By Nadene van der Linden of Unshakeable Calm “Every day I choose to be happy,” “Never give up on your dreams and don’t let anyone rain on your parade” and “The love you need is within” is stuff that abounds in popular self-help books and social media sentiment. They are the kind of messages that […]
Health
Study Shows Over 250 People Have Died Taking Selfies In Last 6 Years
In people are really stupid news, an India based study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Family Care reports that 259 selfie-related deaths have occurred between 2011 and 2017. Honestly, the number seems low based on the ridiculous stunts people try to pair with the perfect filter. I realize I shouldn’t judge or […]
Viral Story Describes How the Flu Is Slowly Ending One Woman’s Life
Fall is here—which means the end of boob sweat while watching our kids play sports in 95-degree weather, the switch from flip-flops to boots, and ALL the pumpkin spice in all the land. Yay! However, it also means the start of flu season. Did you get your flu shot yet? I’ll get mine at the […]
Don’t Be a Jerk. Just Leave the Peanut Butter at Home
By Heather Jones of hmjoneswriter.com It’s 9:00 am and my five-year-old is already on his second peanut butter sandwich of the day. He has gone very few days at home without peanut butter of some kind. Sandwiches. Banana “hot dogs.” Tortilla boats filled with peanut butter and banana. You name it. He is the pickiest […]
I Don’t Care What the World Says About My Body
By Nadene van der Linden of Unshakeable Calm I see a lot of women in my clinic. These women are living authentic lives, most of them trying to make a difference or bring something good to others in some way, either at home, work, or amongst friends. One thing that makes me sad and kind of […]
Man Banned From All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant After Eating 100 Plates of Sushi
Triathelete Jaroslav Bobrowski of Landshut, Germany was a fish out of water recently when he was banned from a local buffet. His crime? Eating 100 plates of sushi. There is a story here, folks. But there are also a lot of fish puns I need to get through. Oh, you don’t like fish puns? I […]
Baby Suffers Stroke After Chickenpox, Reinforcing Importance of Vaccinating
In another tragic case reinforcing the importance of vaccination, doctors determined that an 11-month-old child suffered a stroke after a mild chickenpox infection. The child was not immunized and had contracted the disease from his older siblings approximately 2 to 3 months prior, reports the Journal of Pediatrics in their August publication focusing on Varicella-Associated […]
Popular Kids’ Breakfast Foods Contain Cancer-Causing Weed Killer Ingredient
We all know we should be feeding our children better foods. In this era of processed and pesticided (not an actual word but seems right here) everything, you’d have to live under a rock to not know that “clean,” organic foods tend to be better for our health than the alternative. (But are they […]