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Water me like a new lawn or watch me wither

November 14, 2016 by Jessica Leave a Comment

My lawn and I have a lot in common. We both have struggled over the past several years, and we both require a lot of maintenance to thrive. When we first moved into this home that we fully renovated on the inside, there was no lawn. There were dozens – hundreds? – of baby oak…

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Filed Under: Featured, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health Tagged With: argument, communication, confusion, high-maintenance, needs, parenting, priorities, relationships, support

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

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

Mother’s Self-Renewal workshop begins

January 14, 2012 by Jessica 3 Comments

When a two-hour workshop that requires almost an hour of driving leaves you feeling recharged like you had a nap, I’d say it lives up to its “self-renewal” title! Today was the first meeting of a “Monthly Mother’s Self-Renewal Group” based on Renee Trudeau’s book, The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal. We centered, we talked, we…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, The Arts Tagged With: creativity, identity, mothering, priorities, self, support, support group, working mom, writing mother, yoga

It’s a writing conference, and I’ll cry if I want to

April 27, 2009 by Jessica 1 Comment

I didn’t want to. I just did. Cry, that is. I was actually having a lovely time at the “Conversations and Connections” writing conference until we hit the moment of speed dating with editors. I froze. Choked. Lost it. Whatever negative verb you want to pick, it probably fits. The problem was partly that I’d…

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Filed Under: The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: priorities, support, writing, writing mother

I’m not that woman

May 20, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

You know her — the one who says offers, Sure, she can drop by some (insert grocery item here) when you just happen to mention being out and in a bind. And of course it would be no problem to come over and watch your child while you cook or clean for the in-laws that…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: babysitting, friendship, support

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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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