I wanted a change in my life and in February 2012 I opted to start by attending a 12-week lifestyle class with a nutritionist. She covered aspects of health from nutrition, cleansing, water quality, exercise, and stress relief with a few other topics thrown in and several guest speakers. The first challenge presented was to give...

Buying a house is exciting. Moving from renting to owning or upgrading is something that we all look forward to. My wife, Melanie and I have been saving for a few years now and finally last year in September we had enough savings for a down payment on a home.  It was a great feeling; we...

My Favorite Time of the Year

Earth Day has been observed annually on April 22nd since 1970. Its original founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin Democrat, had a vision to begin a grassroots movement to raise awareness of environmental issues following the Vietnam war.

Any job can be stressful with its own complications, immediate turns and shifting of gears, but having to add an hour and a half (or more) commute to and from work can definitely put some people over the edge.

What do you do for yourself? Self-care is taking care of your inner you. When practicing self-care, you should not beat yourself up when taking “you” time. This means that you don’t give excuses for feeling tired, and pass up a massage that you really need.  Instead, you do it for yourself rather than others once...