Show BB008 Quick Guide
Waving your kids off to college is undoubtedly a bittersweet moment. You're proud that your children are on their way to adulthood. Nevertheless, you're saddened by the fact that they'll soon be off in a dorm room with strangers rather than home in their beds.
 
Even though the moment isn't here yet and you're trying to soak up every second available with your children, it's important to plan for what is to come rather than simply ignoring it. Your kids will be in college soon. Therefore, now is the time to develop a plan to help you cope with the sadness of the separation.
 
Here are three techniques to help you prepare for the empty nest:
1. Look forward to enjoying your newfound freedom. While your kids are enjoying their freedom away at college, you too can rejoice in your newfound freedom away from the kids and their limiting schedules. 
 
2. Reconnect with your spouse. After raising the children for so many years, living alone with your spouse is something that may feel new to you again. Now is the moment to feel like newlyweds! Reconnect with one another on a deeper level than you have in the last twenty years or so. 
 
3. Plan a home improvement project. You’re going to have extra room now.  What are you going to do with it? What you do with the room dictates how the  family handles the transition.
 
 
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BB008 - How To Avoid The Empty Nest Crash

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There are 3 main sleep problems you can encounter with your child: Nightmares, Night or Sleep Terrors and Sleep walking.
Nightmares occur in the later part of sleep an hour or two before your child wakes up.  Any child can have nightmares and if your child awakes from a nightmare, you can console her and she will respond to you.
Night terrors occur during deep sleep and your child is not aware of his surrounding and will not respond to you.  When this happens do not try and wake your child, but instead just ride it out. They are not associated with a mental disorder and are harmless unless your child hurts himself while he is moving about.
Sleepwalking also occurs during deep sleep.  The difference here is that your child is not terrified and he can participate in complex movements like dressing him self.  These are also generally harmless unless your child interacts with something hazardous in his environment.  If he does this regularly, you can try scheduled awakenings to break the pattern.
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BB042 - Night Terrors and Other Parasomnias

As a mom it’s not easy to see your child grow from that baby at your breast to a maturing adult.  Not only are they so cute when they are little, they need you for everything.  
 
While it can be a relief to get to the point where your child is less dependent on you, it’s not always easy to watch them distance themselves from you.  You will always be mom, but your role in their lives adjusts over time.  
In this episode, I discuss 5 early signs that your child is on the road to independence and it’s time for you to adjust.
1. They start sharing more things with their friends than with you.
2. Not wanting a lot of parental endearment  
3. Wanting more alone time.  
4. Family time has to include a significant other
5.  They want you to solve their problems without your interference
 
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BB041 – Signs that it’s time to give your child some space

Organic food can mean a number of things and it can feel confusing when trying to make the best decision for your family, when going through the grocery aisles! Let me share with you what Organic means, the different categories, and how it affects your food so you can make the best decision for you and your family. 
When it comes to food, Organic refers to a way of farming where produce is grown without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, genetically modified organisms, or ionizing radiation. With livestock, the animals producing meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products do not take antibiotics or growth hormones. Now I’m sure organic farmers have found ways to grow crops with some sort of natural pest control so they can mass produce.  But going these extra steps costs more money.  This is why organic goods are more expensive.
 
The following 4 categories, for organic labeling, have been established by the USDA. 

100% Organic. All ingredients are certified organic; label has to include the Certifying Agent. These products can use the USDA seal.
Organic. At least 95% or more ingredients are certified organic. USDA Organic seal is used.
Made With Organic Ingredients. Food items contain at least 70% certified organic ingredients. USDA organic seal NOT allowed, and the label must identify organic ingredients used. 
Specific Organic Ingredients.  Product has less than 70% certified organic ingredients. USDA seal NOT allowed. Item cannot be listed as organic; may only list specific and percentage of organic ingredients. 

 
Organic disqualification also includes the use of Irradiation OR Genetically Modified Organisms.
In this episode I talk about the EWG’s list of Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 foods and how you can use these lists to decide what you want to buy organic.
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Do you really need to eat organic?

Show BB038 Quick Guide
There is a natural emotional separation that you must have with your children that’s a part of normal healthy development.  We you send your children off to school and you go to work, it’s easy to feel as though you’re not participating enough in school activities or you’re missing out on key moments.  This feeling is worsened if you child tells you he or she wishes you didn’t have to work so you could be around more.
But the reality is, when you child is young and depending on their temperament, you can never give them enough time.  If they enjoy being around you, they will always want to be around you in a way that’s not realistic or practical.  I mentioned my son would opt to have us stitched together if he could.  That can’t and shouldn’t happen.
This degree of emotional dependence is more applicable to younger kids in elementary school.  Once they get to the tween and teens, they are happy to have you stay away.  So this is a struggle for moms with younger kids.  But know that the remedy is to give them your all when you’re with them and let go of the idea that you need to be doing more.  Because you’ll never reach the threshold of enough.  You can also see yourself as falling short.  
Having a career that you enjoy when your child goes off to college helps you when they leave the home.  You’ll miss them terribly, but being able to continue working and thriving in your job (if in fact you are thriving) helps offset the sense of loss you feel when your child or children leave your home.
Being a mom is tough.  But keep being mom. It’s your nature to love and nurture.  And that nurturing is what makes the world go around.  Everyone needs you. Sometimes all those needs can feel overwhelming.  But meeting those needs, plants the seeds for a lifetime of love and intimacy with your family.  
Think about that as you are honored on this Mother’s day.  Sunday we celebrate moms.  But you are so important that everyday is mother’s day.
So remember, when you feel worn down from all of your responsibilities, know that everything you do for your family has irreplaceable value.
Happy mother’s day to you today and everyday.
 
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BB038 - You Irreplaceable Value as a Mom

Being gluten free is trendy now and it’s easier than ever to find items that are gluten free.  Not everyone needs to be gluten free.  However, there is a clinical entity called non-celiac gluten sensitivity.  If you have this, you don’t have the classic Celiac disease, but may have other problems caused by your sensitivity to gluten.  
If you have headaches, joint pains, digestive problems, excessive fatigue or other physical problems that your doctors can’t seem to get a handle on, you may want to get tested for gluten sensitivity.  If you are gluten sensitive, you can then make an educated decision as to whether or not you want to eliminate gluten from your diet to minimize any damage it is causing you.  
But here’s the catch – to get the maximum benefit, you need to eliminate all sources of gluten and not rely on substituting with gluten-free products. In other words, it doesn’t help to dabble with gluten reduction, you need to be all in. 
For everyone else who is not gluten sensitive, reducing your gluten by eating less grains may make you feel better and lose weight, but don’t be fooled into thinking it’s because you are on a gluten free diet.  Chances are unless you are super-vigilant about checking all sources of gluten, your health benefit from reducing breads probably has nothing to do with gluten.
 
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BB008 - How To Avoid The Empty Nest Crash

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