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Wellness

Why You Should Throw Out Your Scale

I’ve seen too many people posting about the weight they are gaining in quarantine. They are calling it their “Covid-15” and sliding into a shame spiral because of a new number on a scale.  Friend, now is not the time…

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Faves

5 Key Pieces of Loungewear

I love me some loungewear. Back in the day when we used to freely leave the house, I was the kind of person to come home and immediately switch to comfy pants. Home is for comfort…and comfortable I will be!…

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Food

Best and Worst Kitchen Gadgets

Spending more time in the kitchen these days? There’s nothing like a little social distancing to make my weird obsession a little more pronounced. My weird obsession? I have something to confess. I’m obsessed with kitchen gadgets and appliances.  There are…

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Marriage

How to Stay Married in Quarantine

Happy Coronaversary, guys. It’s been one month since social distancing started for us, and I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog’s Day. (I may be installing a safe room in my next house just so I can exercise in peace,…

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Learn

Here’s the Thing About TikTok

In this weird new locked-down world, we’re all doing things we never imagined. I’m not leaving the house unless I’m in face masks and gloves. I stalk store websites for toilet paper. And here’s the biggest shock: I joined Tik Tok.…

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Learn

5 Ways to Celebrate While Social Distancing

When I asked Penn for a small birthday celebration with the kids weeks before social distancing, I never quite imagined this. I certainly had a nice day. I got to relax with my family and connect with loved ones on…

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Food

Cauliflower Waffles | Quarantine Kitchen

This is the most 2020 thing I’ve ever done: It was weird, it sucked, then it got better.  You guys, if I can make cauliflower into a delicious waffle I think we can survive this year. It’s a weird new world…

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Wellness

Are Introverts Okay Right Now?

In the beginning of this necessary social-distancing mandate everyone joked, “Introverts are made for this.” You’re asking us to sit at home and not leave for months? WE GOT THIS.  We knew our extroverts would be challenged in this weird…

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Wellness

Will You Take the Three-Day Challenge?

It’s time to put down the Quarantini.  Listen, friends. If this sudden, drastic change to your schedule has you feeling out of whack, you’re not alone. Welcome to this weird new world. Pull up a chair, we may be here a…

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Parents, What You’re Doing Is Impossible

[Portions of this blog were taken from a Facebook post written by Dr. Emily King] What parents are being asked to do right now is not humanly possible. Working, parenting, and teaching are three different jobs that cannot be done…

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