I love it when I come across something that inspires me to write….right now! So here’s the statement that was an “AHA moment”, as Oprah would call it. The way of eating that works for you today may not work for you six months or six years down the road. It’s important to change your [...]
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Did you know that women who spend a lot of time in the home are over 50% more likely to develop cancer? YIKES! The amount of chemicals surrounding you and your family could be overwhelming. In fact, removing any cleaning agents, including shampoo, soap and shower gel, was one of the first things we did [...]
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So my 7 year old, Julianne asked me to volunteer at lunch/recess today at her school. I got clearance from the principal and off I went. Now if you’ve been reading this blog, you know my thoughts on food and the choices we make in our home. I try and keep judgment to myself, but [...]
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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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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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So you’re here on the internet looking around for information that you can relate to. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could go back to the good ol’ days just once and awhile and connect with REAL people? Let our kids play together while we have a conversation and simply enjoy life? Our team is [...]
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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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Jamie Oliver inspires us all to make change in our American habits. Did you know our children our predicted to live 10 years less than we are? If you’re like me, you may feel the task of improving your child’s school food or cooking more at home may be too big to take on….we need [...]
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You won’t always get it right. You can’t control everything in every environment. You will not always know the answer. However, as a Mom or Dad you can make some easy choices everyday to bring your children to better health, develop good habits and change the future. Here are some healthy ideas. Your Mission, if [...]
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Our story has too good of an ending to not share with other families, especially those in the disability world. We are proud to have created a chain reaction of great results for many families. The Shaklee corporate team has taken notice of our impact and we’re proud to be featured by the #1 Natural [...]
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Just a quick trip to the grocery store can be a disaster or a success for your family’s eating habits. Tomorrow I’m heading to the grocery store to stock up for the week, including school lunches. I’ll make the 40 minute drive to Whole Foods, even though there’s probably a dozen grocery stores closer to [...]
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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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