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Golden Rule Week: Teaching Empathy & Compassion to Our Kids

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April 4 through 9 is Golden Rule Week, inspired by a 2005 awareness exhibit entitled A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People. This award winning exhibit still tours the country spreading a message of peace and reciprocity.…
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7 Happy Foods to Elevate Your Mood

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Do happy foods exist? Can eating them make you happy? We’re not talking about the temporary comfort of curling up on the couch with a half-gallon of ice cream and a spoon. Researchers have long documented links between food and mood—there…
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French Kids Eat Everything: Our Kids Can Too!

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From my years living in France, and being married to a Frenchman, I know a few things about the French and their love of food. They love fresh fruits and vegetables purchased at the marchées. They like food in season. They enjoy long meals…
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Finding Solitude in a Frenzied World

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Only in solitude do we find ourselves: and in finding ourselves, we find ourselves in all our brothers in solitude. —Miguel de Unamuno We live in a world of noise and to-do lists, surrounded by people who need us: our children, partners,…
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Self-Esteem: How I Went From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 If you’ve ever wondered how a good looking, successful woman could suffer from poor self-esteem, the answer may lie in her childhood. I am living proof of that, and fortunately evolved from an insecure young girl…
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Pet Loss: Losing Our Beloved Lucky Dog

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Losing a pet is like losing a beloved family member. I would know. I recently lost Lucky, my canine companion of 14 years. When Lucky came to our family he was about 6 weeks old, and I could hold him in the palms of both hands.  He was rescued…
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To Have or Not to Have Another Baby?

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Before women are married, many of us have an idea of how many children we want to have. I had always said I wanted to have four kids. (in retrospect, I feel that was a crazy thought!) Then I had my son; my beautiful son who didn’t sleep…
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Celebrate Girl Scouts Power!

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You know that Girl Scout Cookies are tasty, but did you know that they’re the bedrock of the largest girl-led business in the world? That’s right: a hundred and one years after its first meeting, the Girl Scouts are—and always have been—all…
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Body Image: How to Love Your Body Just the Way it Is

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Who hasn’t felt bummed at the supermarket checkout, reading headlines and admiring those “after” pictures for Get a Great Summer Body in Just 3 Weeks articles. The woman in the photo spread didn’t go on a diet to look like that and…