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30 Summer Drinks Under 200 Calories | If you're looking for easy and refreshing drink recipes you can enjoy when the weather is hot, these ideas will inspire you! We've included a mix of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drink recipes, and they're all under 300 calories, allowing you to indulge without sabotaging your weight loss and fitness goals and progress. Say goodbye to plain and boring vodka drinks and tequila drinks and give these low calorie summer cocktails and mocktails a try!

Cocktails and Mocktails: 30 Summer Drinks Under 200 Calories

8 Bedtime Workout Routines For Weight Loss and Sleep | Can't find time to exercise during the day? Want a quick and easy routine you can do before bed to help you tighten and tone your body without compromising your sleep? Perfect for beginners and beyond, these evening workout routines are the perfect pre-bed at home exercises to help you meet your weight loss goals when you're pressed for time. If you want a flat stomach, toned legs, and strong core, take the challenge!

8 Bedtime Workout Routines For Weight Loss and Better Sleep

How to Detox Your Armpits | If you want to know how to do an armpit detox - and why you should do one - this post is for you! Switching to natural deodorant is a process, but there are so many health benefits, from detoxing your body to reducing odor and more. Applying an armpit mask is a great way to start as it helps neutralize odor and reduce skin irritation. We're sharing our favorite DIY homemade bentonite clay armpit mask as well as tips to help lighten dark armpit skin!

How to Detox Your Armpits: 8 Tips and Health Benefits

30 Summer Salads for Weight Loss | If you're looking for easy and filling summer salad recipes that will help with your weight loss goals, we're curated the best of the best! Made with fresh ingredients, these healthy ideas are perfect for BBQ get togethers, and you can easily increase the size of the recipes for a crowd. We've included tons of ideas, from keto to vegan, cold to warm, pasta to fruit, and they make great leftovers and packable lunches!

Clean and Green: 30 Summer Salads For Weight Loss

How to Reduce Stress Naturally | If you're looking for tips and ways to reduce your stress levels, this post has tons of practical ideas you can implement today! While yoga, deep breathing exercises, journalling, and meditation are common stress reducers, there are lots of other effective ways to destress at home. From calming foods and exercise to essential oils and sleep, these stress relieving activities offer natural ways to relieve stress, reduce tension, and combat anxiety fast!

How to Reduce Stress Naturally: 13 Tips and Hacks

How to Become a Morning Person | If you're looking for tips and hacks to help you transform yourself from a night owl into someone who wakes up early for school, for work, or with kids, this post is for you! We're sharing small habits and lifestyle changes you can start making TODAY to help you become an early riser without a super early bedtime, elaborate morning routines, and endless cups of coffee. Being a morning person is surprisingly easy - the trick is not to overthink it!

How to Become a Morning Person: 11 Tips & Hacks

11 Healthy Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes | If you follow a gluten-free diet to help manage the symptoms of celiac disease or a gluten intolerance, this post has tons of simple and easy desserts to help satisfy your sweet tooth! This post includes lots of options for every palate and dietary need, including super fast no bake options, desserts with 5 ingredients (or less), healthy, sugar free, low carb, low calorie, keto friendly, and vegan desserts, and so much more!

33 Simple and Delicious Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes Worth Trying

Thirty 30-Day Spring Challenge Ideas to Try | Spring is the perfect time to check in with your resolutions, measure your progress, and adjust or set new goals. Whether you want to lose your winter weight through healthy eating, train for a 5K, practice mindfulness, commit to self-care, or tackle your spring cleaning list, we're sharing tons of simple and creative ways you can break big goals down into manageable 30-day challenges to keep your motivation up.

Reboot Your Life: Thirty 30-Day Spring Challenge Ideas to Try

27 Gluten-Free Italian Recipes | Whether you have a gluten intolerance or full-blown celiac disease, it doesn't mean you need to give up your favorite Italian foods! This post has everything you need to satisfy your cravings, including resources to teach you how to make gluten-free pasta and tons of delicious Italian-inspired gluten-free recipes. From lasagna, calzones, and Italian meatballs, to tortellini, gnocchi, and ravioli, to panna cotta, tiramisu, and cannoli, these recipes are delish!

