me • health & fitness • lifestyle • health-wellness
by Melissa Northway on February 17th, 2017 | No Comments »
Developing time for your self care in relation to your physical body is a must for optimal health. By now, most of us have heard that the leading cause of death for women and men in the United States is heart disease, and over 60 million Americans currently suffer…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Melissa Northway on May 12th, 2016 | 1 Comment »
Exercise plays a vital role in achieving and maintaining optimal physical health. Next to diet, it is one of the most important habits to teach our children.
That is why I was such a fan of having my daughter start in a soccer program, but felt she was…
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parenting • ages and stages
by Melissa Northway on January 13th, 2016 | No Comments »
The ability to label and understand our emotions and appropriately express our feelings is an important skill that needs to be learned in childhood. Children are not born with this ability and must be taught how to identify and express their emotions. Emotional literacy is the ability to recognize, understand…
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parenting • education
by Melissa Northway on October 10th, 2013 | No Comments »
Many of us experienced being bullied at one point in our childhood. It could have been something as simple as being teased about a new haircut to something more severe where you dreaded going to school because you didn’t want to come across the person or people bullying you. Children…
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family fun • activities
by Melissa Northway on September 15th, 2013 | No Comments »
Kids love pirates! I know I have always had a love affair with pirates since I was a little kid riding my favorite ride at Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean (which is still my favorite ride and is usually the first ride I go on when my daughter and I…
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