Meet the Mindful Healthy Life team! For general information on the site, please see our About page.
Founder
Jessica Claire Haney
Mindful Healthy Life Founder, Editor & Publisher
Jessica is a mother of two, the founder and a leader of the Arlington/Alexandria chapter of Holistic Moms 
Network, and a volunteer in her school and her district on issues of outdoor learning, environmental health, and wellness. Jessica founded Mindful Healthy Life in 2014 and offers consulting services for holistic-minded and family-focused businesses. To learn more, visit JessicaClaireHaney.com.
In addition to her volunteer work with Holistic Moms Network, Jessica serves as the chair of her school district’s Environmental Health and Asthma committee and is a member of the School Health Advisory Board. She served on the committee to produce Growing Green Schools 2015 and has helped facilitate monthly school garden meetups in her district. She has been a speaker at the Moms Clean Air Force Virginia Mama Summit 2015, an advisory board member of 2014 DC Birth and Babies Fair and a volunteer for NoVA Outside.
A writer working on her first novel, Jessica blogs at TheDCMoms.com and on her personal blog, Crunchy-Chewy Mama: Living naturally, most of the time. Two of her essays were published in the 2013 anthology Have Milk, Will Travel: Adventures in Breastfeeding
For more information, read Jessica’s Q&A with herself.
Email Jessica at jessica (at) mindfulhealthylife (dot) com. Find Jessica occasionally on Twitter @crunchychewy and on LinkedIn, follow Crunchy-Chewy Mama on Facebook, and view her writing and consulting page at JessicaClaireHaney.com.
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- Twitter @MindfulHealthy where we share events, news and tips and highlights from local events we attend
- Pinterest @MindfulHealthy where we’ve just started pinning our posts
- Instagram @MindfulHealthy where we are even more brand new but hope to share images from events around town and outdoor excursions
Site Staff
Lacey Burbage
Lacey Burbage heads up the Mindful Healthy Life Outreach Team working with partners and advertisers. Contact her at connect (dot) mhl (at) gmail (dot) com. For more on Lacey, visit laceyburbage.com.
Site Contributors
Sara is the founder of the popular blog Cook with 5 Kids. She has five children ranging in age from 8 to 20 including a resident chef, several blog helpers (one of them a new blogger), and two children living with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). She lives in Northern Virginia now after living for almost two decades in Rockville, Maryland. Learn more about Sara on the Cook With 5 Kids About page.
Cathy is the founder of Evolve Yoga Beyond the Mat. She has one daughter and teaches family yoga, yin retreats and more at local studios, including Ease Yoga & Cafe in Del Ray, Alexandria and Journey in Arlington and also as part of the Arlington County Public Library summer program. Follow Evolve Beyond the Mat on Facebook.
Read Cathy’s posts on Mindful Healthy Life.
Alexandra Hughes is a transformational Life Coach and Mama mentor dedicated to helping busy mothers navigate the messy, stressy world of motherhood so that they can find calm in the daily chaos. She is founder of calmjoyfulmom.com and the Clear Mind | Present Mama Challenge. Alexandra launched In Essence Coaching, LLC in 2011 after training with the International Coaching Academy to become a Certified Professional Coach. Prior to this, Alexandra worked in International Development research and practice. Alexandra is a recovering Type-A Mom and professional who practices mindful living with her three mischievous and vivacious children, and her frazzled (ever tolerant!) husband. They live, love and laugh together in Washington D.C.
Read Alexandra’s introductory Q&A.
Are you passionate about natural living, family wellness or mindful parenting?
Do you have a unique perspective to share about pursuing holistic health and wellness in Metro DC?
Mindful Healthy Life is seeking team members for a variety of assistance, including staffing in-person events, doing outreach to businesses and organizations, writing and editing as well as graphic design work, social media, and tech support. Click here for more information about joining our team.
We are especially looking to build a team that represents a diverse array of interests including work with communities of color and the intersection of the environment, health, policy, and social justice and for team members based in DC and Maryland.
By contributing to Mindful Healthy Life, you will get the satisfaction of knowing you are building a resource that will help more families to holistic health and wellness.
We can also provide exposure for your own website or your organization, business or group.
Click here for information about guest posts and content expert columns from experienced bloggers and professionals in the family wellness field. Click here for general team details.
Interested in joining our team? Email jessica (at) mindfulhealthylife (dot) com to inquire. Please clearly state your areas of interest and the communities you are part of as well as providing any relevant links.
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