. . I hope someoneets my message in the bottle . Good morning, everybody, denise is here. Molly is off. Itthe first day of school for the kids. Thats a tradition for her. Got bloody marys. I hope you brought some tips for remedy and ideas that are awesome. I did. I want you to guess what is in this little bottle. Shall i smell it, spray it stops bleeding, cleans wounds, cuts, scrapes, good for odor. I didnt smell it but i think its white vinegar. Heres what i do with it. Oh, its so refreshing. Oh, my gosh, i love it. My sister from hawaii introduced me to it. Heres what shell do all over her face. Okay. What is it . It is witch hazel my kids its a natural plant. Its got one of those Tech National names. You 0 could probably google it. Poison ivy. Cameraman dave wants it for his diaper rash. Good to know. Thats rich hazel. Do you mix it with water . Its amazing. Isnt it like an old wifes i love it. The other thing thats fun, you and your kids have these really fun relationships, and your husband, your family is super quirky and fun, so you started this new instagram with your son, right . What is it . Its called sass the squash. Sasquatch and we go around taking pictures of sasquatch. Do you believe in big foot . I do not believe in big foot. Do you . No, i dont. But its funny, because i had a golf show i minnesota for five years and the producer of our show wrote a big foot book that is all about the actual sights and legit theres people who believe in big foot. Heres my big thing, if thers a b foot, wouldnt there be little big foots running around. A lady big foot and people would see aot of big foots. Sound off, do you believe in big foot . We want to know. Let us know on facebook. Well have a chance to even see the big guy. Maybe youve seen big footn person. And maybe youll meet him on you never know what is going to happen. First up, our next guest is a former soap opera star who is on a mission to help teens get into competitive colleges. Today, her four keys to College Admission success. Pela donnelly, now an author and educator. Her two books are s. W. A. T team tactics for getting your teen into college and four keys to sledge admissions success. She joins us with more on step by step instruction t students get into colleges regardless how much money their family has. Good morning. Nice to have you here. Great to see you here. Look how good you look on camera. You were on one life to live and all my children . Dont forget the edge of night. That was my first job when i was 21. Z you like working on soap was there as much drama as there was on the show . I wish they turned the cameras, it would have been a better show. That will be book number tleefrjts how does one go from working in successful soap operas to being a College Admin expert. I enjoyed that time but i didnt have that sense of fulfillment that comes from a deeper purpose. For me, i really had a calling as after i was a soap star, i ended i gradued with a degree in sity. Secondary education and i knew i wanted to find a way to help make college successful for everybody. Because i had been fortunate. Coming from farmlands in virginia, my parents didnt have college degrees. They were awesome. Maybe i can be that person that can help moms and dads. Need . We have a College System that were launching, were giving that pro bono to a school there. I want to give it pro bono to somebody in milwaukee, if youre an administrator, a teacher, i have a present for you guys. G. A. T. E. You have to happen with grades, testing. S. A. T. S will will you. G. A. T. E. Is trying to do all of pretty fun, i think. What do you think the biggest mistakes are . Sometimes they are not looking at enough grants to help them. What do you see as mistakes . The biggest mistake i see, they underestimate the role of merit aid. They dont understand the gpa and test score scores are what for your students. The investment of time and energy to make sure they have those things right means literally tens of thousands of dollars in your pocket. You have to support them with mentors. When i was getting ready to send my son to college. Literally its a sea of information. I can see wre there is a need for guidance in that area. Now it can be digital. Becse of educational techn technology. Oh, my gosh. Ipads, desk tops, laptop, its accessible now. Help them decide if the s. A. T. Is accessible toth. They dont know which question is which, by the time theye out of this app, they are able to diagnose. Like a mini quiz . Its a subset to give them experience and information with tips and strategies and we take them through that into some larger opportunities to be able to really cover everything they need to go through this successfully. You talk about finances, you see a discrepancy everything money in your family. Does that make a difference when it comes to College Missions . Some schools are able to give a full ride. Stanford, for example, if a the parents make less than 65,000 a year. Because its a full ride. Harvard has endowments. What you have to remember, from a faster point of view, the css profile