What is holistic weight loss? It’s about addressing the whole you instead of segmenting weight loss into it’s own little compartment. That’s what most people do when it comes to weight loss. With weight loss there needs to be a combination of many things together in order to achieve success. Looking at various aspects of your life, not just the diet and exercise part. They are the two most common components that get addressed when people want to lose weight. But what about your mindset, … [Read more...]
Why Minimalist Parenting?
What is it about being an attached family that lends itself to a minimalist parenting style? Are you criticized by others wondering why your children don’t “have the hottest new item?” I hope this post is not too redundant since I have addressed this subject many times before. My own love of minimalism and going minimalist with kids probably stems from a few different things. First would be my desire to live green. Consumption of less stuff and reusing what you have instead of buying new … [Read more...]
Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
This weekend I had a chance to read The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome - Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream by John F. Wasik. It was a timely read as it has much to so with the current economic situation and what got us here but it is short on political blame and deals more with the attitudes and ideals that have permeated within the American mindset and how that has caused a lot of trouble for us. It talks quite a bit in the early chapters about the housing bubble and it was incredibly … [Read more...]
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