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Winter Solstice (and a quick sewing tutorial)

Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Winter solstice this year was a great one… a full lunar eclipse (although I admit we slept right on through it in our house) on the eve of winter solstice… magic in the air for sure! We really enjoy winter solstice at our house… we have a few traditions that we repeat every year. One is stringing cereal onto thread and draping it across the bare branches of our trees for the wildlife to share… some apples too, hung on a thread. Our gift to the creatures that share our yard in the night, the longest night of the year. […]

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Dec 22 2010

Thoughts on Health FAQ… Healthy Cooking and Joyful Eating

Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

My morning coffee… in a mug that my son painted for me Every single thing that goes into my body right now has to bring me joy, or I’m not putting it in my mouth. I’ve always lived by this philosophy… eating only the foods I *love* and feel great about… and I’ve always had a healthy relationship with my weight and my body. If I don’t like it, no matter how healthy I think it is… it doesn’t go in my mouth. And if I love it, really love it, feeling no guilt what-so-ever associated with it, I eat

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Dec 6 2010

Thoughts On Health… FAQ — Parenting Books

Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

My second in my FAQ series, I’m going to continue with book recommendations. Last week I reviewed some great easy to read books that gently introduce an organic lifestyle overview to folks who are interested in learning more about living naturally. This week, I’d like to list some of the parenting books that have helped us develop our particular parenting path. Craig and I both feel like we are here to support our children in any way possible. We feel very much like equals… our parenting style is one of connection to our children… we do not want anything to

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Nov 22 2010

My Favorite Thing… about Fall

Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

By far my favorite thing about fall is getting outside more. I do love the summertime and it’s heat driving us to seek out water… the ocean more times then not, pools and sprinklers are wonderful too… but there is something magical about the cooler temps and the golden leaves that seem to draw us out into our front yard more and more. I love to literally just lay on the grass for an hour, watching the kids mill around with the hose, or chalk on our sidewalk, or… like today… play Frisbee (and yes, as usual… in pajamas). Seems

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Nov 19 2010

The only soap my son will ever use… and it could be yours!

Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Well… not the actual bar of soap that my son uses. Not only would that be gross, but really and truly, you’d have to fight him tooth and nail to get it away from him. He hates taking a shower, hates soaps and lotions and cream and lip balms and anything remotely girly (he’s a low maintenance kinda guy, just like his Daddy) and the only way I can call a truce with this boy and get him washed up is if I promise him he can use Lana Bella soap. Not exaggerating here. Because this soap, people, is so

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Nov 3 2010

Instant Ghost

Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Have you decided what you are going to be for Halloween yet? I am going as a ghost. And I love love love the ghost cape that Martha Stewart designed… but I don’t love the price. $149.99???? For a bunch of tulle fabric that you tie around your neck? I don’t get it. In case there are any folks out there who haven’t figured out what you are going to be this year, I thought I’d share with you a little tutorial on the ghost cape that I made… for $8. Yep, eight bucks. All you need is several yards

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Oct 19 2010

My Favorite Thing… In My Bathroom

Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

This is over three years old now, and it’s still my favorite thing. Now, the lighting is bad in my bathroom, so I didn’t go crazy with taking too many pics. And to be honest, I’m too tired to clean up the bathroom sink that it is hanging next too, so it’s fine with me that the artificial lighting isn’t great any way. But do you see this masterpiece? It was made for me by my adorable husband and precious children, right after we moved into our home. I didn’t have anything to hang my jewelry on, and I wanted

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Oct 1 2010

Winter Solstice (and a quick sewing tutorial)

Thoughts on Health FAQ… Healthy Cooking and Joyful Eating

Thoughts On Health… FAQ — Parenting Books

My Favorite Thing… about Fall

The only soap my son will ever use… and it could be yours!

Instant Ghost

My Favorite Thing… In My Bathroom

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