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Brown + Healthy


Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Michelle Nelson is a creative entrepreneur who thrives on life and leading with purpose.  She is a speaker, educator, artist, author, and personal trainer who recently relocated to Oakland, CA to share her wealth at Impact Hub Oakland. Michelle is working diligently in the black community to help uplift and empower people to live ...

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Strong as a Mutha


Thursday, May 30, 2019

Jenn DiMarino is the owner of Crossfit Finest in Metuchen NJ.  “Our goal is to help people of all backgrounds, fitness levels, ages, and limitations with their health and fitness goals whatever they may be.” She is a mom of two boys, age 2 and a newborn, and hopes to be a model for kindness ...

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Guideline Hack for Teaching Children Independence: Let Your Child Use the Scissors


Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Raising well-adjusted children is no easy feat. I have received tons of unsolicited advice from just about anyone that decided to share their "opinion". Most often, these "words of wisdom" were delivered to me in response to allowing my child to try certain tasks on her own. When I was teaching my then one year ...

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Managing the Mental Load


Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Becoming a mother has been the most rewarding and challenging experience to date.  As a child, I wondered why my mom was often stressed out and sometimes short tempered.  Fast forward thirty years, and now I totally understand. She was consumed and overwhelmed by the mental load.   I define the Mental Load as the organization ...

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10 Ways to make Summer Learning Fun: Combating The Summer Slide


Tuesday, June 19, 2018

  It is that time of year again, SUMMER BREAK IS HERE!  Children love summer break for it is the time to relax, vacation, swim, sleep till noon, and play video games to their hearts content.  Parents and caretakers are typically relaxed on their daily schedule and believe that Summer Break is when kids take a ...

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I Raise. We Rise.


Monday, January 1, 2018

It is often said that learning about your country's history is a mirror into who you are. But what if the mirror you are looking into, shows   Nothing?     With the significant absence of that reflection in US primary schoolbooks, many young, impressionable children must learn to construct and champion their own realities outside of the classroom in ...

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