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I Lost 10 lbs Eating Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes!
Sounds crazy, right? It’s true, but this article isn’t about how to lose weight. It’s about substitutions I made to my diet to make healthier choices. These substitutions enabled me to eat grain-free molten lava cakes for dessert every evening for 2 weeks and lose 10 pounds. I share some of these substitutions below. If you were thinking of taking steps to improve your eating habits, I hope they help you with some ideas. Because of food allergies with a couple kids, we already had to make most foods ourselves because the store bought alternatives contained allergens. Over the last 6 months, I’ve radically changed my diet and feel much…
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God Loves You: Stop Striving – You Are Good Enough
I have always been a high achieving, performance based person. Goals were things to be conquered and I had a lot of them. I spun many plates at the same time and prided myself on being able to balance it all. Eventually, I realized that I had an unknown, underlying theme to working so hard. I thought that if I performed well enough, or worked hard enough, I would be accepted. Maybe the people around me would love me more. Maybe God would approve of me and bless me because I was doing enough to please Him. There was some sort of acceptance that I was trying to achieve through…
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How Do You Love Difficult People?
How do you love difficult people? It’s easy to love people who are similar to us. In fact, the Bible even tells us that everyone loves people who are like them. The challenge comes when we have to love someone who is different from us, or even our enemies. Our society celebrates connecting with people like us. It celebrates finding your tribe, your culture, or your people, and unfollowing people who have different beliefs than you on social media. Connecting with people whom we easily get along with is great. I like connecting with like minded people and growing and becoming better. I also believe that we are called to…
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What is Personal Growth? How Do You Grow?
What does personal growth mean and how do you do it? Personal growth means a lot of things to different people. To me, personal growth is improving myself. It is not becoming someone I am not. Personal growth is improving upon my gifts and talents, while learning how to soften my rough edges and minimize my weaknesses. One of the first steps to self improvement is to identify what areas you want to improve. Next, create a plan. Along with a plan, it’s a good idea to get a coach or mentor to help you along the way. There are a lot of different coaches for different things. As I…
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Time Saving, Healthy Chicken Quinoa Recipe
Have you ever tried making something healthy out of your pantry that actually turned out to be a family favorite? This was how my Chicken Quinoa Recipe came to be. Many people have been asking me to share some of my favorite recipes. Although this is a Chicken Quinoa recipe, it can be a chicken rice recipe or altered in many ways to fit your family's preferences. In a few past articles, I had written about a time when I was super busy. I was working from home full-time, without childcare for my young children, homeschooling, and running two additional side businesses. I was trying to find more ways to…
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Preventing Illness – How To Boost Immunity
Have you wondered how to boost immunity and prevent the spread of illness in your house? I often get asked how to boost immunity, especially during typical cold and flu season. What my family does often changes, depending on what I remember to actually do, but here’s the list of things I keep on-hand and the practices we’ve implemented in our house. It’s a blend of some key supplements to take, essential oils to take, some over-the-counter items we use, and practices we’ve implemented. Please join me as I walk you through my “natural medicine cabinet."
