Healthy Travel Tips

Posted by on Jun 26, 2018 in Balanced Life, Holiday | 0 comments It’s officially SUMMER! That means lots of good things but one of them is the increase in weekend road trips and vacation traveling AND the desire for healthy travel tips. While there are huge restorative benefits to holidays, here are a few simple travel tips to ensure your vacation produces rest and recuperation rather than irritable bowel dynamics and immune-system suppression! (i.e....
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Happy Chocolate . . . I mean Easter!

Posted by on Mar 29, 2018 in Food & Drink, Holiday, Real Food, Recipe, Uncategorized | 0 comments If you have hung around with me for more than 10 nanoseconds you likely know a few things about me. First, I love chocolate! Secondly, I love nurturing, growing and expanding my understanding of the spiritual component of who we are. Thus I love the reflection, restfulness, rejoicing and family/friend times that are often a part of Easter celebrations! And thirdly, did I mention, I LOVE...
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How Not to Get “Tricked” this Halloween: 3 Bits of Sugary Advice

Posted by on Oct 25, 2016 in Food & Drink, Holiday | 0 comments With Halloween just around the corner, in many households it’s time for discussions on: Whether or not to participate in the occasion? If celebrating, what costume to wear? If not celebrating, what other activity to substitute? Regardless of the reason the family is gathering . . . how much sugar to consume? I’ll leave topic 1) for another day but suffice it to say that we flip-flopped back and...
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Healthy Holiday Activities: Non-Couch Potato Style!

Posted by on Dec 23, 2015 in Activity, Balanced Life, Holiday, In Balance Team | 0 comments   I hadn’t realized how deeply ingrained was the idea of keeping In Balance’s second “A” letter, Activity, a part of our family holiday festivities, until I recently came across a clipping of an article I wrote for Canadian Living magazine over 2 decades ago. Called Great Party, the article focused on three secrets of how to keep guests entertained, engaged, enjoying the holiday season AND...
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Healthy Gut Flora for a Happy Holiday

Posted by on Dec 21, 2015 in Balanced Life, Food & Drink, Holiday, In Balance Team, Recipe | 0 comments And then there were veggies…. As we all woke up on Christmas day, chocolate covered the living room. Not only that, there were always Christmas cookies leftover from the night before, for breakfast! Good memories and a fun time. But are we forgetting about our friends? The little ones that live with us day and night and the ones that love to be fed? The ones that are vital to a healthy gut? Are...
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Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas

Posted by on Dec 19, 2015 in Activity, Attitude & Emotion, Balanced Life, Food & Drink, Holiday, In Balance Team, Real Food, Recipe | 0 comments At a time of the year where “joy” is supposed to be an integral part of the season, it is a commodity found in surprisingly small amounts some days. In fact joy – in In Balance terms, Laughter and Play – is an essential component to the wellness journey. The health benefits of incorporating laughter and play in our lives are numerous, and include increased endorphin production as...
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