Rachel Murugi, Author at Thriving SuperMama

The Perfect Chicken Recipe for Dinner on Easter Sunday

April 3, 2021 2 Mins Read

Adapted from Southern Living Instead of the common tradition of cooking lamb meat, try spicing that Easter dinner with some yummy Ginger Ale-Can Chicken. For this recipe, two whole chickens are marinated in a mixture that includes liquid steak seasoning, rosemary, garlic, and pepper. The chickens then get oven-baked vertically over opened cans of ginger ale until they are perfectly roasted. The secret is that in the hot oven the ginger ale steams, keeping the chicken moist. This easy roasting method also allows fat to drip through and around the chickens, giving them a rich flavor and a beautiful golden(brown color). This will result in great taste on the table especially if served fresh and hot, it would certainly give…

Self Love + Wellness Rachel Murugi

Natural ways to boost those happy hormones in your body

April 2, 2021 3 Mins Read

There are four famously known hormones that are produced to help promote positive feelings like pleasure, happiness, and love. Your happy hormones can actually, be boosted in a variety of ways. One of them is known as Dopamine and its production focuses on pleasure. It plays a motivational role and also the brain reward system. Serotonin deals with well-being and happiness. It’s also a mood stabilizer. We also have Oxytocin and it focuses on bonding, love, and trust. The last one is Endorphins and they are produced in order to relieve pain and relax. There are a few natural ways to help you boost your happy hormones hence stay happy all day especially when you feel low or bored. Exercising…

Motherhood 101 Rachel Murugi

6 Easy Natural remedies for your child’s cold and flu

April 2, 2021 5 Mins Read

While growing up, a child tends to catch flu once in a while and as a parent, you have to make sure he or she has the perfect remedies to help relieve the symptoms which if persist, one is advised to visit the hospital immediately. Instead of running to the drugstore to get cough and cold meds, which actually aren’t recommend for kids, there are plenty of safe home remedies worth trying which really help so much. There’s is nothing torturous like having that feeling of seeing your kids sick with a cough or cold and you just want to make them feel better. It makes you so desperate pushing, you to try and help ease their symptoms as fast…

Motherhood 101 Rachel Murugi

5 Common Challenges faced by parents with autistic children

April 2, 2021 6 Mins Read

In case you don’t know what the word autistic means, I’ll give you the meaning but first, let’s know what the word autism means. It describes what an autistic person goes through. Parents of autistic children tend to work extra hard in taking care of their children. One thing that truly hurts and challenges so much is seeing their children go through tantrums, become aggressive, injure themselves, and refuse to comply with requests. Here are just a few common challenges parents face all around the globe while raising autistic children; Discomfort & Anxiety Due to characteristic communication difficulties, an autistic person may have severe anxiety issues but undergo a decreased ability to express it.The inability of people with autism to…

Food+Travel Rachel Murugi

Simple things you should know when Traveling with your kids

April 1, 2021 8 Mins Read

As a parent, you have traveled to lots of nearby and far destinations with your kids and maybe it has always been stressful and boring till today. Well, don’t worry, here is how to have the most peaceful and fun journeys while traveling with your children. As a single parent raising two adorable children aged 5 and 10, traveling has been quite a fuss especially when we first started traveling together. When I got used to it, everything got much easier and calmer. Traveling with children needs total care and attention. From my experience, I had to ensure that I first plan our trip early and make sure that I know what we shall be doing. Sometimes when we travel…

Food+Travel Rachel Murugi

Reasons to try Pav Bhaji from Suli’s Magic Kitchen

March 14, 2021 3 Mins Read

Try Suli’s Magic Kitchen Pav Bhaji Pav bhaji is a popular Indian street food that consists of a spicy mix vegetable mash & soft buns. It is so popular, such that every street corner you turn to, you shall find it. In all truth, you can eat Pav Bhaji every day without feeling like it is too much on your palate. This popular meal is eaten by cutting some piece of the pav (bun), and scooping the bhaji (vegetable mash) then just sweeping it to your mouth. Now near to home, you can enjoy this from Suli’s Magic Kitchen right here in Nairobi. So, what makes this Pav Bhaji particularly stand out so much from the rest of the others? The…

Self Love + Wellness Rachel Murugi

Ally’s hair and body products for your skin and scalp

March 3, 2021 3 Mins Read

Getting the correct balance in some hair products can be challenging. Skincare too! So when Ally’s introduced their range of products all hair, all body, all natural, every mama should consider. The naturally handmade soaps stand out with their unique designs from the beautiful molds used. Great for children too, we tried these products on dreadlocked hair and dry skin. This is what was realized. Shampoo, conditioner with treatment and hair oil This range of hair products smells exotic. Made with an addition of herb notes, you can pick that herby and floral scent, which will leave your hair with a memorable fragrance. Shampoo, Conditioner & Hair oil The shampoo lathers easily, on a scale of 10, it scores a…

Food+Travel Rachel Murugi

Foods that boost your fertility

March 2, 2021 4 Mins Read

Fertility issues are one of the major causes of delayed child bearing. It is such a serious matter that experts in major developed countries are fearing could impact on population growth. Anyone who has walked this journey will confess that it’s not an easy one. “It started immediately after our honeymoon. I had low sex drive, and was always moody. We tried several times, but no matter what we did, my body just couldn’t respond. We had to see a doctor who referred us to a nutritionist.” says Emily, a 28 year old lady. READ ALSO: HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU VISIT A GYNAECOLOGIST Foods play an integral part in our bodies. They give us strength and repair worn out tissues.…

Womanly Rachel Murugi

Ways to be intimate with your spouse without having sex

February 23, 2021 6 Mins Read

Who said a good time has to involve sex? Yes sex is magical and euphoric but in itself, it’s not an end. You can still do plenty of activities without necessarily engaging in the steamy act. All you need to do is be a little creative by thinking outside the box. In 2020 most couples complained that they had no idea of what to do with their partners especially with the lockdown. Suddenly, they had so much time together but very little an idea of how to do it. For the first few weeks they were excited, sex was the only menu on the table. A few weeks into it, they got bored and couldn’t continue. To help you still…

Mama+Baby Stories Rachel Murugi

Making your man listen to you

February 10, 2021 6 Mins Read

Oh how irritating it is when you are not being heard by your man! It often feels like you are speaking to a wall that does not have ears. Pun intended. Getting to this point where you are constantly fighting and you do not feel like the other person understands your point of view is exhausting. My husband and I have had conflicting opinions often, and I had to learn the hard way on how to approach him. Coming from an empowered girl background, I had this mindset that, no man deserved me explaining to him anything like a baby. I carried the misled thought of having to be aggressive and confrontational in my union with me, only for it…

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