by Nicole Etolen | Jun 27, 2017 | Health & Beauty, Yummy
This post was sponsored by Eat Smart as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Eating smart and clean shouldn’t be so hard. Yet sometimes, I feel like I need a degree in molecular biology or...
by Nicole Etolen | Jun 21, 2017 | Health & Beauty, Kids & Family
This is a sponsored post for which I’ve received free product and/or compensation, but the opinions are 100% my own. Guess what? School’s out for summer! You totally just sang that song in your head, didn’t you? No more 6AM alarm clocks and 7:05 mad dashes out...
by Nicole Etolen | Jun 14, 2017 | Health & Beauty
There’s kind of a Catch-22 when it comes to chronic pain and exercise. I have horrible back problems, and I know that if I exercised more, I could probably build up some of the muscles, stretch things out a bit and relieve some of the constant pressure. On the...
by Nicole Etolen | Jun 2, 2017 | Health & Beauty
Have you heard about all the health benefits of curcumin? It’s kind of the “spice du jour.” Every few months, a new food pops up as the “wonder food” of the day. Acai berries, kale, pumpkin, even my beloved coffee all had their time in...
by Kristy R | Apr 26, 2017 | Health & Beauty
I don’t sleep enough and I need to know how to get rid of under eye dark circles! There I said it, out loud for the world to hear. Ok maybe that is pretty much everyone, right? While I’d love to think of myself as a beauty blogger, I often opt for the “natural is...
by Nicole Etolen | Apr 21, 2017 | Health & Beauty
Guess what? It’s almost summer! No, really, the little sunshine smiley on my calendar confirmed it. It’s kind of hard to believe, given how chilly it is outside right now. I’m sitting here in fleece jammies with a snuggie wrapped around my shoulders...
by Nicole Etolen | Apr 17, 2017 | Health & Beauty
This post is brought to you by the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). All opinions are my own. Urgent care vs. the ER: how do you know where to go? It’s something I’ve found myself trying to figure out a few times, and more than once I made the...
by Nicole Etolen | Apr 10, 2017 | Kids & Family, Health & Beauty
This post reflects a compensated editorial partnership with Voices for Healthy Kids, a joint initiative of the American Heart Association and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Think PE in schools isn’t important? Think again! Our kids learn so many important life...
by Nicole Etolen | Mar 31, 2017 | Health & Beauty
This post is brought to you by vitafusion™ and L’il Critters™. All opinions are my own. If there’s one thing we parents know, it’s that even the most well thought out, “accounted for everything,” beyond best-laid plans can get blown to...
by Nicole Etolen | Mar 30, 2017 | Health & Beauty
As someone who has struggled with difficulty sleeping most of my life, I find sleep disorders incredibly fascinating. Partially because I have been searching for what makes my own sleep so dysfunctional, and partly because I think it’s just astounding how...