So, yesterday was National Cinnamon Crescent Day.  I'm serious, people.  Wow. *blank stare, multiple blinks* A day to celebrate a cinnamon crescent. Okayokayokay… so this brings up a kind of serious point that goes hand in hand with Stress Awareness Month: stressing about food.  Sometimes clients come to me overwhelmed and frazzled--stressed to the max about some aspect of their health.  Usually about food.  To be fair, easily 1/3 of my client base is dealing with some kind of ... continue reading...

If you really think about it, what we consider "healthcare" in the United States is only used when we are sick.  It's really "sick care".  And that's okay as long as we understand that we are not going to be healthy by relying on that system. In fact, there is no true "healthcare" system here.  When it comes to actual health, we are all self-insured: on our own to navigate the resources available and on the hook to pay for it ourselves.  Most people have a very difficult time with this part ... continue reading...

I'm here today to talk to you about your trusty clothes dryer.  Since everyone's about to be spring cleaning and potentially washing (and drying) all kinds of things that don't normally get cleaned--let's make sure to take care of "Old Faithful". Now, I will confess that I am motivated by two of my own personal experiences here.  The first: a brief (but horrifying) fire in my house while my dryer was being repaired.  You see, I'm a SERIOUS lint trap cleaner and every year I use all kinds of ... continue reading...

Do you recall those stories about mothers who were able to lift the weight of a car to get to their child underneath?  I remember thinking "REALLY?!?!?"  It didn't seem possible. And then I had kids.  Actually, I had one kid.  He was enough.  Seriously. I never had to lift a car for my son, but boy--did I ever climb a mountain.  People often say that he was fortunate to be borne to me because they'd have never been able to do the things I ("we", really--as husbeau has been an ... continue reading...