Thanksgiving doesn’t have to kick-off a month of unhealthy eating for your family. The holiday season provides the perfect opportunity to make healthier choices for your family meal. Try the following tips to ensure a healthy and delicious Thanksgiving meal
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Archive for the Category ◊ Holidays ◊
• Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Category: Holidays, Parenting, Children & Family
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• Monday, October 24th, 2011
Halloween is about more than just a competition to see who brings home the most candy. Instead of focusing on the sugary side of this scare-fest, try working with your kids to build lasting memories that focus on healthier Halloween staples like pumpkins, creative costumes and haunted houses.
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
When you think of holidays, you probably think of family.
And that’s what makes holidays so tough for step families. At this time of year, couples in a remarriage with children might be feeling…imperfect. For example, they might be polarized — he misses his kids, while she hopes they won’t treat her like the maid when they show up. She wants to buy her 25-year old’s plane ticket to come for a holiday visit — he thinks she spoils her kids and young adults should pay their own way.
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
Each New Year brings pledges that this is the year that you and your family will be healthy and fit. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, has some tips to help you kick off the year with a healthy start.
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
The holiday season has begun. That means parties, big family dinners and sweets tempting you from every corner. So, while the holiday season can be full of joyous experiences it can also be a truly stressful time – bringing with it the fear of stepping on the scale once the New Year rolls around. However, there’s some good news – most people don’t gain as much weight during this time of year as they might think. But, the bad news is that the weight gained during the festive season turns into an unwanted gift that can’t be returned.
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
For many parents, even the thought of holiday shopping is enough to make their blood pressure quickly rise. In addition to the financial pressures that come along with purchasing gifts for what seems to be a growing number of people each year, parents often feel pressure to buy bigger and better gifts and to be sure that those gifts don’t leave their children with the slightest hint of disappointment come Christmas morn.
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Category: Holidays, Monthly columns, Parenting, Children & Family, The Coaches Corner
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
The holiday shopping days are quickly disappearing. Still struggling to find gifts for those people on your “hard to shop for” list? Instead of another tie for your dad or music CD for your sister, why don’t you give them a truly unique and invaluable gift? Give them the gift of improved health and fitness.
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Category: Health, Holidays, Parenting, Children & Family, Self-Help
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
Contrary to what we’ve been told, most holiday stress is completely unnecessary. Just because holiday stress is normal doesn’t mean it’s natural. If your holidays feel more like “stress on steroids” than “peace on Earth,” take a deep breath and follow these 5 tips to avoid a holiday meltdown:
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• Monday, December 06th, 2010
The holiday season is quickly approaching and many of us are preparing for this joyous time of the year. Some may embrace the holidays with cheer, hope, and thanksgiving while others may embrace the season with burden, anxiety, and personal failure. This article addresses three ways you can overcome anxiety and depressed mood during the holidays.
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