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December 2022

5 Small Changes With Big Health Benefits For New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Keep 

By |2023-02-26T17:08:38-06:00December 26th, 2022|Daily Living, Holidays, Wellness & Nutrition|

With the new year in striking distance, it’s time to take stock of the past year and think ahead to our New Year's resolutions for a happier, healthier, more joyous 2023. Of course, thinking of a good New Year's resolution is often much easier than the execution. Every year we resolve to be our best [...]

Productivity Hack Your Way To A Better Time Management System

By |2023-02-26T17:09:56-06:00December 7th, 2022|Daily Living|

10 Productivity Hacks For Working Smarter, Not Harder Does it feel like you’re busier than ever, yet getting less and less done? You’re not alone. Partly due to modern technology, the number of times you stop doing one thing to start another in a typical day, whether due to interruptions or attempts to multitask, has [...]

Burnout 101: Spot Signs of Burnout So You Can Fight Back

By |2023-02-26T16:47:16-06:00December 5th, 2022|Daily Living, Wellness & Nutrition|

Have you been particularly stressed out and overwhelmed at work lately, and feel like you’re unable to meet or affect the demands placed on your time? Do you tend to leave work too drained to do anything after, and has it been harder to drag yourself into the office in the mornings? Does it seem [...]

November 2022

5 Ways To Make Cooking At Home The Ultimate Health and Wellness Hack on a  Budget 

By |2023-02-26T17:17:51-06:00November 21st, 2022|Daily Living|

How To Plan Meals By The Week To Save Money And Stay Healthy With the cost of living on the rise, many families are looking for ways to trim their budgets without sacrificing a healthy lifestyles to do it. For the ultimate budget-friendly health and wellness hack, the best place to start may just be [...]

3 Incredible Health Benefits of Turmeric

By |2023-10-31T10:54:06-05:00November 14th, 2022|Daily Living, Wellness & Nutrition|

How The Golden Spice From Ancient India Promotes Good Health Like its close relative ginger, turmeric originated in India, where people have been harvesting turmeric roots to cook with and to use as a medicine for over 4,000 years. You might recognize its vibrant golden color and mild, slightly peppery flavor in your favorite Indian [...]

Are You Ready For Cedar Fever Season?

By |2023-02-26T17:22:09-06:00November 7th, 2022|Daily Living, Virus & Respitory|

It’s hard not to feel like the trees are out to get you when you’re an allergy sufferer in Texas, land of year-long pollen. Cedar fever is a great example. Also called allergic rhinitis, cedar fever is an extreme allergy common in areas with juniper trees and mountain cedar like Central Texas, where they’re concentrated [...]

A Primer on Self-Care for Caregivers

By |2022-11-01T11:21:11-05:00November 1st, 2022|Daily Living, Wellness & Nutrition|

Happy National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM)! November is a month for gratitude, and not just because of Thanksgiving! November is also National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM), a time to recognize the nation’s caregivers for their service and support them in the difficult work of taking charge of another person’s wellbeing while also attending to their [...]

October 2022

Bullying 101: A Parent’s Guide

By |2022-10-03T10:44:03-05:00October 24th, 2022|Children & Youth, Daily Living|

No matter how much the times may change, one thing about going to school remains the same: bullying is still something about 10% of school age kids experience at school in some form, be it physical, verbal, or even online.  Bullying can leave a lifelong mark on both bully and victim. When adults are aware [...]

5 Healthy Halloween Snacks Your Family Will Love 

By |2022-10-03T10:43:24-05:00October 17th, 2022|Holidays|

Celebrate Spooky Season All Month Long With These Simple Recipes October is Halloween month, and while kids revel in a marathon month of monsters, ghosts, and ghouls, parents know that the actual scariest thing about Halloween season may just be the sugar intake.  The average American child collects between 4,000 to 7,000 calories worth of [...]

Top 10 Halloween Movies for Kids, Tweens, and Teens

By |2022-10-03T10:42:11-05:00October 10th, 2022|Children & Youth, Holidays|

Who doesn’t like to get into the spirit of Halloween with a scary movie? Choosing the right family movie to watch can be tricky with children of different age groups in the house. Since the line between fun-scary and too scary is different from child to child, and certainly from one age group to another, [...]