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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

Channeling the yoga class I didn’t take my kids to

November 8, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This afternoon was pretty only with respect to the weather. The rest of it had lots of ugly moments, and buckets of tears from my five-year-old. No, I didn’t do yoga with my kids today, and we didn’t meditate together before bed or anything like that. But I did hold on to the imagined beauty…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Featured, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: belief, cleaning, clutter, eating, expectation, hope, housework, intention, laundry, meals, meltdowns, mindset, organization, paper, presence, priorities, stillness, tantrums, yoga

What I learned from a month of poetry

December 13, 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

December may be halfway over, but just because I haven’t blogged since I ended my month of writing daily poetry for NaBloPoMo doesn’t mean I didn’t learn anything from the process. I learned that setting an intention is powerful. I Did. Not. Miss. A. Day. I learned that I love writing poetry and taking photos….

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Filed Under: The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charles Duhigg, habit, health, holiday, inspiration, intention, NaBloPoMo, poetry, Random House, wellness, writing

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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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