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Happy Earth Day!

With all the green-washing going on these days, you’d think that you have to spend a lot of green to be green. That’s simply not the case. There is a reason that the phrase is “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” in that order.

Instead of buying a hybrid car when yours works just fine, or throwing a bunch of chemicals in the trash and replacing them with “eco-friendly” chemicals instead, here are 15 simple ways to be a good citizen of the planet. Try one today, or at least this week. Almost every single one is free!

15 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

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Stacy Spensley is a healthy life coach, recovering stage manager, lover of the Oxford comma, and vegetarian. She's bossy because she loves you.

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Strawberry Kale Aid

Most people, myself included, start out skeptical of green juice. I’ve written previously about my resistance to trying green smoothies, but once I drank the metaphorical Kool-Aid, I was hooked.

Green juice was a harder sell. I don’t even drink fruit juice anymore (Think about how many oranges go into an 8-ounce glass of juice; you would never eat that much fruit in one sitting.), AND I’d have to buy a new appliance?

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Stacy Spensley is a healthy life coach, recovering stage manager, lover of the Oxford comma, and vegetarian. She's bossy because she loves you.

Not sure where to start? Read more about Center Stage Wellness, connect on Twitter or Facebook, or get your FREE 5-day e-course.

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The February selection for The Kitchen Reader book club was The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World’s Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn, chosen by me!

Yes, this review is a month late. I blame the extremely time-consuming task of snuggling this baby.

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry chronicles the author’s journey to fulfill her dream of attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, the world’s most famous cooking school. I’ve met Kathleen Flinn at some blogging conferences and have enjoyed her writing presentations, so it was fun to finally read her book.

“My grandmother had a saying: ‘Every woman should get herself two things: a good husband and a good set of knives.’ Bad husbands aren’t worth the trouble, and cheap knives aren’t worth the purchase.”

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Stacy Spensley is a healthy life coach, recovering stage manager, lover of the Oxford comma, and vegetarian. She's bossy because she loves you.

Not sure where to start? Read more about Center Stage Wellness, connect on Twitter or Facebook, or get your FREE 5-day e-course.

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My Latest Project

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You probably guessed where I’ve been, and you’re right. Or if you follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, you’ve seen more photos. Iver James was born February 15th just before 6:00am. Stacy Spensley is a healthy life coach, recovering stage manager, lover of the Oxford comma, and vegetarian. She’s bossy because she loves you. [...]

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Detox and Cleanses: the Basics

I know, detoxing and cleansing is sooooo January, but I’ve been getting questions lately, so here we go! I’ve put off this post because I kept thinking of more information to include, so I’m breaking it up into parts. If you have questions, please leave a comment or email me so I can make sure [...]

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Roasted Delicata Squash with Kale

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If you’re sugared out, raise your hand! *raises hand* This time of year I get a lot of questions about detoxing and cleanses. In fact, last January, my husband and I did a 5-day juice cleanse (I’ll post more on it soon). There are many books dedicated to the subject, so here is my short [...]

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Goodbye 2012!

I’ve done a lot of reflection on the past year. There were a lot of things I did (and didn’t) do last year, successes and failures, triumphs and disappointments. Isn’t that life? Top it off with some mixed emotions at the end and I needed to sit with it for a few days. Some highlights [...]

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Friday Finds 12.28.12

I know, it’s not Friday anymore. But that’s not the point! Instead of finishing this post, my husband and I ran about eleventy billion errands in the last few days, including buying a crib (Baby Countdown: T-minus 6 weeks!). Also, while planning my own year, I realized that my clients struggle with setting good goals [...]

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Russian Tea Cakes

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and peace, joy, and happiness even if you don’t! I hope your holiday season has been filled with friends, family, and festivities. Our Christmas was a little different this year. Instead of caroling with my family around the piano, I had Thai food with friends while my husband [...]

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Last Minute Holiday Gifts, Part 3

Last one, I promise! Then I have some really good recipes for you, some exciting upcoming programs, and a 2012 wrap up. If you missed them: Holiday Gifts, Part 1: Cookbooks Holiday Gifts, Part 2: Kitchen Items Sugared out? Ready to get healthy in 2013? I own every single one of these items and use [...]

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