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How to Glow: 5 Skin Care Recipes

Our skin is so sensitive that when we apply creams, lotions and skin products alike, they get absorbed by the pores and take a little voyage into the blood stream. We wouldn’t want any uninvited toxic substances entering our bodies, would we?

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Mother’s Day Tribute: A Video (of and for my 94 year old mom)

posted by Janice Taylor, Editor

This morning, as I gather my ‘stuff’ (camera, gift for mom, healthy snacks) to head off into the sunrise to visit my 94 year-young mother, I am reminded of this video that I shot 2 short years ago. Not much has changed. My mother still sits in her apartment, doing her solo act. She did finally stop driving herself to and fro the supermarket this past year. She said it was like having a limb chopped off, but she felt it necessary. Her reflexes aren’t exactly what they used to be, and she certainly didn’t want to put anyone else in danger. Brava that she came to this conclusion on her own!

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How to Train Your Dragon. Hunger, Appetite, Weight

posted by Janice Taylor, Editor

People say, “I really don’t understand why I am always hungry. It’s this crazy thing, like an alien has taken over.” People ask, “Can you shed ‘lite’ on this unexplained phenomenon? How can I slay the dragon? Or at least train my appetite dragon?”

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American Idol: Crystal Bowersox Illness – Diabetes?

posted by Janice Taylor, Editor

In an unprecedented move, American Idol flipped the boy/girl schedule this week. The boys were up on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday; and the girls sang live on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, creating time for the 24-year old Ohio mom Crystal Bowersox to recover from … what? Janice Taylor, your Life & Wellness Coach, sheds light to Bowersox’ illness.

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Puzzled? "Chuga-Squeak" speaks
"Chuga-squeak, Chuga-squeak," repeats the Grackle. Our Tucson courtyard, amass in Palm, Olive, Mesquite and Cyprus trees, is home to the Grackle. The Grackle is longer than most blackbirds, slimmer than most crows. Grackle males are colorful; very iridescent with their long tails, distinct

posted 11:06:35am May. 20, 2013 | read full post »

Eat This: Lose Weight - Best Gazpacho Ever
Q: How amazing and magical is it when someone (a good friend, neighbor or even a relative) shows up at your front door with a bowl of somethin' special that she (or he) has just whipped up to share with you--that is not only delish, but healthy as well? A: Very amazing! :) I am happy to re

posted 9:44:32am May. 17, 2013 | read full post »

#OneWord Thursday: 10 Quotes that Inspire the #Body
Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first — not through intellectual understanding. ~ Christiane Northrup Because thoughts come from our head, and said thoughts tend to be loud (very loud), we are inclined to live there – in our heads. What happens when we liv

posted 9:30:23am May. 16, 2013 | read full post »

Fat Daughter: "Perplexed" Needs Advice!
“Perplexed” turns to Our Lady of Weight Loss and asks “How can I help my daughter? How can I restore family harmony?” Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~ I have three teenage-young adult kids. They are all winners in their own ways and on track to be happy, successful people. But of course, th

posted 10:00:12am May. 15, 2013 | read full post »

Kick in the Tush Tuesday: 8 Steps to Easy Weight Loss
Good Day Tushkateers, How are you on this bird-chirping morning? I am (we are) in Tucson, celebrating my birthday. A week long celebration, which kicked into gear last weekend in Manhattan and has now migrated to the southwest along with the rest of the spring birds! One of the most stunni

posted 9:35:28am May. 14, 2013 | read full post »

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