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Recap: Inspiring BlogHer18 Health conference!

February 6, 2018 by Jessica 1 Comment

BlogHer18 Health, the first health-focused conference produced by BlogHer and SheKnows Media, was a terrific two days full of inspiring speakers, education and connection. To say that I’m glad I went is a profound understatement! It was terrific to be in a space with a shared language of health and wellness being spoken everywhere! I loved it! More…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Featured, Holistic Health, The Arts Tagged With: BlogHer, BlogHer18, community, connection, entrepreneurship, healing, health, inspiration, mental health, wellness

Gender today

February 6, 2017 by Jessica Leave a Comment

The National Geographic special issue on Gender and the Gender Revolution documentary that airs this month could not have come at a better time. I was thrilled to get to see the documentary last week at a pre-release screening at Nat Geo headquarters here in DC. My post on The DC Moms goes into more detail…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro Tagged With: #GenderRevolution, activism, equal rights, equality, gender, Gender Revolution, health, hope, LGBT, parenting, politics, transgender, values

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

The highs and the lows of living full out in the world with chronic illness

July 4, 2016 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I felt so much stronger this year. My energy was better. I made it through that whole long spring time of Mercury Retrograde with nary a blip in my emotional mojo. Morning yoga was a regular thing, and I’d been walking or using the elliptical with some regularly. I had been making progress on my…

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Filed Under: Featured, Holistic Health Tagged With: adrenal fatigue, BlogU, conference, depression, disappointment, doctors, exhaustion, fatigue, health, health coach, Holistic Health, labwork, supplements, support, therapy, writing, yoga

Lab report & retort

June 6, 2016 by Jessica 1 Comment

If you don’t think blood test results from the lab are super exciting, I get it. It’s not like I expected to be distracted the entire afternoon by their bolded “high” numbers. I would have preferred to actually look at my children, to attend to them instead of breaking the rules about no screen time…

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Filed Under: Featured, Holistic Health Tagged With: EBV, frustration, healing, healing journey, health, journey, parenting, priorities, supplements, virus

What I’ve Been Up To!

May 12, 2016 by Jessica Leave a Comment

It was February the last time I wrote, in the wake of a Femworking meeting after which two members challenged me to think about what success means to me. Things have been moving a lot since then! I was also getting some coaching and working with a therapist, both of which helped me to integrate…

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Filed Under: Featured, Holistic Health, The Arts Tagged With: accoplishments, business, health, priorities, writing

What would “success” look like

February 4, 2016 by Jessica 5 Comments

Today I was challenged to define success. This was at the end of a networking meeting, and I was spinning my wheels about what I’m trying to achieve with Mindful Healthy Life vs. what seems realistically possible given the commitments I have to my health, to my family, and to my community. Well, that was…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, calm, fiction, health, intention, joy, novel, parenting, priorities, working mother, writing, writing mother

A blissful hour: Massage Envy review

November 30, 2015 by Jessica 1 Comment

When I heard that Massage Envy was looking for review bloggers from TheDCMoms.com, I relished the idea of a free massage. However, as someone with chemical sensitivities, I was worried that the place or its products might have fragrances that might trigger a reaction. Fortunately, the manager of the Potomac Yard location in Arlington assured me…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Featured, Holistic Health Tagged With: candles, chemical sensitivities, detoxification, Environmental Working Group, fragrance, health, massage, Massage Envy, therapeutic, therapy, toxins

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

The art and joy of saying no

November 5, 2015 by Jessica 2 Comments

Sometimes it’s important to celebrate the fact that we didn’t do something. I don’t mean harmful or negative stuff, though, yes, it’s good to give yourself a pat on the back when you choose the high road. What I mean is the things I chose not to do because I chose calm instead. Long ago,…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: activities, bed, bedtime, calm, children's health, family, groundedness, health, home, NaBloPoMo15, peace, priorities, schedule, scheduling, school, sim, simplicity, simplicity parenting, sleep

Big kids are better than babies

November 4, 2015 by Jessica 2 Comments

“But they’re older now,” I thought, hopefully, as I prepared lunches for an outing to the pumpkin patch for which no friends would be joining us and as I thought about our previous trip two years earlier. Even though I know it’s always more fun for them to have buddies and for me to have…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: babies, energy, family, growing up, health, outings, pregnancy, priorities, pumpkin patch, siblings

Writing To-Do List: Making it Public for #NaBloPoMo

November 1, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Since the start of November means the start of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), I feel the need to make my Writing – and my writing support – To-Do list public: for accountability and to show the whole picture. I have come to understand that I can’t just say I will write every…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Featured, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: beauty, blogging, creativity, fiction, health, novel, priorities, writing, writing mama, writing mother

Bring it, Fall!

September 20, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

In the past two days, I’ve actually done two things I really wanted to do and done them with joy. I spent the day at the Natural Products Expo East where I talked with some truly inspirational people about amazing products. And I talked with moms and other local leaders in the holistic parenting community…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health Tagged With: happiness, health, Holistic Health, joy, Natural Products Expo, optimism

End of summer, with grief and relief

August 27, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

As summer 2015 draws to a close, I am filled alternately with grief and with relief. Now, it’s pretty typical for me to flip-flop from one extreme to another in my emotions in the space of about two minutes. I remember one fall day I took my children to Ticonderoga Farms by myself and thought…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Featured, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: broken leg, community, family, grandparents, health, parents, priorities, regrets, summer, support, travel, vacation

Identifying the good

May 30, 2015 by Jessica 2 Comments

It seems a little surprising that I’m feeling so calm on such a full day. It sure feels different to be trying to figure out why instead of figuring out why I don’t feel well, which is a lot more common! I woke this morning with a sore throat and tight chest thinking, “Oh, maybe…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, The Arts Tagged With: breath, calm, health, mental health, mental wellness, mindfulness, priorities, yoga

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

Grounding in fall

November 21, 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This fall I have noticed the leaves without trying so hard and have immersed myself in a lot of interesting activities that seemed to land in my lap. I have been so many great talks and events, and I’ve wanted to write thoughtful and helpful recaps of all of them for my website, Mindful Healthy…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, Freedom for Family Wellness summit, health, Holistic Moms Network, inspiration, mind-body connection, mindfulness, positive thinking, priorities, volunteerism, wellness, working mom, working mother, writing, writing mama, writing mother

What I wish for my daughter on her fourth birthday

July 30, 2014 by Jessica 1 Comment

My daughter is about to turn four. Her grandparents are asking what they can get for her. The question has made me feel hollow and heavy at the same time.   I don’t feel like I can give her the things I really, truly want her to have.   She is a hilarious and fascinating…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthday, daughter, family, health, parenting, priorities, wellness, wishes

Pulling the plug on BlogHer14

July 17, 2014 by Jessica 2 Comments

It is with an ache in my gut — literally — that I have to come to terms with the fact that I am not going to BlogHer ’14. I had to believe the trip was possible when I bought the ticket. We’d had two snow days that week (including my birthday. What a rockin’…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Arts Tagged With: BlogHer, BlogHer'14, digestion, dreams, family, gut, health, illness, priorities, travel, work, writing

To BlogHer, or not to BlogHer

June 6, 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I’d already lost count of which snow day it was when I bought a registration ticket for BlogHer ’14 in San Jose, California, the annual blogging conference’s 10th anniversary year. There had been so many days that the weather had forced me to scrap plans to work toward the launch of my new site or…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: adrenal health, alone time, belief, Blog Her '14, BlogHer, career, children, conference, confidence, cost, family, finances, health, priorities, profession, responsibilities, travel, writing, writing mother

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