Che Buono: 27 Gluten-Free Italian Recipes We Love

50 Gluten-Free Recipes for Kids | If your child has a gluten intolerance or full-blown celiac disease, you'll love this collection of easy and tasty recipes! We've curated 10 recipes each for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts, many of which are both dairy and gluten free. And if you're looking for sandwiches lunchbox ideas, there are so many options to choose from, including pizza twists, sausage rolls, pretzel bites, cheerios snack mix, apple fries and gluten-free chicken fingers!

Homemade with Love: 50 Gluten-Free Recipes for Kids

12 Magnesium-Rich Foods | If you suspect you or your kids have a magnesium deficiency, this post has lots of helpful information! We're sharing the signs, symptoms, and common causes of low magnesium, and the health benefits of adding magnesium to your daily diet - either through supplement or food. And if you're looking for natural remedies, we've included a list of 12 foods that are high in magnesium, including vegan, vegetarian, and keto options!

Hypomagnesemia 101: 12 Magnesium-Rich Foods to Help You Feel Better

26 Calcium Rich Foods For Bone Health | Whether you're looking for calcium rich foods for women or for men who follow a vegan diet, for toddlers who are picky eaters, and/or for kids who follow a dairy free diet due to foods sensitivities or allergies, this post is for you! We're sharing some background information on hypocalcemia / calcium deficiency, including signs, symptoms, causes, risk factors, and the role of vitamin D, plus a list of foods that are delicious and high in calcium!

26 Calcium Rich Foods To Eat For Better Bone Health

11 Cold Weather Running Tips and Hacks for Beginners | If you're new to winter running and want to know what to wear, how to choose the right gear, which running accessories you need, and tips to stay warm and dry so you don't get a chill, this post is for you! Dressing for the cold weather is key, and we'll teach you everything you need to know, from layering your outfit, to choosing the right socks and shoes, to staying dry and altering your route and training schedule, and more!

11 Cold Weather Running Tips and Hacks for Beginners

48 Celiac Disease Recipes | If you're looking for a collection of easy and delicious gluten-free recipes for yourself (or for kids), we've curated the best of the best! From breakfast, to lunch, to dinner, to snacks and desserts, these recipe ideas will not disappoint. We've also included a list of foods to eat and avoid on the celiac disease diet to help you create a grocery list and meal plan, as well as a little background info including the symptoms and causes of celiac disease.

Celiac Disease Diet: 48 Gluten-Free Recipes for Beginners

How to Get Rid of a Crick in the Neck | If you're looking for remedies for a crick in the neck, this post has you covered! While neck and shoulder pain caused by a crick usually goes away on its own in a few days, there are stretches, exercises, and other natural remedies you can try for fast relief. And if you want to know how to sleep with a crick in the neck, we're sharing tons of tips and tricks to help reduce inflammation and relax your muscles for a good night of restorative sleep.

How to Get Rid of a Crick in the Neck: 12 Tips and Remedies

9 Natural Colic Remedies | If you're a breast-feeding or bottle-feeding mama looking for tips, tricks, and remedies to help you and your newborn survive colic, this post has lots of helpful information, including the signs, symptoms, and causes of colic. From holding and swaddling, to dietary and formula changes, to movement and noise, we're sharing the best ideas to try for quick relief, allowing you and your babe to return to a place of calm asap.

Surviving Colic: 9 Natural Colic Remedies that Actually Work

7 Natural Nose Bleed Remedies That Work | If you want to know how to stop nose bleeding at home naturally, we've got tips and tricks to help! We're sharing lots of helpful information, including what causes nose bleeds, how to prevent nose bleeds, and our best home remedies to stop a nose bleed fast. Whether you're looking for tips to stop nose bleeds in kids or adults, we've got you covered!

