By guest blogger Lois Eighmy About 4 – 4 ½ months ago, I began to think more seriously about my health. Being a writer can make one very sedentary, as you need to sit still to write. I’d been doing this for a long time, slowly packing on the pounds, and I was tired of…
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Healthy Writers Series: Exorcising Your Writing Fears With Exercise
By guest blogger Tania Dakka. Writing can be scary! Especially if you’re just starting out. You don’t know who to turn to for help. You rely on others for their opinions of your work. And you wait on someone else to tell you if your writing is OK. Whenever you step into a world that’s…
Healthy Writers Series: Is There a Traffic Jam in Your Body? How to Keep the Words Flowing
By guest blogger Stefanie Lipsey Okay, so you don’t really have a single lane of cars crawling through construction zones inside your body, but have you ever felt like you did? You’re moving along, looking into the windows of other cars, stopping for snacks at McDonalds (just for salads, of course) and five hours later,…
Fear of Food Blogging
By Milli Thornton I’M USUALLY the one helping other writers with their fear of writing, so it was both poignant and instructional to recently be on the other end of the stick. My chock-full-of-personality friend (and one of my staff writer at Milliver’s Travels), Ann McElfresh, runs a wonderfully warm, yummy and inspiring food blog…
Healthy Writers Series: Rewire Your Writer’s Brain with Shiva Nata
By guest blogger Taryn Blake THE FIRST TIME I attempted Shiva Nata it was so completely impossible I dissolved into a giggle-fit. What on Earth had I gotten myself into? It wasn’t as if I hadn’t been warned that the practice is insanely difficult. Looking back, I can only conclude that a large portion of…
Healthy Writers Series: Yummy, Snacky Salads
A joint post from guest bloggers Lois Eighmy & Catherine Greti In our last Healthy Writers post, I featured four yummy, healthy snacks—Stonyfield Chocolate Underground, raw almonds, deviled eggs and Kashi cookies—and asked readers what their favorite healthy snacks are. Two of our readers mentioned salads that sounded so delicious I decided to ask for…
Healthy Writers Series: Yummy Healthy Snacks
By Milli Thornton It can be tempting (and fun) to snack while writing. But since writing is such a sedentary pursuit, unless you’ve got a great metabolism—and unless you get some exercise nearly every day—the hazards of over-snacking are obvious. Especially if you choose snacks loaded with salt or sugar, such as flavored Pringles or…
Healthy Writers Series: Chocolate Mousse with a Twist
By guest blogger Catherine Greti Eggs, sugar, whipping cream, semi or bittersweet chocolate chips, strong coffee, Grand Marnier, dark rum, butter. . . . Given these ingredients gleaned from a variety of recipes I found online, chocolate mousse is probably only an occasional dessert for most people. I’m not a food purist, I eat from…
Healthy Writers Series: Superhero Pancake
By guest blogger Tricia Superhero-Sutton This pancake is so packed with good stuff, it will give you super powers. I use all organic ingredients. What you might think is more expensive buying organic is really cheaper in the long run by not buying ready-made pancake mix. So here goes. (All measurements are approximate.) Basic recipe…
Eek! Nutritious Lunch for Busy Writers
By Milli Thornton We all know writers with healthy eating habits, right? (That wasn’t me winking. Or thinking of my friend who deifies French fries.) If you’re guilty like me, you sometimes do things you know would not get you the Oprah seal of approval. Go on, admit it. When was the last time you…
