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Ever Get Tired of Natural Living?

August 24, 2011

Do you ever get tired of it all?
Have you read an article on nutrition or being green, and found that your eyes began to glaze over as you thought, blah, blah, blah? Does the garbage sometimes seem like a more convenient option than the compost? Do you just want to break down and buy toothpaste [...]

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Getting Back Into a Routine When You’ve Gotten Off Track

February 24, 2011

Here's how it usually happens: We go through a busy or hard season of life and I get off track of my usual routines, become disorganized, and things feel generally chaotic. So, I spend time putting together an elaborate routine, making all these amazing plans of how I will be more on the ball, more [...]

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What is Adrenal Fatigue and Do I Have It?

January 31, 2011

Considered the "stress syndrome" of the 20th century, adrenal fatigue is still an under-diagnosed and little understood condition. More people than ever before are battling with chronically depleted adrenal glands, yet it is unrecognized by most doctors.
Perhaps you have struggled for a long time with always being tired, for reasons you just can't quite understand. [...]

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Naturally Neutralizing Stress: Herbs that Calm

January 14, 2011

Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer
We all have those moments of random stress, moments that leave us drained, exhausted, and with a lingering feeling of depression. This month at Keeper of the Home, we've been addressing ways to find a balance in our lives, both physically and mentally.
On Monday, Stephanie addressed natural ways to approach depression, and [...]

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

January 13, 2011

The response to this month's honest discussions of burnout, fatigue, depression and general health and wellness has been so tremendous. Thank you all for sharing in such real and vulnerable ways. I'm humbled that you would share so much of yourselves and these very personal experiences.
I think that it's so important that we as women [...]

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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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Real Food Makeover: The Startup Family

May 24, 2010

This week's makeover is for the Startup Family. Meet Kim, Jim and sons Matthew (16) and Stephen (14).
How They Currently Eat:
I am so pleased to introduce you to the Startup family, because I admire what they are doing. Mom is aware of just how much their diet needs to change, and I think it is [...]

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Pro-Mom, Not Pro-Blogger

December 14, 2009

I'm not sure that I knew what I was getting myself into. It all seems so very long ago when I first began setting up Keeper of the Home over two years ago. I don't really remember what I thought blogging would be like... enjoyable, relatively simple, something I could do during the children's naps, [...]

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