Balance Archives – Page 4 of 13

How 2018 treated my body, mind, and spirit

Graced Health - balanced healthy living with a lot of grace and a little chocolate

The end of the year allows us to pause and reflect. Here's how 2018 treated my body, mind, and spirit. (Spoiler alert: There's good and bad to all of them.) Read more

Keep the focus on your own job – not the model’s

Ah, #teengoals.

One of my teenage memories is cutting out a picture of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen playing beach volleyball and taping it on my bathroom mirror. This was pre-Kelly Kapowski, and before she was every teen boy’s dream girl.

How to accept those last 5 pounds

My youngest child is turning 13. I guess these five(ish) extra pounds isn’t his anymore. They are mine to own.

For years I desperately tried to achieve my pre-pregnancy weight. Counting calories, nutritional pie charts, extra exercise … none Read more

Parenting with sugar, veggies, and grace

I am sitting at my kitchen table watching my boys and some family friends play in the pool. Four teens, throwing water footballs and laying on foam noodles. Laughter abounds and the sun is bright yet brutal. Read more