This episode, coming out just on the backside of Mother's Day weekend, focuses a lot on the qualities and facts about being a mom. From being extraordinary multitaskers, to shaping brain development in their children to economic powerhouses and emotional anchors, moms are amazing! Mom's really are the glue that holds families together. They are a driver of success, they are a model of emotional resilience and they all too often sacrifice silently. Finally, in many cases, mom's help to shape the traditions and the expectations that end up becoming the legacies within families.

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Today we look at how having a homestead can be a drain on a lot of your time. There is so much to do and you are always learning new things about the growing and making things. However, we need to make sure we are still taking time to nurture ourselves and our spousal relationships. So, we look at how to create micro-dates with each other along with shared tasks and creating an environment of mutual support.

Also in today's show, we discuss some homemade dishwahser tabs and some of the bottles we use to make tinctures and other medicial products.

Dishwasher tab recipe:

1 cup baking soda

1/4 cup citric acid

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1 tablespoon Dawn dish soap

Mix together in a bowl, once combined, press into a silicone mold

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or icecube tray (I prefer the silicone since they are easier to pop out). Let dry overnight. The dropper bottles used for tinctures: https://amzn.to/431Z9oa

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On this week's episode, hosts Alan and Susan open witih a response to a question from a listerner on suggestions for nutritious snacks while on-the-go. Susan then recounts a crazy toe injury that had her doing her best John McClane from Die Hard. The main topic of the show centers around a recent activity that Susan and Alan did, which they call a brain dump. Susasn decribed a sense of anxiety over having so many things on her mind and she was worried she would forget something. She suggested the two of them get it all down on a shared document. The two close with detailing the amount of physical labor inherent in bringing a homestead to life and, in some ways, it beats anything a gym membership would cost. Ultimately, the simple act of going outside and interacting with nature, at any level, is going to boost your mental well-being and your overall mood.

Here is the link to the energy bite recipe:

https://sjdhealthandfitness.com/2016/02/05/no-bake-energy-bites/

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