Congrats to my parents who have been plant-based for 9 months!

They've been busying cooking out of my cookbooks and taking pictures to share their thoughts with all of you. After I asked them to comment on each recipe (you'll quickly realize their favorite word is "excellent"!) this is what they said when I asked them to reflect on the last 9 months:

"We're finally really enjoying what we are eating. Before it was like "oh we're …

Scott's been a GTD'er for a long time and it's finally starting to rub off on me (I even bought the book to read on my trip!). GTD stands for Getting Things Done a popular work model and time management system created by David Allen. 

Anyway, the one practice Scott has been trying to get me to adopt is having anactionable to do list. The idea is to break the goal down into smaller, actionable bits, so it …

Looking for healthy alternatives to hand out to kiddos? Here are some food and non-food ideas I found in the October issue of Healthy Beginnings lifestyle magazine.

Non-Food Items

Halloween Stickers
Temporary Tattoos
Bouncy Balls
Bubbles
Glow Sticks
Whistles
Lip Smackers

Food Items:

Dried Fruit (i.e. boxes of raisins)
Annie's fruit snacks (what my mom gives out)
Trail Mix
Dark Chocolate 
Pretzels
Trader Joe's Brown Rice Marshmallow Treats (vegan and individually wrapped)
100% Juice boxes
Pirate's Booty
Emergen-C …

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I first heard about "pH balance" when I was a lifeguard at a pool during college — I had no idea pH balance also applied to my own body! That information came to me years later. 

I first heard about pH balance and the body when I was reading Thrive  back in 2008. My eyebrows shot up almost immediately and within a few pages, I put the book down, never quite completing that chapter. It was just too …