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Body & Mind

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More and more science is pointing to the importance of gut health and how it affects our entire body. It seems every day there are new studies showing...

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When I was down in what felt like an extremely dark hole, I was trying anything and everything to claw myself out. What I now know to be...

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It’s the holiday season, which can only mean one thing…colds are being passed around faster than cards and presents. Each year we use elderberry syrup for winter wellness,...

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Lately, things are extra loud around here.    Our kids are still little enough to rely on us for pretty much everything. Ciro never stops moving, talking, or moving...

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My father remembers from his childhood the day his mother caught him skipping school. Each morning he’d leave his home in the small Italian mountain town of Introdacqua,...

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Ciro loves his big sister, and I don’t think I could stress that enough. He looks to her when he does something funny so he can be sure...

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In my last post I gave my favorite recipe for Instant Pot Spiced Chicken. The next step in this ‘recipe flow’ is to leave the bones from the...

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Penelope’s preschool teacher walked her to my car at pickup, and I could immediately sense something was off. “I bet you’re wondering why Penelope is wearing different pants,”...

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I’ve been going through a period of anxiety. I’ll get to that more in another post, I swear, but for the time being, I want to share something...

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Guys. It is so cold. The type of weather where if you stare at your skin for long enough you can literally watch it crack. I’m a northerner-turned-southerner,...