Apparently, Oreos and mac and cheese are superfoods. When Evan was a toddler, he would eat blueberries, avocado, green smoothies and he loved broccoli. Then he got a little bit older, and suddenly it was all about macaroni and cheese. Every day. Mac and cheese. I tried variations with broccoli in
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Sometimes I just want to be irresponsible and do something spontaneous and crazy. Anxiety has kept me in a “safe zone” for so long, sometimes I just want to break out of it and run wild and free and do crazy stupid things. I picture myself running naked through the
There’s this thing called scruffy hospitality, where you invite your friends over, you don’t pick up your house, everyone brings a leftover dish or some cheese and crackers and you just hang out and enjoy each other. That’s the way to live life. Scruffy hospitality means you’re not waiting for everything in
par·a·digm noun A self-paradigm is the ways we look at ourselves and the world around us. It’s the lens through which we make sense of our experiences and assign motivation to other’s actions. It’s basically a set of mental glasses we see the world through. But what if those glasses
It sounds so simple. It’s a two-letter word. It’s one of the first words we learn, and as children, we use it constantly. But as we get older, no becomes more difficult to say. As we develop things like empathy and a sense of how our actions impact others, no
About six months after I started taking CBD, I was ready for an adventure. My youngest was in school full time and I was ready to do something new. I had a newfound confidence in myself and I was ready to put my college education to work. I was so
There are two different types of anxiety as far as I’m concerned. There’s the everyday underlying anxiety that’s just there in the back of your mind, not necessarily showing itself, but you know it’s there. And then there’s the anxiety spiral – that panic-inducing anxiety that stops you in your
When I started Balance Health Products, I never dreamed how much I would lean on my journalism degree. Through it I had learned the most effective ways to research. I had learned how to take large and complicated amounts of information and distill it down to its purest form and
Trigger warning: This article contains scenes which may be hard for those with anxiety, panic attacks or intrusive thoughts to read. I started having panic attacks when I was 24. They were horrible. My first one was going over the 520 bridge at night. The floating bridge is about 2