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Surviving Early Pregnancy With a Houseful of Littles

August 11, 2011

I remember when I was pregnant with my first. I was working full time as an ESL teacher, but during my time off? I could put my feet up, take a nap when I was tired, make whatever food I was craving (or not make food at all if my stomach was off), go for [...]

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Adrenal Fatigue: Help and Resources for Healing

February 4, 2011

Earlier this week I introduced the topic of adrenal fatigue. Before reading this post, you may want to go back and read the first part in this series to understand what exactly adrenal fatigue is and learn more about many of the symptoms associated with it.
What Can I Do About It?
It's time to get more [...]

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Panel Discussion on Burnout and Fatigue: 3 Women Get Real About Their Struggles, Part 2

January 17, 2011

In the first part of this panel discussion, we focused on what led to a situation of burnout and fatigue, how the panelists recognized it, their signs and symptoms and more.
This time, I wanted to focus on the hopefulness that exists, even when we find that we've come to the end of our rope. Winter [...]

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My Journey to Burnout: Proof That I Really Can’t Do It All

January 6, 2011

Burnout. It's a word that highly ambitious and driven people like myself often think that we are immune to.
I have struggled with over-achieving and perfectionism for almost as long as I can remember. At the tender age of 12, I worked a steady babysitting job every morning and after school, while balancing schoolwork, private music [...]

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The Benefits of Sleep: 8 Tips for Getting Quality Sleep

January 3, 2011

Written by Stacey Taggart, Contributing Writer
The importance of getting a good night's sleep is understated in our busy society.  The expectations that we have of ourselves and others are increasing, and in an effort to do all and be all, we end up burning the candle at both ends.
Being deprived of sleep [...]

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Making Mom’s Health A Priority

September 3, 2010

Guest Post by Leah
When my children wake up in the morning, I sometimes chuckle to myself as I’m reminded of some old horse races I used to watch as a child. The whistle blows, the announcer proclaims, “And she’s OFF!”, and the remainder of the race is spent simply trying to keep up with [...]

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Almost-Christmas Ramblings

December 22, 2009
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Just a few thoughts as I prepare to take a little time for celebration, relaxation and meditation this next week:

1) The picture you see above is Johanna's birth announcement. It may make some of you feel oddly comforted to know that I picked them up last week. Yes, she's 4 months old. I figured it [...]

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