A good night’s sleep. It is one of life’s pleasures if you can get it. My New Year’s resolution to be healthier overall includes cleaner eating (I have lost 10 pounds since I started this in November), less booze (not as hard as I thought it would be to decrease, I am happy to report), […]
New Year Mental Mantras Equals Good Goals
Happy 2019! Have you ever heard a quote or words of wisdom that you bookmark in your mind and maybe even implement because the words are smart, have heart and work?! I have and I am thankful. Instead of a firm New Year’s resolution, I am reflecting on key phrases, mantras, words of wisdom…whatever you […]
Sun Basket Is Best Recipe Delivery Kit Hands Down
Sun Basket is the best meal delivery kit out there hands down! The money I spend on Sun Basket is one of my smartest and healthiest weekly purchases. I have tested quite a few of them now including Blue Apron, Plated, Terra’s Kitchen, Purple Carrot and others and over a year later, Sun Basket gets […]
Going Green: Why I Drink My Water Out Of A Box
Manic: Trying to be as earth-friendly as I can, even though, like most of us, I am on the go. A lot! Managed: Found a way to let go of our convenient, but not earth-friendly, water bottle-by-the-bunches habit by switching to something kind of cool that I eyed in a Nekter store one day. Boxed Water. Yep […]
Smart Summertime Solutions for All Kinds of Situations
As seen in my 3TV Your Life Arizona morning show segment… Manic: The manic stuff that comes with summertime. Damaged hair from chlorine. Frizzy hair when visiting a humid climate. Sunburn. Dry heels. Finding lots of dead critters in the bottom of your pool (always makes me sad & I hate scooping it out if no one […]
Antibiotic Resistant Ear Infection That Landed My Teen In Hospital
If your kid has ear pain, get it checked out right away. Parents, read our story. We did everything right and our teen’s ear infection still turned into a 3-day emergency hospital stay. Even with our quick & thorough actions, our 16-year-old girl still had to be admitted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) for an […]
Was It Gout, Pseudogout…My High Heels?
Manic: Waking up on my hub’s birthday last December 9th with an unexplained, incredibly painful and swollen ankle that I could bear no weight on! I was perplexed and in extreme pain. I had not injured it and had gone to bed as usual the night before. It was so strange! Managed: After weeks of doctor’s appointments, […]
My Mama Wellness Kit
Cold and flu season got you down? Or are you trying to keep those germs away? With two kids who are now 20 and 16 (guess I can’t say kids anymore), I have learned a lot of tricks and tips along the way when it comes to family wellness maintenance. And that can be a […]
Lori’s Story: Her Happy Health Treatment That Worked
Manic: Me a couple of years ago wondering why I was losing a lot of hair, getting sick a lot, dealing with itchy skin and more. My wonderful mother suggested that I have my thyroid checked as both she and my grandmother have hypothyroidism. Managed: Listened to my mama and sure enough, I have an […]
Does Your Health Insurance Policy Do This? Good To Know Tip!
Manic: Opening up four letters (one per family member) from our health insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield, to read the upsetting news that some of our meds will no longer be covered starting on January 1, 2018. Of course, my one super important drug, that I must take daily no matter what for the […]
A Plantar Fascittis Guide
Whenever I blog about my own medical experiences, I always get a good response from my readers, so when I received an opportunity to share this information about dealing with the frustrating plantar fasciitis foot condition, I was happy to do it. I suffered from this painful ailment a few years ago and by following […]
My Experience With Less Invasive Pinhole Gum Grafting Surgery
Wow…I must start this article out by saying that I had a good experience with pinhole gum grafting and you can read on to see how smoothly my surgery went for the most part. BUT so many comments that have been left with this article are from readers who said that they did not have […]