CommunitiesReading Ingredients: Tales from a Health-Conscious Mom 
I'm a crunchy mama living in a chewy kind of world. Committed to holistic health and nutrition, I aim to share my insights about flower essences, homeopathy and gluten-free diets, to name a few of the alternative approaches that this green mom has used to get healthy and keep her family healthy.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Homemade Stock for Colds, and Cold Days
posted at 4:04 p.m.
Tips on how to make a healthy, nutrient-dense chicken stock
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Media-Shy Mom, TV-Addicted Toddler
posted at 7:18 p.m.
A mom who tries to avoid media overexposure admits her son's first addiction to a DVD.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
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Caring about Our Food, Whatever It Is
posted at 11:05 a.m.
A former vegetarian mom is reminded that, no matter what you eat, the important thing is a respect for the food we take into our bodies.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Gluten-Free Mom Tries to Avoid the Holiday Crumb Trail
posted at 8:04 p.m.
A question often asked more of religion than nutrition: how does a mom stay true to her (real food) values without looking judgmental or critical of other approaches?
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
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Let the Fever Go
posted at 7:47 p.m.
At a time when everyone you know is sick -- including, probably, your children -- resist the urge to break out the Tylenol and the distracting DVDs and instead treat illness with a mellow mood and patience.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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The Simple Power of Ritual
posted at 11:10 p.m.
A mom who could use an education in learning how to pause takes a lesson from at a Waldorf school ritual called Advent Garden.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
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Soothing a Preschooler’s Spirit: Craniosacral Therapy
posted at 12:20 a.m.
When habits morph into obsessions, and intensity into anxiety, I take my son to therapy: craniosacral therapy.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
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Thanksgiving Chez Moi - B.Y.O.Bread
posted at 3:49 p.m.
A gluten-free mom with a gluten-free son reflects on hosting wheat-loving guests and not getting uptight.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Redefining "Healthy" School Lunch
posted at 10:53 a.m.
Michelle Obama may smile about garden burgers, whole wheat buns, and low-fat milk, but I get a headache just by reading the ingredient lists.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Making a Case for Raw Milk
posted at 5:56 p.m.
I'm no expert, but the people who are make compelling arguments against pasteurized milk.
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This holistic mom dreams of a day when all kids -- and adults -- eat foods with only recognizable ingredients. Paying attention is not an option for me; it's a necessity.
A few years ago, my body started breaking down and let me know I wasn’t like all those other Jessicas who were still in their twenties. I began making the rounds of alternative health practitioners and nutritionists to deal with stomach problems, thyroid problems, chronic grumpiness, and infertility, issues that my doctors weren't addressing with any success. With a lot of help and a bunch of lifestyle changes, I managed to work my way back to healthy and happy. And pregnant!
Now a full-on convert to natural family living and a mom to a three-year-old, I’m on a mission to share my insights -- and my persistent questions -- about nutrition and holistic health with other moms and with anyone else looking for something that will work and feel good when other stuff doesn’t. As a leader of a local chapter of Holistic Moms Network, I've tried to build a community that supports other parents in making healthy decisions for their families.
My writing has appeared in parenting publications and poetry journals. I blog about life on the alternative/mainstream divide at Crunchy-Chewy Mama, and I'm a contributor for DC Metro Moms.