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Our Daughter’s First Phone: Staying Connected While Being Protected
Our daughter, Mia, turned 12 at the start of this school year. Now that she’s in middle school and is becoming more independent, we wanted to get her a phone that allowed her to communicate with us and her friends. We investigated various “kid-friendly” cellphone...
Wellness Care at Mindful Pediatrics
It has been almost 1.5 years since Mindful Pediatrics has made some significant changes, and since then, things have naturally evolved quite a bit. I wanted to reach out and share with you what I have been up to, how the services at Mindful Pediatrics have evolved,...
Spring Cleansing for Body, Mind & Spirit
As we watch the tiny seedlings emerge through the top of the soil, we too feel the promise of what springtime offers. Spring is cleansing—both external and internal. It is the time when we go through the “stuff” that has accumulated in our house: old papers, clothes,...
The First Step to Healing Autoimmune Disease
Did you know that about 80% of your immune cells are located in your gastrointestinal tract? This means that the health of your gut is closely linked to immune function. Intestinal permeability, also known as "leaky gut," refers to a condition in which the lining of...
Neuroplasticity and the Path to Change
It has been a cold and snowy winter here is Boulder, CO. While I don’t love the snow (or winter in general!) I do love to go sledding. Sledding is also one of my favorite metaphors to use when I talk to my clients about change and creating new habits. We all...
New Year Intentions + Journal or Discussion Prompts
We want to send you our wishes for a happy and healthy New Year! This time of year often brings about introspection for many of us. We reflect back and evaluate our previous year and we often set our intentions for the year to come. We feel so grateful that we have so...
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Recipes
Berry Good Blueberry Muffins
Gluten and dairy free baking has come so far in the last decade! These muffins are moist, moderately sweet, and oozing with blueberry goodness. Maybe you can remember when gluten-free was synomous with crumbly and dry? I sure can! In fact, when gluten-free products...
Peachy Dutch Pancake
Nothing says summer in Colorado like a perfectly ripe, juicy peach. Clearly, we are not the only ones who believe so. We arrived at the Farmers Market on Saturday at 8:10 AM and were about 40th in line for a case of peaches—and we got the very last one! We have posted...
Easy Crockpot Tapioca Pudding
Our family loves tapioca—especially our kids! Boba, or bubble tea, is their favorite treat to sip on summer weekends as we meander along the Pearl Street Mall, and I have been making homemade tapioca pudding for them since they were young. What is Tapioca? If...
Carrot Cake with “Cream Cheese” Frosting (Gluten & Dairy Free)
It is a BIG year in the Steinbock household! Dr. Roy is turning 50 this month, I recently celebrated my 45th, and all three of our kids are about to graduate! Mia will be starting middle school, Leo high school, and Layla is headed off to college in the Fall. (And,...
MiMa’s Chanukah Latkes (Potato Pancakes)
Latke is the Yiddish word for “pancake.” It is a Chanukah tradition to serve latkes, which are basically grated potato pancakes fried in oil, to celebrate the Chanukah miracle—that a small amount of oil burned for eight consecutive days. Latkes are my favorite holiday...
Thanksgiving Cornbread
For many years I taught monthly cooking classes. Every November I would offer a "Pre-Thanksgiving Feast" and we would prepare several Thanksgiving side dishes such as Maple Pecan Yams, Warm Greens with Honeyed Pears & Pomegranate and Thanksgiving Cornbread. While...