{"id":12658,"date":"2016-03-24T07:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:20:20","slug":"happy-and-healthy-this-eco-friendly-mom-spreads-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/happy-and-healthy-this-eco-friendly-mom-spreads-the-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy and healthy, this eco-friendly mom spreads the love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, I will be profiling an extraordinary human being who lives in our community. If you know someone who is doing something interesting with their life, I want to hear about it. Send me an email at <\/strong><\/em>laura.maclean@doppleronline.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All of a sudden, it became very clear to Kelly Mattice: if she wanted her kids to be happy and healthy, then she needed to be happy and healthy herself.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was heavier than I\u2019d ever been in my entire life,\u201d says the 29-year-old mother of two, who just happens to be the sixth generation of her family (the Mattice\u2019s) to reside on Golf Course Road. \u201cSo when my daughter started eating solids, basically I decided I was going to eat what she did.\u201d<\/p>\n

That meant making a big decision to cut out unhealthy food from her diet. Kelly has shed a whopping 70 pounds simply by eating right. She looks as healthy as she is. She has a gorgeous head of beautiful, shiny curls, and her skin is pretty flawless, too. She\u2019s got a sunny disposition and positive outlook on life to match. And the choices that she\u2019s been making over the last three years definitely have something to do with her overall well-being.<\/p>\n

When she opened her eyes to a whole new way of clean and healthy living, Kelly wanted to share that with people. She started Health Mama Muskoka, a Facebook page that offers useful and insightful tips on a variety of topics that all pertain to health and wellness. I don\u2019t know how she does it, but in between working three days a week as a dental assistant and caring for her two young girls, Kelly makes it a priority to post something every day. If she\u2019s inspired, she will share it with her 500-plus followers.<\/p>\n

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Kelly Mattice at her kitchen table with her tablet, which she uses daily for posting on her Facebook page Health Mama Muskoka.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cAnything on eco-living, from food recipes and makeup choices, to lifestyle topics like yoga or home ideas like non-toxic house paint – if it\u2019s something I find interesting or think other moms will benefit from, I want to share it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to bring other local moms (or ladies just looking for a good time) together, Kelly started organizing monthly events. An evening of Burlesque dancing, a workshop at Totem Juice Co. that taught ladies how to juice, and a delicious dinner at Caf\u00e9 Wilgress where divine food was prepared from scratch are just some of things she\u2019s organized already. Next month, hot yoga is planned, where the ladies will get their sweat on doing yoga in a steam room. Owners of local businesses have called Kelly expressing interest in her holding an event at their venue, a sure sign she\u2019s doing something right.<\/p>\n\n\t\t