A Better You
The surest way to help yourself is to help others. The greatest jobs I have ever had were ones which paid me nothing. I have been the best version of my Self during those times of greatest personal...
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Keep “Balance” In Your Life
I am still on medical leave, but while I am gone, please continue to enjoy the wonderful guest posts from BITL contributing authors. BITL Founder Ginger Garner during her first pregnancy way back...
Yoga for Menopause: 7 Reasons Why You Need Yoga More Than Ever. (Part 1)
Yoga for Menopause: 7 Reasons Why You Need Yoga More Than Ever. (Part 1) Yoga is a wonderful anecdote for healing and transformation during the (seemingly unending) season of menopause. I am still...
Yoga for Busy Moms
Me in postpartum yoga practice, 11 months after my second son Yoga for Busy Moms It is ironic that I am sitting here procrastinating about penning this post on yoga for busy moms. Why? Because I am...
Update on Avoiding Work/Life Burnout: Recognizing Adrenal Burnout
2007 - Our family was awaiting our newest addition to the family. We were in for a surprise having two in diapers at the same time. It was a crash course in the work/family balancing act. Now in...
Ease Labor Pain with What?
Music has saved my life,over and over again.Photo taken in 2006, singing to my firstborn.Studies have, for a long time, shown that deep breathing, mental imagery, deep massage or acupressure, and...
Secrets of Longevity: Living a Longer, Fuller Life
Diets claiming to ward off aging are highly popular, yet the nutrition scene is waist high in confusing, sometimes conflicting information. The good news is I have sorted through it for you and the...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Motherhood: Recognizing the Signs
With my son, at the beginning of our own healing process, in 2008. This week's post on Breathing In This Life is from Michelle Rosenthal, of www.healmyptsd.comBeing a mom is a wonderful, magical and...
Cultivating Compassion in Children
This week's guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part Two in a series on Compassionate Parenting. We all want a more...
DIY: Prenatal Yoga That Fits You
Me as the Unsuspecting Expectant New Mom with My Boys. Fall 2010A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ConfuciusThe journey of motherhood could be described as perhaps the...
Compassionate Parenting (Part One in a Two Part Series)
This week's guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part One in a series on Compassionate Parenting. To parent with compassion...
Eating To Improve Heredity
Organic fruits of laborA shot from the harvest of Ginger's family's 2010 organic garden This week's guest post is from Certified Nurse Midwife & Yale graduate, Beth Genly, CNM, MSN. Nutrition...