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Image Credit: Cajsa Lilliehook Sugar fogs my brain. And I don’t care. I use food from time to time to escape. And when I need to escape, there…
Breaking the Sugar Habit: A Daily Recommitment
7-Eleven Uses Slurpees to Promote Cancer Research for Kids
You might be thinking, hey it’s a sweet treat for a great cause. Problem is, sugar isn’t only found in the occasional sweet-treat dessert. It’s loaded throughout processed foods like breakfast cereals, packaged snacks and juice drinks consumed daily by most kids.
A Global Inspiration: Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ Brings Worldwide Message of Faith, Resilience for Youth
“You belong here…” Tears rolled down my cheeks during the opening scene from Disney’s Queen of Katwe as coach and missionary Robert Katende (David Oyelowo, Selma) reassures young Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) that she […]
Exercise Matters – But Does it Effectively Promote Weight Loss?
Need to lose weight? Eat less. Move more. You’ve probably heard those guidelines as the simplest requirements for achieving weight loss. But they also happen to be the same methods which increase […]
New Study Highlights “Prediabetes” Epidemic in California
A new study released today reports that nearly half of California adults, including one out of every three young adults, have either prediabetes — a precursor to type 2 diabetes — or undiagnosed diabetes. […]
Biracial Diversity in Animation: Thomas Astruc Scores Big with Miraculous Ladybug
There’s nothing cooler than my daughter schooling me on what’s trending in her world. She’s an aspiring animator and video editor, and as a biracial teen, she takes note when other multiracial teens are represented […]
The Biracial Backlash: Zendaya, Alicia Keys and Other Activists Targeted Over Mixed Race Heritage
‘Biracial’ activists will continue to support black social justice causes even through anticipated blowback from mainstream and social media. This is nothing new. Contrary to popular misconceptions, we love our “blackness” too…
Mixed Like Us: How to Support Biracial Children and Their Shifting Identities
Growing up biracial, I’d learned that negative social perceptions of biracial, multiracial and transracially adopted children were largely impacting the growth, well-being, and resources available to members of our own community at home and in schools. Asserting that biracial children were more “mixed-up” than mixed-race only served to further perpetuate negative stereotypes about us…
Keep it Simple: A Miracle Drink For Your Health
Every once and awhile we need a little reminder about some of the simpler solutions for promoting health and nutrition education available through social media. Mainstream news outlets and entertainment television consistently bombard us (along with our children) with […]
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