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Why clean air matters to my family

February 20, 2015 by Jessica 2 Comments

After I’d attended the summer Moms Clean Air Force play-ins and had learned more about the organization‘s important work, I was honored to be invited me to speak at the Virginia Mama Summit at the Virginia General Assembly building. At first, I thought that since my children don’t have full-on asthma and I don’t work as a…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: allergies, clean air, environment, Mama Summit, MamaSummitVA, Moms Clean Air Force, toxicity, toxins

Diary of a wimpy kid’s mom

April 11, 2012 by Jessica 7 Comments

My son is not strong. He is, as the kids say, a shrimp. On the soccer field, the kids complain when picking teams, “But he’s so small.” When one of his good friends found out he was taking a sports class after school, he told my boy, “You suck at sports.” I imagine he’s probably…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: allergies, athletics, baseball, biking, endurance, Frisbee, From Left to Write Book Club, health, hiking, Holistic Health, running, school, sports, strength, weakness

The 12 days of spring break

April 29, 2011 by Jessica 2 Comments

On all twelve days of Spring Break, Mother Nature gave to me: lots of pollen falling from trees. There were only supposed to be ten days. And they were going to be full of activities we don’t have the time or energy to do when school is in session. But then there was pollen. So…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: allergies, doctor, Easter, health, homeschooling, mental health, school, spring break, Waldorf education, wellness

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Welcome to Crunchy-Chewy Mama, where the wilderness meets the sidewalk. Around here, I do my best to live as healthfully as possible. But compromises abound.

I also publish the resource blog Mindful Healthy Life of Metro DC. To learn about my writing and appearances and for details about the writing, editing and consulting services I offer, visit JessicaClaireHaney.com.

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