The custom of drinking alcohol on St. Patrick’s Day is based on the legend of the Pota Phadraig or Patrick’s Pot. According to the story, the saint went to a bar and ordered whiskey. The owner, being a greedy man, gave the saint less than a full serving. Patrick decided to teach him a lesson. He told the owner that a monster lives in his cellar, and gets its fill through the man’s greed. The man must have realized the error of his ways, because when Patrick came back a few days later, he found the bar owner filling patron’s glasses to the brim. The saint then declared the... (Read More ...)
At Chic Mom, we love to support moms in their endeavors to stay chic and be true to their hearts. This mom certainly worked hard at creating a lifestyle that adds to her chicness every day. Tania Boughton is an average mom next door who went to extraordinary efforts to create meals based on popular, high fat recipes from chefs such as Paula Deen and Rachel Ray – and modifies them into healthier options while still keeping the taste and flavor. Tania struggled with food, weight loss and emotional eating for years before developing her new cookbook, Eating Light, Done Right: Simply Sinless... (Read More ...)
Terri Krauss, a suburban mother of three, introduced a new laundry bag, called “sort-a-sack” earlier this year. Her mission is to make the chore of doing laundry easier and faster. Sort-a-sack, carried like a backpack, has separate compartments for sorting whites and colors, and even includes laundry instructions. It holds up to three loads of laundry. After spending 18 years in the executive search business, Krauss decided to take time off to spend with her husband and three children. “I quickly found out that my quality family time was being reduced by household chores, primarily... (Read More ...)
A surprising challenge for people who are moving toward a healthier lifestyle and changing their eating habits is peer pressure… or the perception of it. We fear drawing attention to our healthy eating habits, especially as many of those around us are still overweight, pigging out, or making choices for themselves that we know are not good choices. We don’t want to have to explain ourselves or make anyone feel “bad”, so often we will make choices that we know are inconsistent with our goals. Sometimes it seems like we feel that we have to justify, explain or even apologize for... (Read More ...)
What if I told you that the position of your bed and where you sleep each night has a great effect on your life, your health and your disposition? Would you believe me? I didn’t believe it until I started this line of work and witnessed hundreds of cases of “proof” that there is something to it. Bed positioning is extremely important in feng shui. No matter what school of feng shui you follow, it’s a foundational aspect of the philosophy, as it has a relationship to how you position yourself in life, which in turn has an effect on how empowered you are and, to a degree,... (Read More ...)
