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Hi everyone!

It's been quite a while since you've heard from me - more than 5 YEARS! Boy, has the time flown.

I have two important announcements:

1 - Due to the new EU privacy rules under GDPR, I have updated my privacy policy, terms & conditions. I've always taken your privacy very seriously, and will continue to do so, even though this blog is on hiatus. Please know that if you are on my email list, I will be deleting your contact information as well, but if you have any interest in a food and health related blog, please continue on to #2.

2 - I welcome you keep up with me and my food/health related work, by subscribing to my Transformed by Food email list!

If you, or your child, are experiencing recurring symptoms, or are trying to recover from a chronic illness, and you're ready to turn your health obstacle into an opportunity to transform your life, then you will surely benefit from the information and services I provide. My specific focus is on cleaning up food and lifestyle choices, identifying food sensitivities, and helping clients jump start their recovery process by transitioning to a healthy, yet delicious, gluten free lifestyle.

If you are ready to consider that gluten and other foods could be contributing to your symptoms or illness, OR you've already made the transition to a gluten free diet, but still don't feel your healthiest or happiest, I'd love to help you cut through conflicting information and overwhelm, so you can focus on taking charge of your health, and feeling your best.

Please know that I still have a passion for children's books, but after empowering my own daughter to recover from a serious digestive illness, I immersed myself in health and nutrition research, and experimentation. Having seen how compromised our food supply is, and how many are suffering from a wide variety of symptoms and chronic illnesses, I knew I had to do something to improve the situation.

I still see (and use) picture books as a powerful teaching tool, especially for increasing food and health literacy, and continue to use them to support and educate parents. So I have not left them behind! I've only narrowed my focus to food and health literacy.

You can check out my web site, and find out what kind of content you'll receive if you subscribe for updates, here.

Also, I recently created a FREE Facebook group that might interest you. Feel free to join Healthy, Gluten Free & Fabulous here. I'd love to have you join us!

Please feel free to pass along this information to anyone you feel could benefit.

Thank you so much for being a loyal reader! It's been an honor and a privilege to spend so much time writing about the topics I love most: children's books, literacy, and learning. 

Picture books will always have a special place in my heart, and I will never stop reading and sharing them! Now's a great time to review my resources for healthy eaters, since spring is the perfect time to speak with children about gardening, making informed food choices, and healthy eating.

I wish you all the best.

Peace, joy & sunshine always,

Dawn xoxo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting the New Year with a New Site and Focus

I know it's a little late to be saying this, but Happy New Year!

It's been a while, I know. That's because I've been completely immersed in creating a new site with a much narrower focus: health literacy and education. I now feel it's the one area that families need the most help with, as there is a plethora of misinformation out there!

Thanks for your patience

I've had so much fun writing this blog for 3 years now. It's allowed me to not only unleash my creative side, but to share my knowledge for the benefit of others, and become an advocate for causes that mean a lot to me.

Top 10 Reasons to Read Aloud

Welcome to World Read Aloud Day!

In honor of the big event, as well as the Share a Story, Shape a Future blog tour this week, I'd like to share my list of reasons why parents won't want to miss out on reading aloud to their children. I've written many related posts, and I will also include links for those who missed them. 

Here it is:

Open 2 Books: Turn Those Pages

I was at my local library looking for Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree for a presentation I have to give next week, when I stumbled upon Lane Smith's It's a Book . Finally, I thought, I get to see it! I remember there being a lot of hoopla about it when it first came out, but since I don't usually review the newest of children's books, I didn't seek it out.

Instead, it found me! And I'm so glad it did, because I really needed to hear that I wasn't the only one to treasure picture books-in-print. As much as I'm amazed by the nonfiction children's books that are coming out on the iPad, there's still nothing like the beauty and simplicity of turning the pages of a real picture book.

Open 2 Books: Mirrors Open Windows

 

Thank you for your patience while I'm transitioning to a new site design and format. The process is taking longer than I expected. I really can't put a time frame on it at this point.

In the meantime, I'd like to expand upon the theme of embracing uniqueness, and the ability to see beyond the weaknesses we all have. It's a subject that's so important for people of all ages, but especially for children.

Can a strength and a weakness be the same thing?

In my case, yes. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you've probably spotted what "it" is.

Do We Need to Redefine Self-Esteem?

"Self-esteem, as defined by our culture, is a myth." ~Terry Diebold, Marriage and Family Therapist, Presbyterian Minister, speaker, and author of The Myth of Self Esteem - 50 Ways to Stop Sabotaging Yourself

That's a pretty bold statement in this self-esteem obsessed world of ours, isn't it?

I must say, I have always wondered what all the hoopla was over it, though. I mean, really, is there a person out there who feels positive about everything about themselves every minute of every single day?

Adding a Splash of Color to the Learning Process

 I don't accept review requests very often; but when Barbara Esham asked me to review 4 picture books in The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses series, I didn't have to think twice. They're right up my alley, and a much needed addition to the world of children's literature.

Normally, I'm not interested in books that clearly set out to teach something, but somehow these are different. Children will be able to see themselves in, and learn along with, each of the main characters. Katie, David, Stacey, and Max all start with a black and white view of intelligence, and end up with a much more colorful one.

How many of us, as adults, still see light in our strengths and darkness in our weaknesses? How many have them all in such a gray area that they can't see them at all?

Strengths and Weaknesses: We all have them!

So, why do so many of us examine our weaknesses through a magnifying glass? It would make sense that such a tendency would relate to events or conversations that happened when we were children.