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Tiny House Living: How Two Families Made It Work鈥擳eenagers, Sleepovers, Alone Time, and All

How do you fit a full-sized family into a tiny house? The Morrisons and Kasls found that the benefits of life in 200 square feet outweigh the difficulties.

Liz Pleasant | Dec 25, 2014

A Radical Homemaker on How to De-Stress, Have Fun, and Stay Healthy This Christmas

Tired of the spending that goes along with the holidays? The gifting frenzy? The stress? Maybe this is the year to blend a few new ideas into your holiday routine.

Shannon Hayes | Dec 24, 2014

We Don鈥檛 Need Santa鈥檚 Magic When We Already Have Our Own

Magic is about stepping into our power, about uniting our intentions with the natural world to create something better, something deeper.

Shannon Hayes | Dec 17, 2014

Exodus photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Ridley Scott’s Weak Defense of “Exodus” Casting Will Help You Understand Why Hollywood’s So White

All the main characters are played by white people. It doesn't really have to be that way.

Leigh Finke | Dec 13, 2014

The Radical Homemaker鈥檚 Reading List: 8 Books for Happier Families, Healthier Guts, and Saner Lives

A short list of books that have kept discovery alive and well in 2014 at Sap Bush Hollow farm.

Shannon Hayes | Dec 5, 2014

Why It’s OK to Be Angry on Thanksgiving

Quite often it is our darker side that illuminates the best part of us, that brings us to where we need to be.

Shannon Hayes | Nov 27, 2014

Sustainable food and farming

Photo Essay: At a Half-Mile-Long Table, Chefs, Farmers, and Volunteers Feed a Neighborhood for Free

In St. Paul, Minnesota, artist Seitu Jones wanted to start a community-wide conversation about food access and food justice鈥攁nd where better to talk than over a good meal?

Valerie Schloredt | Nov 26, 2014

7 Ways to Get Happy鈥擶ithout Costing the Planet

The starting point is to realize we have choices鈥攍ike meaningful work, authentic relationships, and gratitude.

Sarah van Gelder | Nov 15, 2014

An Introvert Cooks Dinner for 80鈥攁nd Learns Something About Community

I love my solitude. I also love my community. But my independent nature has never been unusual in this town.

Shannon Hayes | Nov 14, 2014

When My Husband Was Fired, I Felt Shame鈥擳hen Gratitude

I had grown up identifying joblessness with shame and failure. But here we were, on the other side of the employment equation, and for the first moment in my grown-up life, everything felt 鈥� right.

Shannon Hayes | Nov 8, 2014

Empathy Heroes: 5 People Who Changed the World By Taking Compassion to the Extreme

Want to learn to change the world with empathy? Get ready to learn from the masters.

Roman Krznaric | Nov 7, 2014

Health care

What I Learned About Living From Dying of Cancer

Many more patients are now living for years with the diagnosis of terminal illness. The author describes her journey to what she calls 鈥渓ivingly dying鈥濃€攆acing her death by living in the moment with grace and mindfulness.

Marcy Westerling | Oct 24, 2014

Denmark Becomes Second Country to Let Citizens Choose Their Gender Without Having Surgery

A new law allows transgender citizens to decide their own gender鈥攁nd all it takes is a piece of paper.

Tom Lawson | Oct 22, 2014

Sustainable food and farming | Health care

How to Pickle Almost Anything

Why ferment? It鈥檚 practical magic. Here are a few basics to get you started.

Doug Pibel | Oct 16, 2014

The Radical Homemaker鈥檚 Guide to Finding Peace When Your Kids Are Eating You Alive

Rather than feeling guilty for not giving each child everything they deserve, I will feel gratitude for the grace with which they accept my limits.

Shannon Hayes | Oct 16, 2014

Photo by Brittni Gee Photography / Flickr.

Why I鈥檓 Staying In My Hometown (Even Though Everybody Knows What I Was Like as a Kid)

Brought on by the sound of a screaming child, I reflect on my past, my community, and how we can become our true selves without fleeing our roots.

| Oct 8, 2014

Mental health

Three Projects that Block Violence Against Women By Bringing Communities Together

These projects show how everyday people can address violence in our own communities by breaking through the silence to interrupt abuse.

Victoria Law | Oct 1, 2014

Tayla and Strawberry. Photo by the author.

My Chicken Became a Cat鈥擜nd Taught Me to Imagine a Happier, Healthier World

If there is one key to making it in a family farm鈥攐r in any business that thwarts the trend toward relentless greed and destruction of the planet鈥攊t is the ability to believe.

Shannon Hayes | Sep 23, 2014

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