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At The Farmers Market: Blueberry Bonanza

Summer = farmers markets. You can’t walk through the farmers markets in New Jersey in June without seeing blueberries in every direction.  Piles and piles of blueberries stacked on tables over here and over there. Blueberries, blueberries everywhere.  What’s not to love about those little, baby blues?  Eating blueberries regularly seems to help protect the […]

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What Do You Keep In Plain View?

What are you looking at? Did you know that the Plain View Doctrine may be your answer to reaching your health, fitness and lifestyle goals?  Just as items in a police officer’s plain view may be admitted into evidence under the right circumstances, strategically leaving things in plain view is a game changer.  You can […]

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Res In Peace

Is it peaceful in your work space? Your office is where you spend all day doing your thing.  Your work thing.  How well are you able to do that there?  Many of us start the day focused and motivated to cut a chunk out of our to-do list, but then, by mid-morning, you’ve lost your […]

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Snack Time: Trail Mix

How often do you reach for a snack during the day? Keeping a jar of trail mix in your desk is a great way to avoid raiding the candy jar when the late afternoon slump hits. Did you ever buy a sack of packaged trail mix and you pick through to avoid the things you […]

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At the Farmer’s Market: Sugar Snap Peas

It’s farmer’s market season, so we’re going to bring you some of our favorites.  Up first?  Sugar snap peas.   Summer is a great time to enjoy fresh, crisp raw veggies.  Tired of raw carrots and celery sticks? Try naturally sweet raw (or lightly steamed) sugar snap peas with hummus, your favorite dip or as […]

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How To Get Time On Your Side

Excuse me, do you have the time? Do you ever wonder how you will possibly accomplish all that you plan to do in a day, week or month?  Do you always feel like time is slipping away from you?  Where does the time go?  Does time really fly?  We all know people who manage to […]

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Sensing Scents That Soothe Your Mood

Your nose can detect thousands of different scents.  In an instant, your smell receptors send information about aromas to your brain where the messages get sorted.  Certain smells can make you calm, energize you, relax you enough to put you to sleep or stimulate you to perk you up.  Different smells can ease your pain, […]

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Are You Your Top Priority?

Where do you fall on your to-do list? Whether in summer camp, on a high school sports team or on a work project, you’ve probably heard the saying, there is no “I” in team. Well there is an “I” in prioritize, actually three of them.  So why not use your two eyes and take a […]

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Squid Pro Quo

Do you ever find yourself in a food rut?   Are you eating on autopilot, having the same breakfast, lunch and dinner every day?  You’re not alone.  Many people eat the same dozen foods again and again.  Expanding your food rotation has many benefits. Variety is the spice of life, after all! If you always eat […]

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Busy-ness v Business

How often do you find yourself talking about how busy you are with someone who is also explaining, in cumbersome detail, their overloaded schedule?  These conversations take the form of a competition with the prize going to the most overwhelmed.  The prize, of course, is stress, lack of self-care, minimum time with loved ones and […]

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