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  • Together Counts: because, some of us parents need all the help we can get (ahem!)

    As a mom, with 20+ years of experience in trying NOT to mess up her kids, I feel it safe to tell you that the secret to balance is really quite simple, because there is NO secret: balance is all a matter of perspective.  

    Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, for a family of 6, while running in twice as many different directions (sometimes, all in the same day) without one (or all) of us experiencing the proverbial crash and burn is a challenge my family and I face, every single day.

    TogetherCountsBadgeThat is why I am very honored to have partnered with the good folks at  Together Counts — a program inspiring active and healthy living through energy balance — as a contributing blogger to the Together Counts blog for 2013.  In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of our contributions for the last year:

     

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  • Together Counts: Desperately Seeking Healthy Living Through Energy Balance

    TogethercountsAs a mom of 3 teens and with our youngest insisting that I quit calling her the baby (she’s turning 12 this year, enough said!) I feel it safe to tell you that the secret to balance is really quite simple, because there is NO secret: balance is all a matter of perspective.  

    Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, while running in 6 different directions (sometimes, all in the same day) and having to plan meals around our collectively busy schedules — not to mention, those late night, last-minute school projects, due yesterday — without one (or all) of us experiencing the proverbial crash and burn is a challenge my family and I face, every day.

    That is why I am very honored to partner with TogetherCounts.com as an ambassador and contributor blogger to the Together Counts blog for 2013.

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