What’s her secret?: ‘Find your own maternal heart and voice’

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Below is a Jnauary 6, 2014 article from The Island Packet. Original Link What’s her secret?: ‘Find your own maternal heart and voice’ Name: Carla Cappiello Golden Husband: Chad Town: Hilton Head Island Children: Bella, 12 Occupation: Massage therapist and spiritual nutritionist Favorite mommy moment: Nothing can top meeting your newborn child for the first […]

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Easy, Quick Homemade Popcorn (Photos)

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Update: Since writing this post, we’ve upgraded to an air popper to avoid oil all together. Here is why you may want to consider reducing or eliminating oil in your diet too. Now back to the original post…. I love popcorn! It satisfies a crunchy salt craving in the afternoon or fun snacking during a […]

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When Cheese is Not Vegetarian

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(Note: I wrote this post prior to becoming 100% committed to veganism which I did on 1 January 2015.) What’s not to love about the taste and texture of cheese? There are so many varieties that one could spend a lifetime happily becoming a cheese connoisseur. Cheese is often one of the hardest and last […]

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Fruit is NOT Your Sugar Problem

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So often when I share my eating method (a low-fat, high-fruit lifestyle diet) with others, there are several common adverse reactions: 1. gasping horror at how much sugar I’m putting in my body, 2. fear for my perceived lack of protein intake, and 3. deep concern for not eating enough & starving. I have previously […]

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Flush Fat with Cranberry Concentrate

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A great way to help cleanse dietary fat from your blood stream and lymphatic system is by drinking diluted cranberry concentrate, hot or cold, NOT cranberry juice or cocktail!!! Cranberry juice – 100% juice, no added sugar – is not 100% cranberry juice. The cranberry juice is cut with apple juice, white grape juice and/or pear […]

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Service Nourishment

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The Dalai Lama has told us that it’s the Western woman who will save the world. Oddly enough, it is also the same women of the world who are the fastest rising statistic of binge drinkers. What’s going on here? Surely it’s not a hungover, educated and relatively-comfortable-in-life woman who is going to inspire great […]

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The Story of Magic

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On Tuesday, November 5th (11.5 – two auspicious numbers for me) my two friends and I were walking our morning walk. About 2 miles in we happened upon a black and white, petite French-looking kitty. We said our hellos and she, hers. Very friendly she was rubbing up against our legs. The three of us […]

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How I Would Have Done Pregnancy Differently

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My daughter turned 12 years old two weeks ago. This past weekend I held my friend’s adorable 8 month old baby girl. These two occasions bring into acute awareness for me how much I’ve learned and changed about mothering well. I have learned so much in these 12 years that I nearly want to have […]

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