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School blues? Try these seven OTC hacks (read: rules) – depending on the age of the child, and the intensity of school hate!

“But I don’t want to go to school” – a dreaded, often chronic line that most parents wish they never heard or will never hear in the future. Unfortunately, most, if not all, parents do face this situation, repeatedly and in varied extremes. So how does one deal with a child, of any age, not wanting to go to school or having school stress?

Parenting is stressful. Of course, it has positive aspects that greatly overpower the negative, but there is no doubt that raising another human being to be healthy, happy, and successful can take a toll on your mental well-being. And more studies are showing that your own mental well-being should be a priority when raising children.

Ever find yourself lying in bed, wide awake and staring at the ceiling? A night without 40 winks can be pretty frustrating, so here are five ways to make sure another restless period never enters your bedroom again.

As a citizen of this world and member of society, it is highly likely that you have felt wronged by someone before. We humans are imperfect at best and at our worst can be selfish, cruel and act in blatant disregard of others. Of course, these wrongs run the gamut in both duration and gravity. Some of us may have had traumatic experiences in our lifetime that were inflicted by someone intentionally.

The idea of a vacation helping you to refresh your brain and recharge your battery is a universally accepted one, and with good reason…

Aloe vera is one of nature’s miracles. It is the first thing you grab when you’ve spent a little too much time in the sun. You thank it for soothing your skin, but do you know what else this succulent plant can do? Aloe vera has been called “plant of immortality” and rightfully so. Aloe vera contains essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that can do wonders for the body both internally and externally. Beyond treating sunburns, aloe vera can provide relief and boost your health in ways you never expected.

Also known as sun-eating, the practice of staring into the sun at sunrise and sunset is an age-old technique for stimulating the pineal gland, fostering health and reaching beyond current states of limited thinking and the way one experiences life.

A well-fed bee is a happy bee, say biologists at Queen Mary University of London. Any beekeeper who truly loves honeybees can distinguish a happy hive from a sad one. The song that emanates from the honeybee community tells all.

Living alone may sound like fun, but sometimes it just brings about an intense loneliness. How to avoid that…

When I moved off-grid, learning how to bake in a wood cook stove was a little tricky for me in the beginning. I learned that there is a whole process to baking you don’t get to experience with modern day stoves.

There are a few different ways you can bake using fire. You can even bake without an oven as long as you have a good bed of hot coals. Today I am going to share with you 4 different ways to bake using fire that I have had personal experience with.