Author: Brandi
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When Gratitude Isn’t a Good Thing
This week is Thanksgiving. While we’re inundated with everything food related, there’s something else that’s celebrated as much as a traditional turkey dinner and all its dressings. Gratitude. While being grateful has its place, there are times when gratitude is not only unwelcome, but can be a source of pain. Gratitude journals, saying, “Thank you,”…
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Container Fun: Indoor Activities for Toddlers
It’s cold out. Maybe it’s snowing where you are. But even in Hawaii where we live, it’s cold and rainy so we’re spending more time indoors. It’s hard sometimes to keep them busy. Here are a few ideas that have kept my boys entertained, at least for a little while. Rainy Day Band What’s there…
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What it’s Really Like at Wanderlust…
A few years ago, I decided to drive myself up to Turtle Bay so I could experience what many people traveled here for. I was a new parent and exhausted so the idea of silence seemed like pure bliss. I wrote an essay about what it was like and thought it might help those of…
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Tricks to Stop Your Kids (and you) from Overindulging in Treats This Halloween
MINDFUL EATING TRICKS TO MINDFULLY TREAT! guest post by: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Use the word, “treat” not candy and put it an opaque jar so you don’t see it. A recent study in the 2015 journal of appetite found that children of a lower BMI associated holidays with specific foods. They hypothesized that children with parents…
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Hawaii Inspiring Writer & Family Man: Chad Pata
If you read Hawaii publications, you’ve probably read one of his stuff. If you’re like me, you’ve not only read his articles, you’ve been wowed by it. If you’re also a writer, you might even have got distracted a little and thought, “Man I wish I wrote like that!” I have. And then, I got…
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Cozying Up to Fall
I used my recent handmade pineapple cozy to cover my coffee cup the other day. It was kind of nice to say, “No thanks,” to the extra cup and cardboard sleeve. Another bonus? I find sewing stress-relieving. Maybe if I keep this up, I won’t have to spend another week here, although I wouldn’t mind it…
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3 Childhood Myths That Prevent Happiness
Growing up your parents did their best. They wanted you to listen, be kind and for goodness sakes don’t hurt anyone! With that in mind, we grew up learning general beliefs about the world that may have helped us survive as children, but block us from true happiness as adults. Here are three ways your…