A little Lifeyum holiday message for you.
Short and sweet, knowing there are people for you to spend time with, wine to drink, walks after eating a little more than usual, and hopefully lots of hugging — even if it’s you hugging yourself. It’s so easy to fall into the...
Three steps to easy living (from a wise, warm heart)
Our youngest just finished kindergarten with a sweet ceremony, cap and all. Blair and I have a lot of conversations. Recently she told me about the clip system at school, Ms. Peartree and Mrs. Z’s behavior management program. It went something like this: Blair:...
Great balls of lifeyum (raw, vegan, GF protein balls drizzled in chocolate)
Do you ever feel like the grim reaper at meal time? A total nag? Find candy wrappers under your kids’ beds? Maybe it’s just me. But when our then two-year-old was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis five years ago, I went into full-blown nutrition...
How to Solve the Morning Crankiness Problem
Start with good. Simple morning turnaround advice from a little friend. 1. Drink water first. (Note from Lisa: Add fresh lemon juice to continue your overnight detox…or not. Have the coffee if it feels right.) 2. Think about rainbows, and how cool it would be to...
How making lunches got more fun.
This week’s video is about making lunches, but really, it’s about shifting my attitude. Even making the video was fun. Thinking less, enjoying the ride. That’s the ticket. If you like this video, share it! Leave me a comment below: What do you pack...
Eat happy.
In this maiden voyage of Lifeyum TV, two versions of family-friendly vegan Mac+Cheese. ♥ ♥ ♥ Healthy Mac & Cheese Kind of a melding together of Kris Carr and Roberto Martin This recipe requires a good blender, more ingredients and preparation time, but is...
Mal-a-tat-too, and other zen parenting tips.
How does it all boil down to this? I have reasons to feel pretty well-footed in the mellow mothering department. Six kids later—boys and girls ranging from four-years to almost 13 years old, more than a decade working in urban elementary charter schools in cities all...
Gratitude by Mo and Gabe.
Ever feel really scared about something and just wish you could time-warp past the hard part, not focused on that pit in your stomach, the fear? Here’s a way to live with and re-frame the yuck. An easy dose of gratitude by way of Maureen O’Brien Donovan....
Just stop, breathe, and shift to neutral.
This morning was classic: A’s homework wasn’t done, so he needed to get to school early; C doesn’t like to make his lunch until morning and discovered that we were out of bread five minutes before departure; O couldn’t find his raincoat; and it...feel good, do good
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