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Behind the scenes with Jennifer Robins of Predominantly Paleo

August 23, 2016 by Jessica Leave a Comment

It’s super exciting to watch a friend be as successful as Jennifer Robins of Predominantly Paleo blog and author of five cookbooks including the new Paleo Kids Cookbook that comes out on September 6. I met Jennifer when she came to a Holistic Moms meeting I organized with Stacy Toth of Paleo Parents as our…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts Tagged With: balance, blogger, family, health, inspiration, interview, Jennifer Robins, Paleo, Predominantly Paleo, priorities, work, working mom

Slippage

November 18, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Whew, this month is kicking my behind. Or at least this week is. So much stuff to attend and cover, so much school stuff – all-day field trip Monday, two health committee meetings today. Business-building phone calls and interviews… Trying to build a team… I am waking early and exercising and writing. But I’m also…

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Filed Under: Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, blogging, business, health, priorities, writing

Family legacy ambivalence

April 14, 2015 by Jessica 11 Comments

Welcome to the April 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family History This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared stories, lore, and wisdom about family history. Please read to the end to find a list of…

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Filed Under: Featured, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, creativity, depression, family, happiness, health, imbalance, mental wellness, priorities, self-care, writing, writing mama, writing mother

Failure to thrive in motherhood

April 30, 2014 by Jessica 5 Comments

The moment I realized I could no longer handle teaching high school, I was sitting in a Teaching for Change-organized class with Enid Lee, one of the authors of Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development and a huge force in the area of critical literacy, which was…

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Filed Under: Featured, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: adrenal health, Arianna Huffington, balance, breathing, business, career, depression, family, health, Holistic Health, life purpose, Mindful Healthy Life, mindfulness, passion, priorities, tai chi, teaching, Thrive, thyroid, work, working mother, yoga

Special Needs Mommy

April 10, 2014 by Jessica 1 Comment

You know that kid who’s always a handful at a playdate? The one who needs an extra eye at a birthday party? The one who can’t handle surprises, or who needs lots of support through transitions? The one who can’t tolerate the smell at the farm field trip no matter how many times the teacher…

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Filed Under: Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, chemical sensitivity, depression, food sensitivity, health, mental health, mental wellness, priorities, rhythm, routine, special diet, time, wellness, work, writing, writing mama, writing mother

Happier at home … by staying at home?

January 8, 2014 by Jessica 9 Comments

The more I channeled Happier at Home author Gretchen Rubin this morning, straightening up and dealing with clutter, the more I started thinking about ditching the chance to see her speak tonight. Talk about shooting the messenger. She didn’t exactly say the words “don’t do anything that doesn’t make you feel joyful” in what I read…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, cleaning, clutter, domestic life, family, Gretchen Rubin, Happier at Home, happiness, home, joy, marriage, organization, priorities, wellness privilege, work, writing

A snapshot of health: tired adrenals

May 17, 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

In the past few weeks, I’ve had to cancel some appointments for my own healing because my children were sick and I didn’t have childcare. I got so down, I canceled even more that I could have made; I got overwhelmed and started to question how I was ever going to feel better. It felt…

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Filed Under: Featured, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: adrenal fatigue, applied kinesiology, appointments, balance, DHEA, healing, healing journey, herbs, Holistic Health, homeopathy, hormone balance, hormones, muscle-testing, practitioners, priorities, supplements, thyroid

A weekend of holistic health and blogging

October 23, 2011 by Jessica 1 Comment

A tale of two conferences I’ve had a split personality this weekend. Much of my time has been spent at the wonderful blogging conference, Blogalicious. Since I first arrived at the conference Friday morning, I’ve met great people, caught up with friends, and learned a ton about social media and media resources in general. A…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, blog, Blogalicious, blogging, family, food, GAPS diet, health, Holistic Health, home, marriage, priorities, relationships, Take Back Your Health Conference, writing

10-Day Yoga Challenge: Day Six: “Brighten the belly”

June 2, 2011 by Jessica 5 Comments

I might have missed my exit if this were my first day driving into the District. The rising sun made it impossible to see the sign for Rosslyn/Key Bridge. But by now, this sixth day of my 10-Day Yoga Challenge, I feel like I know what I’m doing, and I know where to turn. And…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: 10-day yoga challenge, balance, exercise, fitness, health, holistic, Karen Maezen Miller, mental health, planning, priorities, wellness, yoga

10-Day Yoga Challenge: Day Five: “Root and reach”

June 1, 2011 by Jessica 5 Comments

I cannot wait for tomorrow’s 6:30 a.m. yoga class. Seriously. I’m tired and sweaty, and at 9:00 p.m., both my kids have just gotten to sleep. I have miles to go before I can. But, when I look ahead at tomorrow, I think about crossing the Potomac just after sunrise and about arriving home at…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health Tagged With: 10-day yoga challenge, balance, exercise, health, mental health, peace, priorities, wellness, yoga

Great play about WAHM

September 10, 2009 by Jessica 1 Comment

This past weekend, I got to see a (free!) reading of a new play by Karen Brody, author of Birth: The Play. At the Kennedy Center, as part of the Page to Stage program, actors read from evolving scripts, including Brody’s one-act “Michelle Obama: Taskmaster”. The play introduced us to Beth, a working-at-home mom of…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, The Arts Tagged With: balance, working mother, writing, writing mother

Earning my keep

September 17, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I just returned from my first tutoring session of the new school year with the boy I’ve been working with for a year and a half. He’s a student at a boarding school, parents living in Europe. The differences between his life experience and that of the students I used to teach at the public…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: balance, finances, tutoring

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