Quick Easy Snacks for Families on the Go
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How to Get Children to Eat Vegetables
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Handout #1- Nutrition for Children with Developmental Disabilities
BLUE BOX on the handout: It’s more important what you don’t eat than what you do eat. Heck, eat as much broccoli as you want! Most importantly, you want to avoid S.N.A.C.C.s which stands for Sugar, Nicotine, Alcohol, Caffeine, and Chemicalized-processed junk food. (Obviously the N. and A. are N/A for children, but it’s a good acronym!) I’m imagining that a parent is thinking, “How the heck do I get my kids to... Read More
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Gratitude to Beautiful Voice of SnatamKaur
I’ve had MANY friends hear SNATAM KAUR’s music playing in my office and ask me, WHO IS IT? If you click here on her website–different CDs play of her music. My favorite all time CD is Anand (click here to hear it) (but I’d buy it directly from SnatamKaur.com) which you won’t go wrong purchasing it as it’s great relaxation music to listen to while taking a long bath or relaxing on the couch. Read More
Do You Have Any Family Relationship “Cut-offs”?
I want to mention a book that I read called “Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions” by Roberta M. Gilbert, M.D. Chapter six in particular discusses cut-offs which was FASCINATING to me. Apparently research confirms that when individuals have cut-off from primary family that all relationships in their present day life suffer. As a counselor, I really have thought about this concept for myself... Read More
WHAT?!! A Rice Cooker?
Hey, who doesn’t know about RICE COOKERS?!!! Secret: they were designed for the supremely lazy who also hope to eat and be healthy. So, here’s a photo: Rice cooker with cooked brown rice inside Instructions: There’s the number 1, 2, or 3, inside and you put 2/3 cup of rice or quinoa or pearled barley (add lil extra water) for each number. In other words, you put 2/3 cup of rice and fill to lil bit above the “1” line Put... Read More
Fighting illness? female?
What I find interesting in this article is that while 5th grade boys (stereotypically) tend to rise to challenges, smart girls more easily give up: “..bright girls, when given something to learn that was particularly foreign or complex, were quick to give up – and the higher the girls’ IQ, the more likely they were to throw in the towel.” [The above goes along with the themes discussed in “The Curse of the Good Girl”... Read More
