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Farm to School Week underway!

November 10, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

As I wrote about last week, November 8-12 is Virginia Farm to School week, as made official by the Virginia General Assembly. Today I share more about the efforts in Alexandria and Arlington public schools in my column at the Washington Times Communities Family Today. Click here for my previous post about Alexandria’s George Mason…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: Farm to School, food, health, nutrition

Virginia celebrates Farm to School Week — spotlight on Alexandria’s George Mason Elementary

November 3, 2010 by Jessica 2 Comments

With my son in currently attending a Waldorf preschool that makes all its own food from scratch (from organic ingredients), it’s been too easy for me to ignore what’s going on in public school cafeterias. Next week, November 8-12, 2010 Virginia will celebrate its second Virginia Farm to School Week, part of the greater Farm…

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Author to read on miscarriage, stillbirth, and beyond

November 2, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Monica Murphy Lemoine earlier this year published a “darkly humorous memoir of miscarriage and stillbirth” called Knocked Up, Knocked Down: Postcards of Miscarriage and Misadventure from the Brink of Parenthood. She’ll be reading from and discussing her book at two local Northern Virginia venues later this week. This woman has such a way with words….

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: miscarriage, writing mother

Healing the c-section scar

October 28, 2010 by Jessica 6 Comments

I knew when I went in for my c-section in 2006 that the effects would be lasting, but I only recently realized to what extent. I tend to hold on to emotion through my body, and since the need for a surgical delivery was profoundly disappointing to me, I expected that it would take my…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, c-section, essential oils, Freedom for Family Wellness summit, healing, health, homebirth, Jennifer Mercier, osteopathy, VBAC

Walking the talk (to slow down)

October 25, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

There’s so much to report on from the Freedom for Family Wellness Summit. But I have hardly had the time to go through my the messy, sketchy notes I took while my baby girl slept in the sling. And as it turns out, I missed a lot of the conference because it was just too…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: attachment parenting, family, Freedom for Family Wellness summit, health, mindfulness, parenting, priorities, working mother

Peggy O’Mara at Family Wellness Summit

October 22, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I promised myself I would not stay up late since I have to get up before sunrise to make it back to Reston for the birth panel at the Freedom for Family Wellness summit. But I also will focus better if I can at least share some pearls of wisdom from Mothering magazine editor Peggy…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: family, Freedom for Family Wellness summit, healing, parenting, priorities

Freedom for Family Wellness Summit

October 21, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Reporting here on this exciting event I’m attending tonight and this weekend! Wellness Summit to Address “Vitalism” and “Conscious Choice” Parents are up against a lot of choices these days. Whether the question is about vaccinations or breastfeeding, co-sleeping or where and how to give birth, today’s buzzword is “informed choice.” As International Chiropractic Pediatric…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, healing, health, nutrition

Priorities, values, and goals… oh my!

October 20, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

“Priorities” pops up as one of my most used tags because this blog is essentially about my trying to figure out what my priorities are and how to accommodate them when they seem to contradict one another. Or when one supposed priority gets bumped off its seat for something I don’t claim to care about…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: family, healing, health, home, priorities, working mother, writing mother

Blog Action Day: Water!

October 15, 2010 by Jessica 4 Comments

This Blog Action Day post addresses flouride, plastic bottles, and other issues of safety and environmental awareness related to water.

Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog action day, breastfeeding, chlorine, flouride, health, priorities, water

On the bookshelf… Women and power

October 13, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, I went to a wonderful event with Gloria Feldt. She is one inspiring woman! Once a teen mom, Gloria went on to raise three children and to work for 30 years for Planned Parenthood, serving as its national president until 2005. I’ve only made a dent into her book so far…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Uncategorized Tagged With: feminism, politics

(Parental) craziness at the zoo

October 12, 2010 by Jessica 7 Comments

I witnessed some unfamiliar and disturbing behavior yesterday at the zoo. I’m not talking about the animals. So much whining, taunting, complaining, aggression, and general crankiness. I’m not talking about children. Some of the most pissy parents were out in force at the National Zoo yesterday, the most gorgeous Columbus Day ever (when arriving after…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: attachment parenting, community, priorities, Waldorf education

Happy Midwifery Week!

October 8, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I just found out that it’s National Midwifery Week! I want to publicly thank the midwives I have worked with who have supported me before, during and after pregnancies. Thanks to the midwives at BirthCare and Women’s Health, to Tammi McKinley, CPM, of Northern Virginia Midwifery, Susan Dodge, formerly of BirthCare, and Marilee Pinkleton, CPM,…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, health, VBAC

No, I don’t think I’ll become a Bradley instructor

October 5, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

I remember the first time I got a message from the Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth after my son’s c-section in 2006. The subject heading — “The World Needs More Bradley® Instructors!” — didn’t exactly feel warm and fuzzy to my tender belly and the emotional guts beneath it. But it was the contents of…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, body, healing, nostalgia, VBAC

Arlington County sponsors Journey to Parenting event

October 4, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This afternoon/evening, Monday, October 4, Arlington County is putting on an event called “Journey to Parenting: A Resource and Information Fair for New and Expectant Parents,” 4:00-7:30 p.m. There will be talks with local resources like Postpartum Support Virginia, and my chapter of Holistic Moms Network will be exhibiting. Location: Human Services Center at Sequoia,…

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Baby’s first photo shoot

October 1, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

Professional photos are not something I’ve pursued for my family. It took me over a year to redeem a free shoot I won from Holistic Moms Northern Virginia chapter‘s one-year anniversary party for pregnant belly shots. When I connected online just a week later with DC-area newcomer Lisa Hager of Red Thread Photography, I was…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: beauty, body, body image, breastfeeding, community, family, priorities

CNN report on high fructose corn syrup

September 30, 2010 by Jessica 11 Comments

The CNN report for which I was interviewed about high fructose corn syrup is now online. View it here! Thanks to reporters Brianna Keilar and Lesa Jansen for taking on this issue! Read more about my opinions on HFCS here.

Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: food, nutrition

Wellness events in October

September 29, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

October is a crazy-busy month for natural-minded health and wellness junkies in and around Washington, DC. Pathways, the free magazine you see at massage therapy centers, health food stores, and the offices of alternative medicine practitioners is having its Natural Living Expo on Sunday, October 3 in Adelphi, Maryland. Folks who like to teach their…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, health

“So what do you think about high fructose corn syrup?”

September 24, 2010 by Jessica 25 Comments

I am not sure how well I recently answered this question about my concerns about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). I don’t want to imply that I’m knocking anyone else’s choices, but I also feel pretty strongly that our bodies and our planet would both be healthier and happier if we gave this substance the…

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Performance workshop for cesarean and VBAC mamas

September 20, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

A year ago, at the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage weekend, I saw a staged reading of Karen Brody’s play Michelle Obama: Taskmaster.  Now the author of Birth: The Play is holding what sounds like an amazing workshop for moms who have had cesarean sections and VBACs. If I didn’t have a newborn and live…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, body, body image, community, feminism

“It has gluten.” Escape route from junk food?

September 18, 2010 by Jessica 7 Comments

Not so long ago, my husband took our son with him to get a haircut, where the boy was offered a lollipop, something he previously didn’t know existed. In my world, we would just say no thank you. It’s just Not. Something. We. Eat. End of story. If he asked, I would have just said…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, food, health, priorities

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