All posts by: Jackie Trottmann

Learn How to Meditate and Transform Your Life

Meditation can transform your life.  When you learn how to meditate, it can help you lose weight, gain focus find direction and even unlock the creative process if you are...

Shop to Help Others

Feel Good about Shopping When you Shop to Help Others   Now you can help others when you shop. Shop to Help Others is a Charlotte, North Carolina company that...

Have You Discovered Your Strengths and Know How You’re Wired?

Since I left the corporate world, it’s been a very interesting journey. One of my take-aways from that life was that I discovered my strengths and found out how I...

How to Lose Weight – Dieting and Exercising Aren’t Enough – You Must Change the Way you Think

Motivation, hard work and determination with dieting and exercising aren’t enough. You must change the way you think.   I don’t know what the statistic is for people wanting to...

Why do 95% of Dieters Gain Back their Weight Back and More

Have you fallen off the wagon of losing weight as an on-going goal or New Year’s resolution? If dieting were an Olympic sport, I would have won more gold medals...

The Pains of Puppy Dogs and Childbirth – Thank God He Gave us Brains to Forget Them Both

We had an adopted yellow Lab names Wilson. There’s the little lad to the left. We were the fourth owners in two years. The picture may be a little blurry...

Christmas Sticker Shock – A Funny or Sad Story from a Public School

So far I have been blogging about food, ideas and other inspirational thoughts, but I haven’t done a friendly rant. This is my first rant about life. I find some...

25 Christmas Ideas from Recipes, Decorations and Activities to Help Inspire You and Not Feel Overwhelmed this Christmas Season

I have to confess that every December I would let myself get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season. Instead of being joyful, I was burning the...

Recipes Aren’t Just About Casseroles, Cookies or Cakes – Recipes are Legacies

We are in the process of losing an entire generation. Every time we get together with my husband’s family, usually over a meal, there is mention of, “Mother’s chocolate chip...

Turkey Recipe – Casserole – Quick, Easy, Delicious

This casserole is my version of the classic Turkey Tetrazzini. I just made this last night and it turned out to be delicious. My husband and son can vouch for...