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What Effect Does Diet Have on Kids with ADHD and Autism?

June 18, 2015

What effect DOES diet have on kids with ADHD and Autism? It’s a question being asked more and more frequently by parents, health professionals, and educators. Does what our children eat have any effect on their behavior? As a parent of a child with ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome, I’ve asked this question myself. Can my son’s behavior […]

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Growing Healthy Kids: School Lunch Ideas

January 16, 2014

I get a lot of requests for ideas on how to get kids to eat healthy.  Considering I have 5 kids of my own, I can assure you that while it can be a challenge at times to keep our kids healthy, it’s far from impossible!  I’m going to share with you some of the […]

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Take Time To Celebrate!

June 10, 2013

How Do You Celebrate? I live a busy life, no question about that.  I’m a full-time, stay-at-home-homeschool-mom of 5, assist my husband full-time in our ministry in Micronesia, and run a successful online health and wellness business.  I live by schedules and plans – it’s the only way I can get through each day!  But […]

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Yes There’s Hope! Fitness for Busy Moms

May 9, 2013

  Fitness for Busy Moms I’m a busy mom!  And since you’re reading this article titled, “Fitness for Busy Moms”, most likely you are a busy mom yourself!  As for me, I have 5 kids, homeschool, assist my husband in our ministry here on the island of Pohnpei (where we are missionaries), and run a […]

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I Am Mom

May 6, 2013

   I Am Mom This past weekend we had a 5K race.  We were really looking forward to this race (my husband, three older children, and I) as we’d all been working hard to improve our 5K times.  Early Saturday morning though I was awakened by a fussy 3 year old running a fever – […]

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Kids Health: Giving Your Kids a Legacy of Love

April 9, 2013

This past weekend was World Health Day, so in honor of that we took some time out of our regular homeschool day schedule to focus on kids health.  Part of our activities included watching the film, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”.  To simply say the movie was good would be the understatement of the year! […]

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What Effect Does Diet Have on Kids with ADHD and Autism?

November 9, 2012

What effect DOES diet have on kids with ADHD and Autism? It’s a question being asked more and more frequently by parents, health professionals, and educators. Does what our children eat have any effect on their behavior? As a parent of a child with ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome, I’ve asked this question myself. Can my son’s behavior […]

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Priorities: Putting First Things First

August 22, 2012

It’s been quite a summer!  I had big plans of all I wanted to accomplish during our few months off from homeschooling.  And big plans of all the fun we were going to have as a family.  What I hadn’t planned on, was getting sick.  It started as just a little cough, but it just […]

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Time For a Time Out

September 27, 2010

I get so wrapped up sometimes in all that I have going on in my life – homeschooling, housekeeping, coaching, etc. – that I forget to take time out and just have fun. We schedule in our homeschool calendar times that we just take a break from the work and get outside, whether it be […]

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Apple Cinnamon Muffins

October 29, 2009

One of my family’s favorites!  These Apple Cinnamon Muffins are amazing hot and fresh from the oven! Ingredients: ½ cup apple sauce (natural, unsweetened) 2 Tbsp. coconut oil 1/3 cup brown sugar or organic cane sugar 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 tsp. vanilla 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1 tsp. […]

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