As you all know, I am a certifying doula. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t know what a doula actually is and what she does. A doula is a professional who is trained in childbirth who provides emotional, physical and informational support to the mother who is pregnant, laboring, or has recently given birth. The actual word “doula” is a Greek word that means “woman’s servant.” A doula does not take the place of an OB/GYN or Midwife. I will not catch babies or perform any type of medical exams. I don’t take the place of your husband or partner…
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What is the thing you have the hardest time with when it comes to getting in shape? Working out? Eating healthy? Portion control? Lack of time? Guess what?! I have a program that has all of those things covered. This program is just 21 days long, comes with short 30 minute a day workouts, a meal planning guide and food containers to help you with portion control. This system takes the guess work out of everything! A childhood friend of mine decided to try out 21 Day Fix after having her baby. Within 21 days of following the workout schedule,…
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*disclaimer*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Who needs expensive pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks when you can have a pumpkin spice shakeology? It’s less expensive and you know the ingredients you are getting are non-gmo. This is becoming a new favorite Shakeology recipe of mine. Here is the recipe: 1/2 tsp coconut extract 1/2 cup unsweetened pumpkin 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 cup cold coffee 1 scoop chocolate or chocolate vegan shakeology Blend all of the ingredients together and enjoy! Want to order Shakeology? Visit my web site to order.
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We are in day 2 of our Blue Ridge Parkway adventure. We started our day by taking a short drive from Asheville into the Pisgah National Forest in search of Looking Glass Falls. On our way to the falls we stopped in at the ranger station. Inside the ranger station is a small nature exhibit. Just outside the ranger station there were several hummingbirds flying around and drinking from the hummingbird feeder. The kids loved watching the hummingbirds. We rarely get to see hummingbirds at home and when we do see them they are so fast we only see them…
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It’s Labor Day weekend! And guess what?! We don’t have any plans at all! No dinner plans, meetings or events we promised to attend. We are FREE!! So what do we do with this free time? We decided to take a chance with no hotel or campsite reservations and head to North Carolina to take one of our all time favorite drives on the Blue Ridge Parkway and do a little hiking along the way. This is my report on day 1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We started on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Maggie Valley, NC. I have…