Growing Bolder Community

I'm in the Volunteer house where I'll be living for the next year, and today starts a week-long Orientation! I can't tell you how excited I am, and what a blessing this has been/will be. I'm looking at this new beginning as sort of a personal retreat, a year of reflection, growth and emerging. Being at CAP gives me so many opportunities, not only to serve, but to break the patterns that I've...

Almost all the critters of Hallo Bay eat these berries - which are very important to their health:

In our journey toward healthy living, we sometimes encounter confusing or even contradictory advice. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the volume of information bombarding us daily in magazines, on television and online. At times, we may find ourselves wishing for a clear, straightforward set of tips to steer us in the right direction. Enter Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules: An Eater’s...

This year like so many others I made a vow to get healthy and get some sort of control over my awful blood sugars. We were all talking at work about starting a healthy diet and our dietician said she would come up with a plan for each of us, there is about 17 of us that wanted to do it. I said what the heck do I have to loose!. I started out with blood sugars in the middle to high 200's, my...

"Portion distortion" is the term used to describe the supersizing of servings. Whether you're eating at home or dining out, here's a quick guide to portions that doesn't require measuring instruments.1 cup: Clenched fist1/2 cup: Half of a clenched fist.3 ounces: Palm of an opened hand1 ounce: Bottom of a cupped hand1 tablespoon: Thumb tip.1 teaspoon: Finger tip.Other ways to avoid consuming too...

If you’re committed to hosting or attending parties during the holidays, you will face a never-ending array of tempting food choices. If you’re not careful, the pounds you add are likely to become lifelong companions.Some of us are very strict about our diets. We bring our own food in a plastic container and eat it while others enjoy the holiday fare. Others of us are perhaps a little too...