healthy living with balance, not perfection
So you want to get outside but you have no idea where to go or how to choose the best trail for a hike??? My answer for you is the All Trails App. I use the free version & it has become an invaluable tool in helping me choose which hikes to go on with the kids. It stays updated really well,… Read More
It took me a couple of times hiking with the kids to figure out what I needed to put in my backpack, but this a comprehensive list of what I take & have collected over the last year. All of this will either fit in my carrier pockets with my youngest or I put them in an old bag I… Read More
Granted, I didn’t have a blog 31 days ago to write about my New Year’s Resolutions, I did write them down on Instagram. You can read them here in depth, but to summarize: To read a biography or an autobiography about each First Lady in the US. Fitness & Nutrition Goals- be gluten, dairy & soy free. Plus, refrain from sugar… Read More
When getting the kids outside, sometimes it’s hard to pick out where you should go. So here are 5 of our favorite trails in the Northwest Arkansas area. We have a list of other trails we haven’t tried yet & we are ready to hike them. But so far, these are the ones we keep revisiting over & over again…. Read More
When I was younger & more naive, I showed up to the gym to run endlessly on a treadmill to work off calories from eating food I “shouldn’t have been eating”, hoping it would help me achieve the size I wanted. I looked for low calorie & fat free labels, but I wasn’t feeding myself proper nutrition so I was… Read More
So many people have reached out to me since I wrote my article, CHANGING MY FOOD, CHANGED MY LIFE. Usually people want to know exactly what I did, because it’s such an overwhelming experience. 1. How did you get started? I always get asked how I got started. I didn’t immediately leave the doctor’s office & go gluten, dairy &… Read More
Two years ago this month, I started a new nutrition journey based on a recommendation by my family physician. I had gone to see him early in January of 2017 because I could not stop getting bronchitis. I’m talking a decade & more of going on antibiotics & steroids 3-6 times a year for upper respiratory infections, strep throat, bronchitis,… Read More
My kids & I love to hike. Or maybe, I love to hike & I drag my kids with me?? Ha! Either way, I’ve read a ton of research on the benefits of having kids out in nature & I’m going to make sure mine are out there. We are raising kids in a culture where they are inside more… Read More
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