People often ask me how I get my kids to go along with the choices we’re making in our home. Whether it’s about eating raw vegetables everyday, skipping the ice cream truck or asking them to give me a little space when I chat with a parent in our home about getting healthy. The answer [...]
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If you are here at Mission: Clean Kids, you must be trying to decide what to do next for you and your family’s health. Our family knows that getting to a healthy state is simply a journey that needs constant action if you want to see progress. Sometimes it seems the journey can take so [...]
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Take out? Frozen? Half-Baked? What kind of pizza do you like? I think our family knows that even a bad pizza tastes good, but what if we could make a really good pizza from home? I have to admit I’m a bit inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. I’ve been in my kitchen A LOT [...]
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As a mom, entrepreneur and advocate I’m usually pretty energetic and inspired in my everyday missions. I’m often asked “how do you stay so positive”…it’s easy…Hang around inspiring people! By phone, in person and over the internet I make it a point to connect everyday with people who have the same goals, values and mission [...]
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Today is an exciting day! I’m headed out to Sheridan, IL to help our team member Jennifer Hockings introduce Shaklee to her family and friends. Jennifer has a daughter with Rett’s Syndrome, was already making greener choices and new the income from Shaklee could make a difference for their entire family. Jennifer is just one [...]
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So Julianne, who is 7, mentions Friday morning that the hot lunch menu is hot dogs. She wasn’t asking for hot lunch, but I’m sure she was looking for my reaction. I explained to her the different qualities of hot dogs and the “meat” that can be used. I also explained that there are many [...]
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So when you are not accustomed to heading to the docs very often, the thought of going to one is just dreadful. My daughter was showing signs of a possible urinary tract infection. Frequent trips to the potty, saying it hurt and not really going. Ugh. I stopped at Walgreens and they didn’t have anything [...]
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It’s been happening a lot lately. We’ve been in public places or school events where kids are eating mainstream choices. My kids are not. How do I make that o.k.? I mean really… we’re on a first grade field trip and boy number one is slugging a pixie stick. Boy two is crunching a prepackaged [...]
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Are you one of those parents that feeds your children better than you feed yourself. You still sneak the 500 calorie latte or enjoy extra ice cream after they go to bed. Ah, been there, done that, but not anymore! Since starting the cleansing supplements with Shaklee I have renewed energy & spirit to continue [...]
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At first I was really bummed. There’s a big training happening this weekend for our work-at-home team through Shaklee. They’re bringing in corporate powerhouses to talk about the science of the Shaklee difference and the opportunity of working with Shaklee from home. Last time I went to one of the corporate training our team grew [...]
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Watch out for flying cookie dough! Yep, I told everyone we were making Valentine’s day cookies. Did you know that one notch the wrong way on a mixer can cause a disaster? My kids went running out of the kitchen as cookie dough went flying everywhere. Good thing I’m a Mom who can laugh at [...]
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February is National Cancer Prevention Month and while most everyone focuses on diet, exercise, and quitting smoking as the core ways to prevent cancer – they’re forgetting another pillar of prevention. Reducing exposure to carcinogens in our everyday environments. At Mission: Clean Kids we know you can’t be perfect. Our world is filled with harmful [...]
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Take one minute of your time to start the brainstorming on how you can give your kids some fun & smart giveaways on Valentine’s Day! Come on…you can do it! It’s time to move beyone the chocolate kisses without breaking the bank! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]
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Healthy choices in 2010…can you do this? What are healthy choices? In our home, healthy choices are doing what is right for our whole family. We cannot be extreme, we must be flexible and we must look at the results from our choices. Here are some choices and results we had in 2009: Choice: Shop [...]
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