• Last updated 5/22/13 by Melanie Mayo

How time away renewed me in my roles as spouse and mother.   By V.K. Harber   My son is about to turn two in just a few short weeks. What?! How and when did that happen? I can remember the night he was born like it was yesterday.   In the grand scheme of things, two years is not a very long time at all, but in the life of a baby two years is the difference between being a helpless adorable blob to a speaking, walking, climbing person who can feed himself, sleep through the night, and build incredibly giant Lego towers, among other things. So, in that sense,... read more

• Last updated Yesterday by Amy Lansky

    Izaak in Rome, overjoyed after finding some gluten-free pasta!   (For more information about homeopathy, please visit www.impossiblecure.com)   Even though I am the author of Impossible Cure, I'm still a "Nervous Nelly" when it comes to my kids' health. When my older son Izaak finished his Master's degree a couple of years ago, he went on an exciting four-month trip around the world before beginning work. While traveling in India, he acquired a nasty intestinal bug. Imagine my panic when I received a call from Nepal. "Mom, I've got... read more

• Last updated 5/13/13 by Melanie Mayo

  We all spend our days trying to be the best mom we can be. That means taking trips to the park, cooking healthy organic meals, homeschooling, cleaning the house and navigating sibling squabbles – and that’s on a slow day! Being a mom can be stressful, and we all have our own strategies.   We asked some of our Mothering Mavens to tell us about their stress levels and how they deal with stress in their lives. They also tried out Herb Pharm’s Stress Manager™ liquid herbal formula to see how that fit into their stress management strategies. Here’s what they had... read more

• Last updated 5/2/13 by JenniO11

We're excited to share this video from Gaia Herbs, produced especially for Mothering!  Check it out to see the beautiful North Caroline farm where Gaia Herbs Kids products are grown and hear an interview with Dr. Mary Bove.  Let us know what you think of the video in the comments!     Visit GaiaHerbs.com to learn more, and check them out on Facebook! read more

• Last updated 4/21/13 by Melanie Mayo

By Shannon Valenzuela   Three Simple Skills to Lower Your Stress Now   As a mother of many who homeschools her kids and has decided to birth a career as a write-at-home-mom, I was feeling all the negative effects of my abundantly full life -- high stress, exhaustion, and a roller coaster of energy flares and burn-outs. I decided that I needed to do something about it -- I had too much to love and enjoy to feel so run-down and out of it! I needed to make some changes...fast.   I read Dr. Sara Gottfried's new book, The Hormone Cure, to fill my idea tank. Her... read more

• Last updated 4/15/13 by Monica S

Most of you know me as someone who writes a lot about the wonders of homeopathy.  But homeopathy isn't just about using remedies to heal -- it's also about staying healthy in the first place. As Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (the developer of homeopathy in the 1800s) said, one must remove "maintaining causes" -- eating and living habits that lead to ill-health. There are also a variety of natural means for restoring health that don't involve the use of remedies. These can be handy if you are on a good constitutional remedy and don't want to interrupt its action with the use of... read more

• Last updated 4/11/13 by JenniO11

At Mothering, we're always looking for natural ways to improve our health - especially the parts of our body that we aren't always comfortable talking about.  Robert Edwards, creator of the Squatty Potty, has developed a simple, all-natural way to improve colon health and ward off hemorrhoids and constipation - squatting!  Read our Q&A with Edward below to learn more.     Q: What is the Squatty Potty and why was it developed?   A: The Squatty Potty is a simple solution to a modern problem. The problem is our modern toilets require we sit to do our... read more

• Last updated 4/5/13 by Melanie Mayo

A great resource for parents and educators of teens and kids living on the spectrum.   By V.K. Harber   April is Autism Awareness Month and Tuesday was Autism Awareness Day. As a yoga teacher I have had the immense privilege of working with children of various ages who exist on the spectrum. It has been, without a doubt, the most rewarding aspect of my work and I am always so touched to see these kids connect in some way that I am told tends to elude them outside of their yoga (and other therapeutic) sessions.   I am not a clinician or an... read more

• Last updated 3/22/13 by SmilinMomma

By Colleen Lowe Smith   My sister and I were never particularly close.  Thirteen months older, we were always on totally different tracks.  She played with dolls, I played in mud.  She had boyfriends, I had band, plays and ski club.  She got married after high school, I went to college.  I learned with remote interest that she was pregnant, and wasn’t there to witness the bump of her belly or the growth ensued over the next nine months.  I was in at school, six hours away, domesticity a foreign concept.  I was a sophomore when I got the call that she was in labor,... read more

• Last updated 3/19/13 by Melanie Mayo

There are a lot of things that make us tired: chasing a toddler, working in or outside the home, being up at night with a new baby, and everything else that makes up being a mom. When we’re pregnant or postpartum, the exhaustion can be exacerbated. In addition, many women suffer from iron deficiency at different times in their lives, which can lead to additional fatigue - and that’s the last thing any mama needs!   The Floradix & Mothering Mavens Focus Group Longtime Mothering sponsor Floradix partnered with the Mothering Mavens to host a focus group to... read more