Grace Archives – Page 6 of 16

Eat Cake, Be Brave, and realize your worth

I’ve received two primary questions by friends this summer:

“Are you taking any vacations?”

and

“Read any good books lately?”

(also often heard: “Mom, what can I eat?” Trail mix, kid. Always trail mix.)

The answer to the first 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.

Six Lessons on Aging Learned from Cars 3

Aging lessons from Cars 3. Turns out a 40-year-old can learn quite a lot from this Pixar movie. Amy Connell | GracedHealth.com

I never expected to learn about aging from an animated children’s movie. Those Pixar creators are pretty sneaky.

Ten years ago, my playroom looked like it threw up the movie “Cars.” My youngest son was OB-sessed with it. Read more

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