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Favorite Podcasts For The Midlife Mama

Podcasts saved my life. Not literally, but definitely figuratively. So I want to share my favorite podcasts for the midlife mama with you. When I was having trouble getting pregnant in my late 30's I was about to give up, and then I found the podcast that would change my life. It changed my whole perspective and educated me on many nontraditional ways there are to get pregnant. It may have been years later that I finally got pregnant, but I GOT PREGNANT. Now I have the life that I dreamed of, minus all the hard stuff that goes a…

Is Buying Organic Beef Worth The Extra Money?

That’s what I call a loaded question. It's because everyone's health and financial situations are different. If you just look at the question without really thinking about it some people might say of course I would pay anything to keep my family healthy. Others may say "it’s just a marketing ploy to get you to spend more money" and others may say I would love to but I just can’t afford to. Before making the decision to buy organic meat and spend the extra money make sure you know what it means, the impacts and the actual costs. What Does…

What You Can Do To Not Lose It With you Kids

Watch out Mama's gonna blow! You stay calm and motherly time after time when they don't do what they're supposed to do, when they repeat the same bad behavior over and over, then they give you that look like "you can't tell me what to do," and then BOOM! You lose it. What can you do not to lose it with your kids? What's a Mama To Do? Don't Let Yourself Get To Your Boiling Point Walk Away Just like we tell our kids. If someone's bothering them, making them mad, or threatening threatening them, we tell them to remove…

Rebuild Collagen In Your Face Naturally

There are ways to rebuild the collagen in your face naturally that will help you look more like your younger self so you don't have to ask yourself who's that in the mirror? My Mom? That doesn't look like me, or the way I feel. I know if your're not growing you're dying, but come on! If I feel good on the inside, then why can't I look as good on the outside? You are your worst critic, between you and me you look marvelous! My Mom used to always say "getting older is better than the alternative." But there…

What’s Better Grass Fed or Organic Beef?

So you’ve made the decision to feed your family healthy foods. You’re willing to spend the extra money because you know “you are what you eat ate” and you want the best for your family. You don’t want pesticides or other unnatural things in your food, so you decide to buy all organic meats. But wait a minute…...what about grass fed beef, is that the same as organic? What's the difference and which one is better for you? What Does The USDA Organic Seal On Beef Mean? In order to be certified organic a strict set of guidelines must be…

10 Ways to Reverse Wrinkles Naturally And Not Look Sad

My son said to me one day as we were getting into the car "Why Do you You Look Sad and Wrinkly Mom?" Nothing makes you feel older than hearing this from your kids. The expression “ kids say the darnedest things" is an understatement in my family. I immediately thought to myself I need to find out how to reverse wrinkles naturally ASAP. The wrinkly comment day started when I was trying to get my kids ready and off to summer camp. It had been about half an hour and I was getting frustrated to say the least. I…

How to Oil Cleanse and Look Younger

Using oil to clean your face sound like an oxymoron to you? Just like a lot of other people, I thought that putting oil on your face will make your face oily. So I was very hesitant to try oil cleansing. In my younger days I put baby oil on my face to get my face tan. I know, how dumb was that? Especially now that I’m older and I’m doing everything I can to avoid skin damage and minimize wrinkles. Baby oil is definitely not an oil you should use to oil cleanse your face. My number…

Child Guilt-5 Different Types You May (or Not) Want To Use

POST UPDATED 6/2/20 Child guilt sound like a bad idea? Maybe, but read further and you'll actually see that sometimes it's good to use child guilt when parenting. It may actually help you raise grateful, thankful and appreciate kids. PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR GAINING MORE ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE DAY What’s Wrong With a Little Mama Guilt? I grew up in a semi-Jewish family so I am very familiar with the guilt supposedly given to children from Jewish Mothers. While never experiencing it myself (at least not consciously), it’s mainly a stereotypical Jewish mothering tactic. If you're not familiar with the…

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