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Create a Less Stressful Caregiving Experience
Create a Less Stressful Caregiving Experience
I have done my fair stare of caregiving. I am sure most of you reading this have, as well. For my gran, for my children, for my nieces and nephews, for my friends’ children, for my children’s friends, even for my parents at times. You get the picture. Some
The Sky Is Falling
The Sky Is Falling
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula When I think about the children’s story, “Chicken Little,” I think about this small, intense, reactionary chicken running around exclaiming to everyone that the “sky is falling!” His concerns, no, his sheer panic, is met with everything from rolling
Firsts: For My First Daughter
Firsts: For My First Daughter
I hope that you are having (or have had) a wonderfully restful, fun, joyful, memorable holiday! I am not sure how much rest we’ve gotten, but we sure have had some fun! Big family gatherings, performances and concerts, and successes such as my own grandmother becoming as close to pain-free
Media, Electronics, and Wifi: How Technology is Affecting...
Media, Electronics, and Wifi: How Technology is Affecting Our Youth
by Carla Atherton, Director of the Healthy Family Formula. When I look at how the world has changed in the last 50 years, I am astonished at the speed at which a few aspects of our human existence have become almost unrecognizable in such a short time. In some
Yoga for Health, Life, and Healing
Yoga for Health, Life, and Healing
By Carla Atherton Director of The Healthy Family Formula Let us make health easy once again. Health is a complicated dance, yet, at the same time, is simple, with a select few necessary steps. It involves your physical body, your mental/emotional environment, your spirit, and the connections between all
Your Thriving Child! Event of The Year!
Your Thriving Child! Event of The Year!
Join me, host Elisa Song, and 39 other experts for the children’s health event of the year, the Thriving Child Summit September 18th-24th! Register for FREE here! What’s in store? Join us!
Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 2
Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 2
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula I want to tell you a story. Several months ago, I was speaking with Brenda, our insurance broker, trying to figure out some details about our house insurance when the topic of health came about. For some serendipitous reason, I
Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 1
Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 1
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula When we are moved to create something extraordinary, something that comes fully from who we are, from what gets us out of bed in the morning, from a clear and relentless vision, it often comes out of a place of
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“When my own daughter received an upsetting diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in 2012, my family and I were launched into a new life of needles and doctors and dead ends. And after experiencing the ups and downs of parenting a child with chronic illness and recognizing what was not
30 Reasons to Avoid Fast Food (Like the...
30 Reasons to Avoid Fast Food (Like the Plague)
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula The way we live in our modern world revolves largely around convenience and speed. Sometime in the 50s, advertising displaying machines that did the laundry and packaged dinners that replaced home cooking started to appear everywhere: the promises these ads made
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate Communication
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula So, we are parents. We know a lot and teach our kids how to be in this world. We instruct and convince. We mold and shape. Right? Well, this is what we are taught, anyway, what we are told to
