10 ways to make it easier to work-from-home with kids this summer.

It is June and kids are out of school, they are excited to be out and parents everywhere now have to figure out what to do these next few months with the kids home. If you are a work-from-home parent, you have it even more challenging since you now have to share your house / home office with kids who are now without a school schedule to follow. Here are 10 tips that can help you navigate these next few months if you are planning on keeping them home this summer. Give them a schedule. It does not have to …

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New Year, New Opportunities!

I am always excited at the beginning of a new week, new month and specially a New Year! I like to think about the many possibilities for change and to better myself in all aspects of life. I invite you to invest in yourself in 2021. Whether it is to continue your education, learn new skills, improve your mental or physical health, or start a small business! I love working for myself, I like the flexibility in my schedule and the opportunity to work from home specially in today’s pandemic situation. If you want to earn a few extra dollars …

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Makeup trends and your EYE health

Let’s face it, most women from any age group, we feel we should “enhance our beauty” with the help of makeup. For most, wearing makeup is part of our daily routine, and we never think about how wearing makeup may impact our health. I recently went to my yearly eye checkup, and besides learning that my eyes need a slight stronger prescription, I learned a lot regarding the effects of certain makeup trends and the health of the eye. My Optometrist (who initially had a chuckle when I mentioned I would be creating a blog post regarding our conversation), thought …

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Portion Control or Body Shaming?

These plates are in the news today. Portion control tableware by a company called Pourtions, are the latest topic in social media regarding body shaming. These set of plates, bowls and wine glasses caused quite a stir when this Twitter post went viral: Alie Ward saw the plates at a Macy’s and asked the store in a twitt to ban them from the store, to which Macy’s replied they would! We have seen portion control plates in the past, I even remember certain federal nutritional programs gifting portion control plates, so what is the big deal about these plates? Here …

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Choose Those Who Choose You

When we were little making new friends was much easier. Kids by nature are welcoming, curious and willing to talk to other kids simply because they enjoy playing together. As we grow older it becomes harder to organically find new people we can just pick up as strangers and start friendships. There are more issues to consider such as the whos, the whys and the whens. It can be exhausting to feel excluded, ignored or simply just passed on. But the key is to open our hearts and zoom into those individuals who show us they are available and willing …

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