Live Well Mom
A personal blog by Donna Joy West with stories of inspiration & encouragement + recipes & random tips to help moms live life well.
Hey! Just letting all of my “Live Well Mom” followers know that I have re-branded my website. Facebook did not allow me to change the name of this page and so I have launched a new Page for it called Beauty in the Broken Blog. I also have created a separate group for USANA Updates. I will post both links in the comments for those of you who want to join/like and stay updated 😊
26/04/2019
I took a few days off over my birthday and the Easter weekend. Feels so good to be back on this week! Tonight I made zucchini tacos 🌮 omgosh... they were SO even the family loved them! 😋
20/04/2019
28/10/2017
Tablets, Capsules, Injections, and More – What is the Best Supplement Form? - Ask The Scientists There is a variety of different delivery systems for supplements. Deciding the best supplement form, comes down to the product purpose and ingredients.
27/10/2017
Bone Health: Understanding Bone Anatomy - Ask The Scientists Your bone anatomy makes your skeleton more than your body’s framework. Learn about your skeletal system and how you can support your bone health.
16/07/2017
Kiddos are enjoying the pool today 🌞
15/06/2017
31/05/2017
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17/05/2017
16/05/2017
How a Mysterious Body Part Called Fascia Is Challenging Medicine Fascia is a web of fibrous tissue that permeates the body, but is it really the “Cinderella Tissue” that new age therapists, Rolfers, and yoga instructors suggest? The fascial system is still a medical mystery. But that could soon change, thanks to an unlikely alliance between researchers and altern...
15/05/2017
Amazing about mother's and their babies, born and unborn. A mother's love for her children runs deep, right down to the very cells of her body!
A MOTHER CARRIES HER CHILDREN IN HER HEART, LITERALLY
Mother’s day is the 3rd most celebrated holiday worldwide after Christmas and Easter. To all the mothers and mothers to be, thank you. None of us would be here without you! Here is some amazing information on the mother-child connection I hope you find fascinating!
It’s not just a saying, but mothers literally carry their children in their heart….and brain, breast tissue, and almost everywhere we can think of. This DNA becomes part of her and has been found in the body decades later, even if the baby didn’t live to be born.
It’s called microchimerism, a condition in which women harbor cells that originated in their children even decades after birth.
The cells are much more prevalent in the breast tissue of healthy women than in those with breast cancer. Fetal cells are less common in women who developed Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting they provide late-life protection. Fetal cells can contribute stem cells, generate new neurons in the mother’s brain, even help to heal the heart.
Having kids reduces the risk of breast cancer, but we don’t really know why. If you have kids, you live longer, but we don’t really know why. Women live longer than men, but we don’t know why. This phenomenon may partially explain it.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
14/05/2017
08/05/2017
Starting my week off right.
05/05/2017
04/05/2017
What are u giving thanks for today?
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11/04/2017
FasciaBlaster: Could it be the key to living a pain-free life? According to the National Institutes of Health, 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Al Roker tells the story the story of a musician who sought a path to a pain-free life through connective tissue in the body called fascia. NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar joins TODAY to demo...
07/04/2017
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11/03/2017
Let Food Be Your Medicine! Drcolbert.com
Purpose
The purpose of this blog is to encourage and uplift moms who feel lonely, stressed and hopeless with the hope and strength I (Donna) have discovered in
seasons of great difficulty. I have been blessed to have had many amazing women encourage and support me throughout the various different stages of my motherhood journey.
This blog is a sort of "give-back" project--a way of passing on encouragement to moms in all walks of life. No matter what you believe about God or where you are in your spiritual journey...wether you became a mom intentionally or unexpectedly, wether you are single, married, separated or divorced...working full-time or part-time... inside or outside the home...on the brink of bankruptcy or having enough to share with others--I can relate because I have experienced what it's like to be a mom in all of these circumstances.
There are MANY joys that come from motherhood... but if we are keeping it real, there is also much pain--on both a physical and emotional level.
I have experienced purpose come from my pain. I have seen beauty come from my brokenness. This is "my truth" so-to-speak, and this is the purpose of this blog, to share my stories of my pain and brokenness with the hopes of encouraging you to see purpose in your pain and beauty come from your brokenness.