Fast and Effective: 7 Natural Nose Bleed Remedies That Work

7 Natural Remedies for Shingles | If you're looking for natural treatments to manage the itching and pain of shingles, this post is for you! We're sharing some background information (what is shingles? what causes shingles? how can I prevent shingles?) as well as the best homemade DIY shingles relief treatments to help you feel better sooner. Whether you have shingles on the side of your torso or on your forehead, face, or neck, these tips work!

Natural Remedies for Shingles: 7 Home Treatments that Help

21 Eggless Cake Recipes | If you and/or your kids are allergic to eggs like I am, and you're on the hunt for simple and easy homemade egg free cake recipes, this post is just what you need! We've curated the best of the best, including a range of different types of cakes for every palate and dietary need. Whether you prefer something simple like vanilla or chocolate cake, or want something extravagant like red velvet, banana, or mango cake, these recipes are healthy, easy, moist, and delicious!

21 Delicious Eggless Cake Recipes You’ll Wish You Tried Sooner

How to Stop Boredom Eating | If you want to know how to overcome unhealthy eating habits, like boredom eating, stress eating, or any other type of emotional eating patterns, this post has tons of helpful tips to teach you how to control your mindset, how to beat cravings, and how to avoid eating your feelings. These clean eating strategies will help you figure how to control cravings before they start, allowing you to plan ahead and learn how to stop making unhealthy choices in the moment.

Emotional Eater? 9 Ways to Stop Boredom Eating One and For All

44 Gluten Free Cookies | If you're on the hunt for gluten-free cookie recipes to bake, this collection of ideas will not disappoint! We've curated the best of the best, including a range of options to suit your dietary needs and palate. From healthy, sugar-free, and vegan recipes, to easy no bake cookies and simple cookie bars, this post has it all. Grab your almond flour and coconut flour and learn how to make chewy chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter cookies, and so much more!

