Simplify: Making Room for Healthy Changes

by Cara | Jan 21, 2014 | Making Room For Healthy Changes

Learning to simplify is what I feel like I did from age 23 (when my daughter was born) until age 27.  I feel the effort I spent on learning how to simplify was time well spent, and I’m really enjoying the benefits now, a few years later.  I’m going to talk...

Clean Water and Air: Simple Healthy Changes

by Cara | Jan 20, 2014 | Making Room For Healthy Changes, personal care

We put so much of an effort into eating clean food, we want to also make sure the air we breathe is as clean as possible and the water we drink and bathe in is as well! Today we’re going to talk about simple changes you can make to help clean the air and water...

Homeschooling: Making Room for Healthy Changes

by Cara | Nov 1, 2013 | Making Room For Healthy Changes

I love parenting :) I see home education as a continuation of parenting. I’m not rigid, we’ve tried public school for my daughter (it hasn’t worked out), and my son is in preschool two mornings a week. I don’t educate at home because I’m...

Media Free One Day A Week Challenge!

by Cara | Dec 6, 2012 | Do it yourself and save, Making Room For Healthy Changes, parenting

Who else feels a little too caught up with electronics, screens, Facebook, Pinterest, online shopping, and yes, even blogs?   I am, and I’m going to resume a tradition we had in our family last year.  On Sundays, media is off, unplugged, and put away if...

Making Room for Healthy Changes: Getting Kids to Eat

by Cara | Oct 17, 2012 | GAPS Diet, Making Room For Healthy Changes

Do you want to hear a confession? The first 6 months of 2012 my kids didn’t eat balanced diets or full meals. Previously, they had always been great eaters, and I’d just shrug my shoulders and say they loved to eat and they didn’t really know...

The Importance of Natural Mattresses: Get the toxins out

by Cara | Feb 7, 2011 | Making Room For Healthy Changes, natural health, Pregnancy and Babies

If we are well rested, we are spending about 1/3 of our lives sleeping.  For children, this is even more time, during the first three years of life when the brain is developing so quickly and they are growing like crazy, children spend more than half of their time...