Article Archive for Health Minded Parenting

9 ways to be grateful for what nature and nurture provide you

Spring’s renewal makes us grateful for the presence of both nature and nurture. We celebrate Mother Earth for her ability to fade...

How to make food coloring from actual foods

The ways we celebrate Easter today combine many ancient traditions focusing on rebirth and renewal, both of which have been...

Get a new shape for the new year!

If “get fit” or “lose weight” top your list of New Year’s resolutions, you’re not alone: January is one of the busiest times of...

Kick Off the Year with Health-Minded Resolutions

Many of us do it year after year: come up with lofty New Year’s resolutions that end up being discarded before the end of...

Spooky DIY tricks

Half the fun of Halloween used to be raiding the dress-up trunk and scouring the house for cast-off, oversized and eclectic hats...

Bouncing their way to better grades!

When balance balls were originally developed in the 1960s for physical therapy purposes, who knew that one day they'd be...

Simple ways to reduce your child's exposure to hazardous pollutants

If we all join forces with other concerned parents in our communities, we can force school officials to do a better job of...

Asanas to ease your pregnancy

When you get pregnant, suddenly every single thing you do affects a tiny person you haven't even met yet. So working out raises...

Which brands are best and ways to keep your children's skin (and lungs) safe

A Q&A with EarthTalk; reprinted with permission Isn’t spray-on sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems...

Should we vaccinate our children?

Watch our Gaiam TV Inspirations interview with author Suzy Miller on GaiamTV.com!I am frequently asked if I believe that...