44 Flourless and Fabulous Gluten-Free Cookies You’ll Love

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‘DON’T BELIEVE EVERY WORRIED THOUGHT YOU HAVE. ‘DON’T BELIEVE EVERY WORRIED THOUGHT YOU HAVE. WORRIED THOUGHTS ARE NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE.’ —Renee Jain . Here’s your Thursday reminder that fear is a liar. Worrying won’t change the future, but it will suck the joy out of today if you let it. Stop letting your worried thoughts control you, let go, and (as Sandra Bullock would say), ‘go find your joy.’ 💙
‘A NEGATIVE MIND WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A POSITIVE ‘A NEGATIVE MIND WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A POSITIVE LIFE.’ —Unknown . As I was flipping through a magazine a few years ago, I read a study that has been a real game-changer for me. . It went a little something like this: . A research group studied feelings of tiredness in 2 groups of people. Both groups got the same amount of sleep and exerted the same amount of energy throughout the study, but the Test Group was led to believe they were more well-rested than they really were. . The result? . [Nearly] everyone in the Test Group reported lower levels of fatigue and higher levels of alertness compared to the Control Group, which led the researchers to believe our PERCEPTION of how tired we are plays a huge role in how we actually feel on a daily basis. . I admit I was skeptical, but I’ve always found that when I stop focusing on the negative and concentrate on the positive instead, I can almost always talk myself out of feeling tired, moody, irritable, impatient, or whatever other negative emotion that’s plaguing me. . I really believe there is something in the notion that we can change the way we feel simply by changing our perception, and that is more important now than ever. . So the next time you wake up feeling exhausted and cranky, try changing your mindset. Put the negativity down, choose happiness, and see where it takes you. . I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
‘DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS.’ —Tanisha Herrin . ‘DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS.’ —Tanisha Herrin . I started drafting a post with tips for staying positive when you’re struggling with motivation this morning, but I couldn’t bring myself to finish the post because I have been the exact opposite of positive and motivated the last few days. . Ontario announced a 3rd stay-at-home order this week, and my sweet girl was a puddle of tears when I picked her up on Tuesday. Teachers were given a 10-minute warning to tell students to pack up their belongings, and while I held my daughter in the school yard as she cried, my heart broke for her. . This has been hard on all of us, but it’s been especially difficult for kids. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have school, extracurricular activities, playdates, sleepovers, family trips, and holiday celebrations taken away as a child. I feel like all I’ve done over the last year is dish out one disappointment after another, and with no end in sight, it’s hard not to feel the weight of it all. . If you know me IRL, you know I’m all about finding light in times of darkness. I believe every situation is design to teach us something, and try not to stay stuck in the suck for too long, but this week was different. . I felt really sad, and for the first time in a long time I realized that what I needed more than anything was to just feel all the feels. So I emailed my daughter’s teacher to let her know we were taking the night off from homework, shut my computer down, left the laundry in the dryer, ate peanut butter out of the jar (highly recommend btw), and polished off a bottle of wine with my husband, and it felt so good. . We all woke up with renewed positivity on Wednesday, yesterday I wrote out a list of goals I want to tackle over the next 4 weeks, and today I feel more motivated and excited than I have in a long time. I feel blessed, grateful, and ready to handle this lockdown like a boss. . So instead of writing down all of those tips I planned on sharing with you today, I wanted to remind you that sitting in discomfort and allowing yourself to feel sad isn’t always a bad thing. Just make sure you don’t get stuck there for too long. 😘
‘FILTERS ARE GREAT, BUT GREAT SKIN CARE IS BETTE ‘FILTERS ARE GREAT, BUT GREAT SKIN CARE IS BETTER.’ —Unknown .⠀ #ad . Do your hands crack in the cold weather? .⠀ Mine do. ⠀ .⠀ And this year has been particularly bad. Between my regular cooking and cleaning routine, buying and renovating a new home, and all of the required pandemic-related hand washing and sanitizing, my hands physically hurt at the end of each day. I’ve lost count of how many cracks I’ve dealt with so far this season, and right now I have a doozy on my right thumb that makes simple tasks like buttoning buttons, texting, and typing feel impossible and painful. .⠀ I once read that beautiful skin takes a commitment and not a miracle, and this couldn’t be more true. I have battled with my skin for as long as I can remember, and I know exactly what I need to do to prevent - and treat - dry, cracked hands. But when life gets busy, I simply get lazy, and it doesn’t take long for it show on my skin. .⠀ The good news is that it typically only takes me a few days to get things back under control thanks to my friends at @yoronaturals 🙌🏻 . Their Organic Manuka Skin Soothing Cream does wonders when it comes to healing cracked hands, and their Remedy Wear gloves are my secret to overnight healing! Instead of strategically covering every crack with cream and a bandaid, I just apply a generous amount of Manuka Cream to my hands and pop on a set of gloves before crawling into bed. Works like a dream! . (And YES, the gloves stay put alllllll night long!) . If pandemic protocols are leaving your hands dry and cracked, click the link in my bio and use code GWEN for 10% off my favorite YoRo Natural products!
