Getting back into Shape after BABY

It's been a whirlwind after having a baby 8 months ago. I had a full term baby that passed away a week after she was born so not only is this loss hard in itself, but I still have to go through the same body changes that moms who have living babies do. My experience …

Enjoying Postpartum Days of Sloth

Postpartum is a very sensitive time in a woman’s life. It’s not only sensitive for the woman, but the baby and the partner. But for our purposes, let’s just focus on the woman. For centuries women have been underestimated and for that we’ve come a long way. Sure, we know that. Feminism woo! Equal rights …

Book Review: Ani Phyo’s 15-day fat blast

Years ago, before the raw food movement and veganism became what it is now, I was introduced to Ani Phyo, raw food author, chef, whole food and sustainable-agriculture advocate. Ani was doing the damn thing before all the fake ass vegans like Rawvana, Fully Raw Kristina, or Raw Alignment popularized veganism to make themselves rich. …

Honest Portrayal of a postpartum loss experience

I’ve been avoiding writing about the loss of my child like the plague, but as time goes by, I find that it’s one of the only ways to keep her alive. I’ll be honest and say that I don’t even know how to tell this story. So much has happened within the past 4.5 months. …

The possibility of an easier pregnancy

I am seven months pregnant with my first baby. This is the first time I've been pregnant and I'll be 34 when I have this kid. I'm happy to be older having a baby because I've had a chance to do many things and grow stronger physically, mentally, and emotionally. I think these things have …

5 ways to Compost emotions

In the spirit of cleansing out/cleaning for the new year, I went through my internet favorites bar, deciding what I was still interested in, had done or already read, and I came across this article "How to grieve, rage, and move on," by Dr. Christiane Northrup about healing from our drama from the past. We always hear that …

Re-growing food from scraps

I am obsessed with gardening. If you would have told me this was going to happen a year ago, I would have thought you were crazy, but now I'm a freaking gardener and loving every minute. My hands are always dirty, I find my heart skipping a beat every time I see a Home Depot or nursery, and …

How gardening can prevent abusive environments

So I was driving home from one of the school gardens I work in, deep in thought about "Figaro," a certain Fig tree we transplanted last week (The kids gave him that name). I'm often deep in thought after leaving this particular garden because it needs so much work. Since I only visit it once a …

Building legacy with our own two hands

So the other day I was looking at my instagram and saw this post by one of my favorite people, Julien Kang, an inspirational mma fighter/actor/model who also happens to be very handsome 🙂 . He listed the hashtag, "realman" so I checked it out and saw all these cool posts about what some people think …

What we can learn from garden compost

Yesterday was my day to work with the kids in the garden. It was a sad day when we discovered that the insides of our compost bin are no Bueno, and we have to start over. Almost three months of work down the toilet. Life can get super symbolic sometimes. When I got home, I dug deep in …