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Children, Exercise, Family, Healthy Living, Journaling, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Parenting Tips, self-care
How to Create Self-Care for Kids
Self-care has been a trending topic for a few years now, but most of the focus is on adults. For good reason, since as a parent, you probably get very little time to yourself. But what about kids? They also have stressful, challenging young lives, and need a little self-care focus as well. And now, with the changes in everyone’s situations and the HUGE changes in their school attendance — no school, hybrid school, or face-to-face with social distancing — this is an additional stressor for our kids. What can we do to help? Help them start a self-care routine for themselves. Self-care is not just for adults anymore! Limit…
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Emotional Eating: A Primer on Intuitive and Mindful Eating
As the need for dietary options has become massive as obesity rates climb higher and higher, new research suggests that there are people who could benefit from dietary plans that avoid employing the same strategies that other diets do. These methods involve changing the way you think about eating. If you knew that you could work a program where you can eat all kinds of different foods, lose weight, and feel happy, would you be excited to try it? If so, check out this guide on how intuitive eating and/or mindful eating can help you. Most Diets Fail Most of the reason that the majority of diets fail is that…
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Children, Dessert, Family, Food, Gifts, Healthy Living, Holiday, Nutrition, Parenting Tips, self-care
Easter Holiday: Put Some Healthy Goodies in Easter Baskets
Talking about Easter baskets is a good place to start when discussing having a healthier Easter. This tends to be where a lot of people offer their children unhealthier options. It is also one of the more popular traditions for this holiday. If you want your kids to enjoy their baskets but without sugar-laden sweets, there are some super fun and easy options! Why You Should Limit These Sugary Treats First, let’s go over the nutritional content of some of the more popular candy options for Easter baskets. You may not include all of these, but it is good to have a summary of how much sugar, fat, and calories…
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Step 1: Here’s a Healthy Daily Routine
Finding the right balance between work and your personal life especially when you are working from home isn’t easy. However, one thing that can help is creating your daily routine. Think about it. When you have kids, you spend a lot of time trying to get them into a routine because you know that’s what they need. However, as an adult routine tends to go out of the window despite the fact our bodies still crave it. Having a healthy routine is key to success both in your work and your personal life. So, how can you set up a daily routine that you can stick to? Below, you’ll discover…
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Comfort Food: One-Skillet Lemon Chicken Orzo
Stuck in the house? This dish is also perfect for those busy weeknights when you want something quick and satisfying. Not dirtying every dish in your kitchen is a bonus. This recipe pairs bone-in chicken thighs with lemony orzo for a hearty meal you can have on the table in just over half an hour. Quite the comfort meal! For this recipe, the chicken thighs are cooked with skin on to impart extra flavor. However, the skin is removed for serving to save a few calories.
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National Nutrition Month
It is National Nutrition Month. In honor of that, I was going to write a nice post on the topic. However, I remember that I wrote a really nice one on Life: The Reboot. So I am going to link to that one! Tips for Healthy Nutrition for Active People There will be more posts about different aspects of nutrition through this month and there will be posts about different diets in the future.
