God Made vs. Man Made: Two Boys and Their Food

Today’s question: How do you get your kids to eat the right foods? The answer: It’s not easy! Initially, I told my kids about “good foods” and “bad foods.”  That quickly backfired as my older son became very anxious when he wanted a “bad” food, but knew he wasn’t supposed to eat it.  Bad mommy.  [...]

Spring Clean Your Body: A Busy Person’s Guide to Detox

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Is it just me, or does the cold and wet season make it really hard to feel productive? We’ve got things to do and no energy. What gives? Although some areas of the country are experiencing an early spring, winter may still be lingering for others. Everything is still dormant, hunkered down, resting. Well, everything [...]

Why My Glass of Yard Debris Tastes so Good

I’m answering YOUR questions!  Keep em’ coming. I want to give you what you are looking for. If you have a nutrition and fitness question, please send it my way. Today’s Question: How do you make your green smoothies NOT taste like grass clippings? I can’t take credit for that hilarious wording. It came verbatim [...]

Snot Blows. Real Food Remedies Rock!

The change of seasons seem to be the prime time for a cold. Winter to spring is the worst. We spend our winters indoors with dry heat and outside in the brisk cold. Our sinuses are completely dried out!  Then, we bring on the rains of the spring, and BAM! REACTIVE MUCUS. Ugh. A good [...]

The Veggies Have Kicked the Can

I’m answering YOUR questions! RADiance is…Veggies!  Veggies in ANY FORM YOU WILL EAT! Today’s question: Are canned vegetables cooked and if so, are the enzymes killed? Listen up: Do you enjoy canned veggies?  Which ones do you use the most?  Share your RAD knowledge in a comment below. Please take a moment and share this [...]

Got NO-Milk? What Alternatives are Best?

I’m taking questions and finding answers! RADiance is… knowledge. Knowledge about your body and what you put in it, on it, and do to it. Let me share the thoughts and knowledge that clutter my brain! Do I know it all? Hell no! But, YOUR questions inspire me to learn more and give you answers. [...]

How About a Little RADiance? Blog Launch TODAY!

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I know it’s been a little quiet over here at 1 Mom’s. I have been busy at work prepping for the launch of my new blog:  RADiant Life Rocks What’s that? Check it out:  When RADiance Goes Awry ***This post will provide a little insight to my lack of blogging in the last two months! [...]

When RADiance Goes Awry

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This IS the year!  The year to inspire a RADiance Revolution to all that want to join me. I was ready to take on a new blog as soon as possible. Nothing could stop me. But something did. LIFE My crazy, chaotic, always-pushing, always-dreaming, juggling-it-all, wanting-to-be-famous, life. It all came to a head about a [...]

Vegans for Good? What we learned from our month of no meat.

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Okay, so truth be told, this is a slightly delayed post. Life happens…even the RAD life has glitches. To catch you up, my husband embarked on a month-long journey with his fire department to try the Vegan lifestyle.  The movie, Forks over Knives, was the inspiration for this challenge. Rip Esselstyn is the son of [...]

No Meat for the Month: Firehouse Vegan Challenge

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You’ve seen them, you know them: the “Is there any dairy, whey, casein, eggs, or oil in that?” folk. That would be a Vegan. The Vegan lifestyle is one that is devoid of all animal products for ethical, spiritual, or dietary reasons. It takes common vegetarianism to a new extreme with an additional ban on [...]