One of the easiest changes you can make when it comes to health and happiness with your family is laughing more. It costs nothing, takes little time, and who doesn’t love a good laugh? In my forthcoming book, 52 Small…...
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Recently, I watched this video by Alex Jone’s Prison Planet. Scary is the short way to describe it. Although I haven’t done a tremendous amount of research on this topic, I do know that we have a lot to be…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Eco-Living, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: biology, food and drink, Food Supply, organic food, Prison Planet
by Terri Trespicio for meQuilibrium The holidays present us with a formidable challenge: Walk into a room filled with people you know too well. Add equal parts expectation, judgment, and defensiveness, plus mounting levels of stress, and you’ve got an…...
Posted in Family Health, Mind-Body Tagged with: family, family relationships, holiday dinner table, stay sane, stress management
The list of reasons to NOT exercise on Christmas Day seems endless. For starters, time is especially tight; between the shopping, the cooking, the driving and family commitments, we are lucky if we can get in enough time to brush…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Fitness Tagged with: christmas, Christmas Day, exercise, Exercise Regimen, morning exercise, physical exercise, Reasons To Exercise, self care
A week or so ago, I spoke to a bereavement group about staying healthy and happy through the holidays. As you might suspect, the discussion quickly moved from holistic wellness (mind, body and spirit) to a more focused discussion on…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Mind-Body Tagged with: Deal With Holiday, Grief, Grieving At The Holidays, holiday, Holiday Celebrations, the holiday
Small changes really add up to make a big difference in one’s health and well-being. Every week I provide one of my favorite small changes for you to incorporate into your life. Today’s change: Eliminate Artificial Colors from Your Diet…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Nutrition, Small Changes Tagged with: a healthy diet, Artificial Color, Artificial Dyes, Big Change, change, Color Of Food, colors, food, Healthy Changes, healthy diet, Hyperactivity, Peanut, Small Changes, The Color Of Foods
If you haven’t heard of the Non-GMO Project yet, it might be time to tune in. GMOs, or “genetically modified organisms,” are plants or animals created through genetic engineering, that merges DNA from different species, creating unstable combinations of plant,…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Eco-Living, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: agriculture, bioengineering, biology, biotechnology, canola, environment, environmental issues, food and drink, genetic engineering, genetically modified, genetically modified food, genetically modified organism, genetically modified organisms, gmo, gmo risks, modified organisms, non gmo, non gmo project, organic food, project, project list, project offers, project seal, the non gmo project
For parents looking for healthier options for Halloween, there’s good news: tons of brands are providing healthier options. Watch my segment on Better Connecticut on how to make your Halloween Party and/or Trick-or-Treating treats healthier. Regardless if you are shopping…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Entertaining, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: almond, cookie, dried fruit, food, food and drink, fruit snack, gluten free diet, Halloween, halloween bunny, halloween party, healthy halloween party, natural products, perfect treats, pumpkin, snack foods, the halloween party, treat, treats healthy, trick or treat, trick or treating, types of chocolate
Yesterday (Thursday, September 12th), the New York City Board of Health approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal limiting the size of sugary drinks sold in many venues (restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts) to 16 ounces. The vote was…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: ban, city, city board, health, health issues, mayor bloomberg, medicine, michael bloomberg, new york city, Nutrition, obesity, obesity in the united states, public health, social issues, soda, soda tax, soft drink, sugar addiction, sugary drinks, the ban, york city
Back-to-school goes hand-in-hand with shopping for school-supplies. Today, there are so many great companies offering greener, more eco-friendly options for parents, that it seems crazy NOT to take the green route for school supplies. Further, it is a great excuse…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Eco-Living, Family Health Tagged with: backpack, biodegradation, craft supplies, dielectrics, eco-friendly, friendly school, phthalate, plastic, plasticizers, plastics, polyvinyl chloride, recyclable materials, school, school goes, school school, school shopping, school supplier, supplies, supply shopping
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