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“I’ve been searching for years for the ideal place. And I’ve come to the realization that the only way to find it is to be it.” ~ Alan Watts

Physical Health Eat Well It isn't that you necessarily need to eat clean 100%, but the more often you can the better it is for your health. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/well/eat/the-more-processed-foods-you-eat-the-higher-your-diabetes-risk.html Be Active Truth or lie: what's true about exercise. https://www.inverse.com/article/61756-exercise-misconceptions? Let's move! This is a 28 minute workout.  2 circuits of 7 minutes each.  .  You'll do each circuit twice.  Start your timer for 7 minutes (and your music!), and do all of the moves in Circuit 1 as many rounds as possible in the 7 minutes.  Take a 30 to 60 second break.  Do Circuit 2 as many times as possible in 7 minutes.   Then do it all over again.   Circuit 1 1.  10 x squat jacks + regular jacks 2.  10 x (per side) Lunge hop 3.  10 x Plank jack + Plank pike 4.  10 x Full sit-up + toe touch (straight leg) Circuit 2 1.  15 x (per side) X-toe touch squats 2.  10 x (per side) Rotating sumo + sumo hop 3.  10 x (per side) X-planks 4.  10 x (per side) One-side bicycle crunch Spiritual Health Suffering hard times?  Or blaming yourself for things that are not your burden to bear?  Get your joie de vivre back because, you know, you rock. https://www.thecut.com/2020/01/ask-polly-ive-lost-my-joy-and-i-want-it-back.html Mental & Emotional Health How NOT to be your hardest and worst critic. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/how_to_be_less_hard_on_yourself Social Health It is never a waste of time to connect.  It is never a waste of time to invest energy into relationships.  Even those that have soured are worth the energy. https://thoughtcatalog.com/isabel-priscila/2017/07/this-is-why-loving-someone-is-never-a-waste-of-time/ Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Have you all seen this yet? So spot-on. https://www.upworthy.com/if-parents-did-what-kids-do-video Happy Monday! Remember back when entertainment for our kids (okay, for us, because this was some time ago) was a bunch of puppets? Yep, I miss Sesame Street, too. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/606618/sesame-street-puppeteer-secrets New recipe: This dish can be thrown together with stuff in your pantry (probably) and will likely be the biggest hit of the week. https://www.heprecipe.com/post/mexican-spiced-sweet-potato-chicken-bowls New post:  Just ... life.  And sharing some fun things that we love. https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/single-post/2020/04/30/Life-and-links Be your best, friends s