Better Living At GreenGroveBlog

I never thought I would be writing articles like this when I as a young farm kid back in the 80’s here in small town Missouri. Gardening in those days was a fairly simple process that required knowledge and a “little folklore” passed down from generation to generation, without much variation in the natural rhythms established long ago by our ancestors. Then again, that was last century and most of us were not really focused on the impact we were causing our environment with our seemingly...Read Full Story

0pointsWe now have a Wikizine at Zimbio.com called "Better Living At GreenGroveBlog." This is exciting, because each step of the process on creating this site with all members of GGB, has been a wonderful learning experience. If you get promoted to the frontpage of GreenGroveBlog with one of your excellent blogs, your material is automatically sent to our Wikizine and other promotional sites. This allows the GGB Members to use their voice for a better global community. So check out "Better...Read Full Story

1pointJust wanted to congratulate our new Co-Administrator, Stkittprincess/Kitt on the new position here at GreenGroveBlog. We could not find anyone more capable, organized and articulate to have as a leader of our wonderful site. Please join in the congratulations by adding a comment to this blog. Take care and have fun creating dear Kitt :) Photo Courtesy Of Meredith Haley Sonson http://www.haleysonson.com/ Beautiful Tranquility WEB.JPGRead Full Story

Part II: “There Is No Time Like Quality Time” “Personal example carries more weight than preaching.” Chinese Proverb So now that we have the “basics” out of the way [refer to the blog post "How to Instill 'Good' (no wait...'Great') Character in Your Teen or Tween" Part I: The Basics], we can move on to the value of spending quality time together. Many teens and tweens are seeing their parents less and less these days. Whether you are a single parent or a household blessed to have BOTH...Read Full Story

It is that time of year again when the days are getting shorter and winter blues have a tendency to set in. These winter blues is known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and the primary cause of this of this disorder is lack of light. That is why Seasonal Affective is more prevalent in the northern parts of the country due to the extremely long periods of darkness. For some, this type of depression can be incapacitating due to severe depression, feelings of hopelessness, anxiety, and...Read Full Story

2pointsI am so glad to be back to blogging again, and will be looking forward to interacting with all GGB Members and loyal readers in the future. My vision of this site when I created GreenGroveBlog, was to have many people the world over offering up their voices so we could take care of all of our Better Living needs the world over. Instead, we only had a couple of people blogging, like our esteemed Co-Administrator, Kitt, myself and a couple of other wonderful members.Read Full Story

1pointThere has not been a blog written in over a month due to the illness then death of my lovely grandmother November 30, 2009. It has been a rocky road full of sorrow and trying to put the pieces of my life back together again. I am learning the tools needed to move on and would like to share a couple of videos that may be of some help to yourself as well if you are experiencing bereavement.Read Full Story

2pointsThis Memorial Day will hold many bittersweet memories for all of you out there. I am planning on spending some quality time with family, as I've already taken care of the cemeteries to avoid the rush this weekend. I sure hope everyone stays safe, and please enjoy these two wonderful Memorial Day Tribute videos.Read Full Story

1pointHere is a great guy I met on a peer support group and have been following his work. He started out blogging about anxiety, panic & agoraphobic issues on YouTube while facing some of the darkest days in his life, and now has a brand new website and video series dedicated to helping people in a very easy and inexpensive way. Please join us now for the double feature and enjoy. Thanks Casey!Read Full Story

1pointWant to know a little on how to take one thing at a time everyday to get all of your multi tasking done, or need to get rid of a huge amount oppressive clutter, without making a big project out of it? Then please watch these wonderful videos and enjoy. Today's Double Feature Stress Tips are based on the acclaimed book "400 Ways To Stop Stress Now" by G. Gaynor McTigue.Read Full Story