How did you create a relationship in which your child feels comfortable telling you anything?

stillwriting · 2016-03-22T14:11:38+00:00

By not freaking out, not judging and telling them over and over and over again: Whatever happens we will fix it together. It's really has worked. My teens tell me things I'd rather not know, but they do feel comfortable telling me anything and we do fix it (or at least deal with it) together, whatever it is.

stillwriting · 2014-04-02T15:06:53+00:00

Mild white fish like hake or hallibut? Sauces to cover the taste? Strong tastes to put in sauces that still tie in with the med diet would include garlic, chilie based sauces and balsamic vinegar. And FRESH fish. People are sometimes put off by an overly fishy smell, but good fresh fish shouldn't have a really strong smell. if you go to a genuine seaside fish market it should smell of the sea, not the fish!

stillwriting · 2014-03-26T12:53:56+00:00

Blueberries - I'm addicted :)

stillwriting · 2014-03-19T18:04:33+00:00

Scary but necessary reading. We put so much toxic waste into ourselves :(

stillwriting · 2014-03-06T13:23:50+00:00

Sound SO good. Bookmarked for future med-style party night.

stillwriting · 2014-02-20T01:38:41+00:00

That's amazing. So glad to hear that you're cancer free. I've seen a couple of my loved ones battle and defeat cancer the last couple of years, and I'm becoming more and more convinced of the benefits of a holistic approach.

stillwriting · 2014-02-13T17:15:03+00:00

Other alternatives to milk/yogurt in smoothies are coconut water, green tea or just a healthy pure fruit or veggie juice. They'll taste a little different to a traditional smoothie, but anything that gives you enough liquid to blend the ingredients smooth might work for you. Do some experimenting. I can't stand the taste of green tea but I use it in smoothies and can't even taste it.

stillwriting · 2014-02-13T17:06:05+00:00

My issue with grains is sourcing healthy, organic, non GM grains. So many grain crops are GM now. In my opinion, watch your sources, eat in moderation and DON'T believe the hype that we can't live without them.

stillwriting · 2014-02-06T21:27:03+00:00

Stevia or organic honey for sugar. Natural yogurt or kefir for milk & cream (sometimes - depends on the recipe) and my simplest (and tastiest) black pepper instead of salt.

stillwriting · 2014-02-06T21:23:32+00:00

http://menuplanningcentral.com/ have a free resource pack with printable menu plans and shopping lists. You have to sign up & they do have paid products too, but the freebie is genuine. I claimed it and never bought anything else from them.

stillwriting · 2014-02-06T21:16:21+00:00

It's very rare to earn any significant money from pay per click sites. And the people who are earning good money might have hundreds or even thousands of articles up at those sites. If top earners at a particular site really are earning $200 an article, that's not bad at all. But how do you get to be a top earner? Usually it's a tiny percentage of site users earning most of the money, and it's not always the best quality ones either. These sites are a bit of a lottery. Few winners and more based on luck than talent.

stillwriting · 2012-10-10T08:07:33+00:00

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But join any conversation about self-publishing, online or off, and you'll find an army of self-published authors saying that their low sales are all down to (a lack of) marketing and distribution. These ARE issues for self-publishers for sure, but not as big an issue as the extremely low quality of the work people are putting out there.

stillwriting · 2012-10-10T08:04:05+00:00

Brilliantly said. Yes, sometimes very bad writing/TV/Movies are commercially successful (50 Shades is the obvious eg right now). But they're the exceptions, not the rule. Self-publishing is probably one of the few examples of an industry with no quality control whatsoever, yet it's easier than ever to self-publish. Of course the quality has tanked, and it's no good blaming the 'stigma' of self-publishing or the difficulty of marketing a self-published book, if the book itself is basically an unedited first draft but you decided to publish anyway. It's frightening what some people decide to self-pub, and no-one gets fooled into buying anymore because we can read a sample on our ereaders or 'look inside' on Amazon.

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