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June 2, 2016 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Let me start by saying that I do work out. Well, when I’m not recovering from knee surgery. So …
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Category: The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: benefits of exercise, exercise empower, exercise healthy, exercise mood, exercise weight, haes, health at every size, why exercise, work out for life
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February 4, 2016 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
I’d wanted to take a self-defense class with my daughter for years, but something kept holding me back. I thought, What …
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Category: The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: Anne Kuzminsky, college campus rape, girls self defense, No Means No Worldwide, protecting the gift, rape culture, self defense, why learn self defense
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April 16, 2015 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
The perfect body bucket list If you’re like most people, you probably have a running list of things you’d like …
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Category: The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: after baby abs, age with grace, body love, exercise, exercise injury, exercise pain, exercise to feel good, health, high intensity exercise, high intensity interval training, HIIT, how to love the body you have, how to love your body, perfect body, self love, surrender to aging, what can i do to love my body, wrinkles, yoga
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October 21, 2014 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Here’s a crazy idea: Maybe your kids know what’s best for them. I’ve been wrestling with this one for years. …
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Category: Homeschooling, The Lovin Spoonful, Waldorf Education
| Tags: flower essence behavior, flower essence children, homeopathy children, let kids make their own decisions, public school, waldorf school, waldorf school not for everyone, when kids know what's best, when should kids be allowed to make decisions
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April 23, 2014 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
I’ve been inconsiderate. My daughter sometimes protests when I say, “Oh! I have to share that on Facebook!” It’s not …
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Category: The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: embarrassing my children, respecting children, respecting children's privacy, sharing kids information, talking about kids on facebook, talking about your kids on the internet, what's ok to share on the internet, why it's not ok to post about your children
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December 6, 2013 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
My kids have been growing up blissfully slowly. They go to a Waldorf school, where the teachers and other parents …
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Category: The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: how to talk to children about santa, how to talk to kids about santa, how to tell kids about santa, is santa real, kids asking if santa is real, santa love, santa peace, spirit of santa, what to tell kids about santa, who is santa
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November 19, 2013 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
You consult with the class teacher before purchasing gifts for your child. You lament that you never learned to knit …
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Category: Eco Kids, Natural Family, The Lovin Spoonful, Waldorf Education
| Tags: anthroposophical doctor, anthroposophical medicine, anthroposophy, bread day, farm trip, how to tell a waldorf kid, knit in school, pentatonic scale, Waldorf education, why teach knitting, why waldorf kids don't watch tv
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September 19, 2013 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
My child’s lunchbox was recently the subject of some scrutiny, so I’m sharing this letter that I wrote to the …
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Category: Natural Family, The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: don't judge other people's food choices, eating disorders, food as a community builder, food judgment, go nuts almond butter, healthy lunch box options, judge not, kids looking at kids lunches, nutella, parents judging what kids eat
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July 1, 2013 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Feeling like a bad Mommy because you wake your kids early to get your workout in? I was, until I …
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Category: CrossFit, The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: cool workout clothes, crossfit, crossfit 401, crossfit chalk, crossfit kids, crossfit strong kids, empower girls, girl power, girls lifting weights, healthy kids, healthy moms, kid entrepreneurs, kids work out, moms exercise, moms of girls, strong moms, strong moms strong kids, weights, women lifting weights
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April 27, 2013 by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Recently, my friend and colleague, Winnie Abramson of Healthy Green Kitchen, wrote a post about why the Paleo diet didn’t …
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Category: Practically Paleo, The Lovin Spoonful
| Tags: internet ethics, paleo critics, paleo. why paleo didn't work, spread the love, we are all connected