This article is from The National Wellness Institute: Improve your friendships, make new friends and improve your health The Mayo Clinic offers the following suggestions to improve your mental state by focusing on relationships and friendships. Most importantly, they offer several suggestions to strengthen relationships as well as ways to make new friends. Why friendships […]
After purchasing Sonrisa four years ago, we undertook a major remodeling effort, placing a priority on eco-friendly building materials. At that time, some green materials were difficult to find and relatively expensive, but we were happy with the results. As our business grew and people embraced our eco friendly services and products we ran out […]
Our Golden Retriever, Charlotte died several years ago of cancer and at the time she was diagnosed the veterinarian advised us that she likely contracted it from exposure over the years to lawn chemicals. She used to love rolling in the grass and sleeping in the flower beds before running back into the house. While […]
Today is the last day for National Fruits and Vegetables Month but we can enjoy nature’s bounty until harvest. Sometimes nature tries to make things simple for us to pursue a more healthy diet. Last week I ran across a short article on how the shape, structure and even the color of some common fruits […]
A recent USA Today headline read “Friendship Really Can Get Better With Age”. The author began by saying that she didn’t imagine back in the 1970’s that the relationships she was building then would still be strong, and growing decades later. Like sisters in many ways. I can relate to that. I am fortunate […]
Still on the travel topic I want everyone to be prepared for emergencies while traveling. This article from the National Wellness Institute: Keep a Survival Kit in Your Car No car should be without a survival kit of items that you might need in the event you’re in an accident, run out of gas, have […]
On the road again and trying to eat healthy!!! Whether you are traveling for vacation or business, road trips can wreck havoc on your desire to eat healthy. Best-case scenario you will find a grocery store with a salad bar and healthy prepared food for you to choose, but too often fast food chains are […]
Wonderful information to help your skin proving that beauty goes deeper than the skin! I loved this article on healthy diets for beautiful skin : http://www.themedguru.com/20110114/feature/winter-diet-gorgeous-skin-86143304.html
I wanted to share this article from The National Wellness Institute Beat the Winter Maladies: Four Good Ideas Along with the winter season comes cold and flu season. This is the time of year when drinking plenty of fluids, getting an adequate amount of sleep, and dressing appropriately are extremely important. Although these three suggestions […]
Time to detox- everything A new year and a new you after overindulging from Thanksgiving to New Years I know that I need to detox and here are tips for detoxing that are tried and true: 1- Lemon juice squeezed into a pitcher of water; try to consume the juice of half a lemon daily. […]