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7 SIMPLE WAYS TO MAKE FAMILY DINNERS THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS IN LIFE
Looking for ways to experience the happiest moments in life everyday? In this post I am going to share 7 simple ways to make the most of family dinner time! Raising a healthy family in 2022 is not for the faint of heart. It takes intentionality, but it is possible, and we can experience the happiest moments in life every ordinary day! When my husband, Tyler, and I got married in 2003, social media was not a thing yet (MySpace would be released later that year). In 2006 when our first baby was born, MySpace was the most visited website in the world and Facebook had just opened it’s doors…
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5 SECRETS TO AN AMAZING MARRIAGE | MARRIAGE ADVICE IN THE BIBLE
Looking for marriage advice in the Bible and practical ways to have an AMAZING marriage? In this post I am going to share 5 secrets to an amazing marriage! When my husband, Tyler, and I said “I do” nineteen years ago, we had NO IDEA how the road ahead of us would unfold. Actually, nineteen years ago we didn’t even have phones with the capability of sending texts! We’ve had some INCREDIBLE moments! Buying our first condo and moving in the minute we got the keys, even though we had to sleep on the floor that night, and we both had to be at work early the next…
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My 7 “Must-Haves” To Make Intermittent Fasting Easy
The beauty of intermittent fasting is that there is no cost. It's free! You simply refrain from eating during certain times, so typically it even saves money because you'll be eating less food! There are, however, seven things that I use almost every day as an intermittent faster, and they do make it easer.
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How To Live Abundantly In The Middle Of Adversity
Last fall when I first sat in the otolaryngologist office and he told me that I was an ideal candidate for the surgery that he pioneered, called Selective Laryngeal Adductor Denervation-Reinnervation, I was ecstatic! I had flown to Los Angeles to meet with one of the best head and neck doctors in the world and I got the news that I was hoping for! I had been struggling to speak for at least a decade and Botox injected directly into my vocal cords had been the treatment I had been getting since 2014. Although the Botox greatly improved my vocal strength, the outcome could be inconsistent. The doctor told me that…
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3 Easy Tips To Kick Your Junk Food Addiction
The truth is that we all desire to be healthy in our bodies, but we actually are up against a huge food industry that is trying to get us addicted to their products. I believe that we can choose to buck this statistic for ourselves and our children.
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Jesus Called Her Out For Living Life Stressed Out. How To Be At Peace When You Feel Like You’re Drowning.
We have to determine to be at peace in saying no to the less important things, so that we can say yes to the most important things.
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Save Money By Purchasing These 10 Healthy Foods At Costco
Here are 10 healthy foods that will save you money by buying them at Costco.
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5 Easy Steps to Begin Your Intermittent Fasting Journey Now
Recently I shared my one year journey of intermittent fasting. After rapidly gaining 14 pounds in a matter of months I spent almost a year trying to find something that worked to lose the weight but that also was a sustainable lifestyle. In May of 2021 I discovered intermittent fasting, lost 25 pounds over the next year, and my life has not been the same since. If you have not read my fasting story yet, you can do so here. As I dove into the research on fasting I discovered that it has so many more benefits than weight loss! Fasting is the most effective tool for lowering insulin levels…
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Summer Vacation – Helping Your Teens & Preteens Live Their Best, Intentional Life.
It is estimated that teens spend 9 hours a day on screens. If that is true for your kiddo, is that shaping them into the adult that you hope they become? I’m assuming the answer is no. I know it is not always easy to convince your teen or preteen that what is best for them is actually best for them, but nonetheless, our job as parents is to train and teach, popular or not.
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Intermittent Fasting Part 2. When I Eat After Exercise and Other FAQ’s.
Intermittent fasting has brought freedom and health into my life and by practicing it I was able to lose 25 pounds. It has been really fun to hear back from so many of you! I received a lot of questions so I decided to write this as a follow up to summarize the most frequently asked questions.
