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      <image:title>Blog - 6 Strategies That Promote Emotional Health And Resilience During Stressful Times - 1. Slow Down!</image:title>
      <image:caption>When we feel anxious we tend to rush and react. We slide into a “fight or flight” mode, reacting to worry, stress and fear. When this occurs, the emotional part of our brain is in control and our rational, thinking capacities don’t function optimally. By pausing and slowing down, we give our body a chance to respond to experiences more calmly and more thoughtfully. PHOTO: Nareeta Martin</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - 6 Strategies That Promote Emotional Health And Resilience During Stressful Times - 3. Take a Break!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - 6 Strategies That Promote Emotional Health And Resilience During Stressful Times - 4. Be discerning with how and with whom you spend time!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Be thoughtful and discerning with how you gather information. Use trusted news or government sites. Limit your information gathering to an amount that keeps you prepared and up to date, but avoid checking and rechecking resources. Over-exposure to daunting notices and statistics can increase anxiety levels significantly. It is okay for us to be discerning about the company we keep, investing in relationships that nurture calm, positivism, and compassion. PHOTO: Jon Tyson</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Using purposeful breathing to activate our parasympathetic nervous system, the one that relaxes and calms us down, can be very helpful. There are a variety of techniques (Boxed Breathing, Paced Breathing, Belly Breathing, etc..) that can be readily found on the internet. Practice those that focus on a longer, deeper exhalation, which is what signals and invites relaxation. PHOTO: Robin Benzrihem</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Carrying extra stress fatigues the mind, body and heart. The best antidote is rest and sleep! Rest and restore so you can face another day, renewed and refreshed.PHOTO: Kate Stone Matheson</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Traveling with Food Allergies - Spotlight on Mexico - First, keep it fun and playful!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>On Christmas Eve, we were invited to share in Las Posadas, piñatas, and a Christmas feast, where we knew there would be over 20+ guests. PHOTO: @filiosphotography</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You will be met with good intentions everywhere in Mexico. But good intentions don’t protect anyone from a lack of education or training in safe food allergy preparation. Vet your server and kitchen staff skills or openness to follow your directions before committing to a meal. PHOTO @drew_beamer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While I recommend packing dry snacks from home (safe granola, fruit bars, dried fruit, etc…) it is also possible to manage with local products and smart to know where you can buy what YOU need.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When traveling to places with limited food service such as boat trips, buy your snacks and drinks in advance and bring them along. PHOTO: @julietajulieta</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Traveling with Food Allergies - Spotlight on Mexico - Fourth,find your inner researcher, channel your detective skills and be adventurous!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>When visiting friends or family, we typically fed our youngest in advance. Mexicans are incredibly generous and warm hosts. We wanted to keep our child safe, yet not offend those who likely spent hours preparing for our meals. When doing excursions away from town centers, bring your own food. Smaller bodegas or kiosk won’t offer the variety you need for allergen-free foods, or the option of reading labels.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our most cherished travel experiences center around authentic cuisine! So when in Hungary, eat Langos (fried dough prepared with all kinds of ingredients), Palacsinta (crepes) or Gulyas (goulash)! Right? Well not necessarily if you or a loved one are allergic to gluten, eggs or milk. It takes determination, resourcefulness and sadly, a more flexible budget, to still eat authentically.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Amazing Travels - Despite Food Allergy Fears and Frustrations - Sushi in Krakow? Yep!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Youmiko Sushi, which had approximately 3 four-top tables and a sushi counter service area for 7 - 8 people ranked in the top 10 on typical travel rating sites. Unless you came off hours, you simply couldn’t get in without a reservation. We realized that if we came early, we could sit at the bar and watch our chef prepare our food. Our sushi chef’s English was very good and he followed our instructions fabulously… we were confident as we were able to sip sake, admire his culinary artistry and at the same time, make sure all knives and surfaces were wiped clean! And I must say that this sushi was some of the best and most beautifully presented we have ever had in all our domestic and international travels. In our 4 days in Krakow, we ate there twice, each time reserving the highly coveted bar stools to have the best food safety view in town! Most larger cities now have an assortment of international restaurants. Finding those that typically suit your family's eating needs is often a nice way to improve the odds that you will have a relaxing, if not culturally local-authentic, meal. Photo: Kyle Head</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My husband and I split the visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau over two days, each planning an age appropriate outing for our youngest child on the other. He brought her to Wawel Castle, a handsome castle perched on a hill with splendid views of Krakow, towers with dungeons, a dragon’s den, and beautiful gardens. On my day, I planned a low tourist day and visited a local hangout for young families in the heart of Krakow, called Kocia Kawiarnia Kociarna, the Cat CAFE on ul. Krowoderska, just a short walk outside the pedestrian part of town. Upon entering the cafe, you order from baristas as you would expect in any good cafe with personalized drinks, pastries and smoothies. After ordering, you pass into the cafe’s seating area through a cat decorated wardrobe, which separates the food preparation area from the seating zones for customers and cats - of the feline sort!!! The baristas spoke English well and understood my daughter’s food allergies. They washed a blender, especially for her and made her a fruit smoothie to enjoy. She sipped heartily and happily, gently appealing to the cats with toy mice and yarn, to join her for some lap time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Planning for individual experiences with family members creates good will and allows for more age appropriate experiences and reduces frustrations, resentments and boredom. Photo: Jay Wennington</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sometimes travel calls for sensitivity to age. During this trip, we separated our family members to experience the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp. Nothing really prepares you for the emotional impact of witnessing man’s inhumanity to man, and our littlest wasn't ready for it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Before our youngest was born, we used to end each evening with a sweet treat. In Italy, for instance, we never went a day without one or two scoops of gelato with a decadent decaf latte - our family nightcap. Now we take advantage of renting homes instead of hotels, with fully stocked kitchens so we can make our own desserts and more importantly, perhaps, we have taken on new non-food rituals. One of our favorites has been listening to books together on tape. The first few Harry Potter novels created beautiful shared moments on recent trips introducing our baby to my older kids’ most cherished books!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Once after a long day’s work out of state I enjoyed a one hour debrief with colleagues, having coffee and eating snacks (mixed nuts) at a picnic bench near our work site. So far from home I relished the freedom to indulge in a treat I rarely ate, as we are a tree nut free home. I made the drive home in under 3 hours, without stops, trying to get there in time for a good night’s kiss. When I got home, my daughter asked me to help apply her lotion, as her eczema was flaring up. Without thinking (or washing my hands), I lathered her up - the entirety of her legs. (Photo: Irina Kostenich)</image:caption>
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