symbolize purity, and was used around shrines, temples, and palaces. In Zen gardens, it represents water, or, like the white space in Japanese paintings, emptiness and distance. (Source: Wikipedia). Years ago, I brought back three large gray stones I found along the beach in northern California that reside…
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Play :: The 2013 Rugby Championships
2013 Rugby Championship – Teach your kids something new today! Have you ever heard of a game called rugby? It’s a really fun sport, especially if you’ve seen a game being played. The rules are similar to games that are familiar to you (such as soccer or football). Two teams, with 15 players each, try to earn points by getting a ball across the opponent’s goal line or between their goalposts. However, in rugby, you can only throw the ball backwards! Rugby is popular in countries such as Australia, England, Italy and Argentina. It’s watched by over 2 billion people worldwide, especially during world championships. Sam and Sofia,…
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Inspirational Mom :: Sheila Bernus Dowd of Clever Girls
I heard about Clever Girls last year when I entered the world of mom blogging which really was a whole new world for me to learn about. This past year I have been visiting their site and enjoying the information they provide for mom bloggers. Clever Girls is a social media agency offering content marketing and native advertising at scale and had over 70 Million unique visitors last month! Wow! I love how this company was created by a group of women providing other moms a way to help run their own blogging business. This past month I learned about the journey of Sheila Bernus Dowd, one of the cofounders of Clever Girls,…
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Recipes :: Fall Paleo (Gluten-Free) Dishes
For Mother’s Day this year my husband gave me the book The Paleoista by Nell Stephenson that changed my life and my body. For reasons I will go into in my health post this week, I was at a real down point with my health (and up with the pounds) that I was willing to try just about anything to feel and look better! Fast forward a few months and I have lost 17 pounds, can finally fit into my wardrobe again and gave my bigger clothes to The Salvation Army as I figured I wouldn’t ever need them again if I stick to this way of eating. It was the easiest…