‘A woman with a voice is by definition a strong ‘A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.’ –Melinda Gates Wishing all the strong, bold, loud, messy, and amazing women in my life a Happy International Women’s Day! . When we found out we were having a girl, I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to share my love for fashion and beauty with a smaller version of myself, and had such a strong vision of the kind of mom I wanted to be. . I promised myself I would be present, involved, loving, and empathetic, and that my sweet girl would wake up and go to sleep each night knowing there was at least one person in this world who believed in her 1000%. . I thought I had everything mapped out, but failed to realize that being a ‘girl mom’ would require so much more from me. It’s not enough that I listen to her, support her, and encourage her to be assertive and to own her truth. I have to model that behavior, too. . And that’s not easy. . I was raised at a time when women were encouraged to make themselves as small as possible - both literally and figuratively. . No one ever encouraged me to speak up when someone did wrong by me or someone else, and when I did start to find my voice as I got older, I was told I was ‘too much’. . Raising a girl has forced me to challenge everything that was taught to me about being a woman. I want my daughter to grow up believing she can achieve anything and everything she wants in life, and that she never has to make herself small to make others feel more comfortable. She’s bold, brave, assertive, and loud, and she’s doesn’t apologize for ANY of it. . And I hope she never does. . My girl keeps me on my toes, but being her mom has already been the ride of a lifetime. I’m so incredibly proud of her and can’t wait to see the mark she makes on the world. . ‘Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.’ –Unknown
‘HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING.’ —Jess Sims . While some people love reading self-help books or listening to inspiring podcasts, quotes, mantras, and song lyrics are my jam. I spend hours upon hours scrolling through my social media feeds each week searching for motivational quotes and sayings, and I copy the ones I love most to the notes app on my phone so I never forget them. . I have a quote and lyric for pretty much every feeling and occasion, and if you follow me on stories, you know that I try to share something motivating and inspiring every morning. . I’ve recently been using short quotes/mantras to help me stay focused. Mantras are typically used in meditation, but they are also a fabulous tool to help you stay grounded. The idea is to pick a word or phrase with meaning to you, and each time your mind starts to wander, you repeat the mantra over and over to bring yourself back to the present moment. . I use mantras to help me stay productive with work, to keep me motivated when I want to push myself during my workouts, to stay present when I’m overwhelmed and trying to do too many things at once, and to stop me from ruminating about the things that make me stressed and anxious. . If you’re looking for inspiring quotes and mantras to help you stay focused, present, and calm, here are some of my favorites! . ‘Be present where your feet are.’ —Unknown . You don’t have to. You get to. —Jess Sims . Easy is bullshit. —Christine D’Ercole . Feel the burn, step closer to the fire. —Emma Lovewell . A setback is an avenue for a comeback. —Alex Toussaint . Hold the vision, trust the process. —Unknown . No challenge, no change. —Robin Arzon . Acknowledge the fear and do it anyway. —Emma Lovewell . Impossible is just an opinion. —Paulo Coelho . Treat your body like it belongs to someone you love. —Hannah Marie Corbin . Fix your ponytail and try again. —Unknown . 👇🏻 What quotes and mantras keep you focused and present when you’re overwhelmed or anxious?
‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ — ‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ —Unknown . f you’ve been following me on stories, you know we moved to a new house a couple of weeks ago. I was going to document the whole thing, but moving during a global pandemic in a city that is completely locked down with a child in virtual school is… 🤪 . This was the biggest move I’ve ever undertaken, and my Type A personality really struggled with how little control I had over everything. Lists and schedules are my jam, but it seemed the harder I tried to keep things on track, the quicker they fell apart. . I eventually decided to just embrace the chaos. I allowed myself to let go and just enjoy the excitement of it all and it ended up being the smoothest, most enjoyable move I’ve ever experienced. We’re still waiting on furniture deliveries and have lots of painting to do, but since no one will be visiting us for months (years?!) on end given the state of the world right now, there is absolutely no pressure. . And that feels great. . If you’re struggling, here are 4 things that helped me find order in the chaos that has been our lives for the last several weeks: . ✔️ EXERCISE. I start every single day with a hard workout to get those feel-good endorphins flowing. It makes me feel accomplished, helps me work through whatever is on my mind, and sets the tone for the rest of my day. . ✔️ ENERGY MANAGEMENT. I do all of my most pressing tasks when my energy is high and my mind is clear, and save all of the monotonous, mindless stuff (think: responding to emails, meal prep, folding laundry) for the evening. . ✔️ NEVER TOUCH SOMETHING TWICE. Once I ‘touch’ a task, I deal with it then and there so it’s taken off of my plate, rather than ’touching’ it multiple times and allowing it to take up extra energy and mental space. This is one of the best productivity tips I’ve ever read and it’s been a life-saver for me lately! . ✔️ DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT. I struggle the most with this, but the last few weeks have been a great exercise in challenging a lot of my Type A tendencies. . 👇🏻 How do YOU stay on track when you feel overwhelmed?
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