How to Help Children Deal with Stress

Stress is a normal part of life. How we choose to deal with it, however, is an entirely different subject. As a parent or grandparent, it’s important to know how to help children deal with stress effectively. Today it’s unusual to see a child simply relaxing. There are expectations from family, teachers, and friends, as [...]

Common Conditions and Healing Herbs

The medicines that we have today are a miraculous gift. Healing is a miraculous gift. The medicines we use came from humble beginnings. Their precursors were herbs and medicinal plants that had served civilizations for thousands of years. Many of these herbs are still in use today.   What do we do when we have [...]

Protect Your Health: Saving on Healthcare

Ask any centenarian and they will tell you their secret to long life. It has to do with taking care of their body, mind, and soul. In today’s society that can be a challenge with the rising cost of health care. Learn to protect your health before you need a doctor.   Healthcare is a [...]

Frugal Family Fun

We all need to take a break now and again. Spending time with the family is relaxing and can be a bit adventurous at times. If you are looking for ways to spend quality time without breaking the bank keep reading for some frugal family fun. 1.       Camping     If you’ve never experienced the great [...]

Meal Time Stress

Mealtime can be a madhouse.  Kids hiding their peas, feeding their chicken to the dog, and spilling the milk doesn’t seem quite right after you’ve slaved over a hot stove.  Learn to keep stress to a minimum at dinnertime. What is the worst part of dinner?  I would say it is the preparation.  After work [...]

Stress Reduction Tips For The Entire Family

Busy family lifestyles lead to stressed out families. Stressed out families can often lead to more problems and issues. Learning to deal with family stress before the stress becomes a huge problem is a good idea. If you already have problems, then learning to deal with the issues that are causing you stress is essential [...]

Stress and Exercise

If you are a mom then you’ve dealt with stress at some point.  The problem with stress is how to make it go away.  Maybe exercise is the answer to your stress problem. Exercise and stress are related.  Seeing my clothes dangle off of the treadmill in my bedroom (which is now used as a [...]

Stress and Money

Money can be a cause of stress for anyone.  Single moms or stay at home moms may stress more about money because they are the only provider or not actively employed to help with bills.  If money is a stressor for you, here are some helpful tips to combat it. Lack of money is the [...]

Work At Home Mom Stress

When you work from home there still aren’t enough hours in the day to get things done.  Deadlines for projects hang over your head and dinner still has to be made.  Your clients depend on you and so does you family.  When you are a work at home mom, it’s hard to separate work from [...]

Simple Tasks to Hire Out

Moms would love to be able to handle everything concerning their families.  But, there aren’t enough hours in the day.  Short of cloning herself, mom needs help from other people who can perform some tasks for her. It would be nice to complete the “to do” list at the end of every day.  I would [...]