you need to know about. We teach about that. There are a lot of different forms parents have to fill out and there are so many mistakes. We have a lot of free trainings on the Youtube Channel that will explain that so parents know what to avoid, which are the most common errors on those forms. Can still get aid. Peoplwouldnt think that. People think i shouldn even fill it out. Wrong. Fill it out and tru some experts. What is ed tech. Is that something you have within your program . Ed tech means educational technology. You know how theres uber and airbnb. Youre able to take an app and platform and make it accessible to everybody. Without it being fancy, rich people affording 26 ivy league educators who work for years to create g. A. T. E. Youre not going to hire us. You cant. Its nice to make that accessible. I think its great. You get so much great information for people and you are giving away free training as well when you opt in with your email address. Heres how you do that, at if you mention Morning Blend you get this for free. Check out the website. Thanks for being here. Really appreciate t. We have so much more coming, including how a good nights sleep is attributed to a pillow. Up ahead, do you know which National Park is the most dont let this picture follow you. Fun facts coming up. And our favorite nutritionist is here. Its the final days of the ford freedom sales event. And the deals just got better. . Im free to do what i want and have a good time. . Plus 500 labor day cash across the entire 2016 ford lineup. 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Lets chat a little about it. I t a lot of people start about getting fiber in your diet. A lot of people dont get enough. They have issue and they start to mix stuff in watt e when we think of fiber we think legitimately regulator and we think older people. Prunes and metamucil. The thing about fiber, its not just beneficial from that. But it helps to remove toxins from their body. People, if theyre younger, experiencing certain like menstrual, digestion issues, fiber is, dont think about it as bathroom issues. It helps with weight loss, . Weight loss. Prett much everything condition there two different kinds. We have soluble fiber and insoluble. How much do you need . Soluble this is found in oats, not seeds, beans, lentils, and some fruits and vegetables. This binds the fatty acids, and helps to remove estrogen from the body and slows down absorption in the body. You said helps with hormones. This is what helps to create bulk, helps regulator, helps to balance the ph in intestines, this is most whole greens and fruits and veggies. Insoluble doesnt mean you cant process . It means it doesnt bind with water in a sense youre right. It doesnt break down. It scrubs the intestinal wall. It helps create bulk. Its necessary. Variety is key. This is something i get confused by. Certain things dont get absorbed or dont help you unless combined with something. Is it good on your own . No, you dont want to eat just beans because your belly will be mad at you. You want a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans. You want both soluble and insoluble fiber because they Work Together in the body. Is that of both or 50 grams of soluble or insoluble . Weve been going with 35 grams lately. Thats kind of the goal which people dont get close to, however, recently experts have shown if you get 50 grams of fiber a day. You definitely have Greater Health benefits and longevity. That seems like a ton of fiber. This is combined. Im not asking people to keep track of each. Again, variety. Here. Well break down what 50 grams looks like. Can you have too much . I guess you can. I highly doubt thats most peoples problems. I highly doubt it. Lets start with breakfast. A lot of these are easy. Youre probably eating some of them. The biggest fiber foods, berries are awesome. All berries . All berry, blackberry, raspberries, 4 grams of f 1 cup. Oatmeal. This is one of my easiest breakfast. You put three, four cups of oatmeal, Peanut Butter, flaxseed, so this bowl right here youre looking at 10 grams. Breakfast, 14 grams of fiber. Do you have that oatmeal recipe on your website . Uhhuh. Really super easy. Lunch, this is an openfaced to make a difference. Sprouted bread will have a lot more fiber than pber than regul fiber bread is good, too. I think its really good when its toasted. Its great. You hput hummus, its made o garbanzo a little spinach spouts, avocado has 5 grams of fiber. Its the perfect food. Again, car bohydrates are necessary. These are slow carbs, because they are backed with fiber and also fat, thats not going to mess up your blood sugar. Again were looking at fiber to help balance blood sugar as its fishy. It came out of the lake. Its not me, its the fish. Ill get my witch hazel. This is a basic dinner. You have protein which typically doesnt have fiber in it. Half cup of broccoli, one gram, cup of cooked brown rice, avocado and a side salad and we did pass this up at lunch. Raspberries, a cup has 8 grams of fiber. Even more than but and blackberries, too. You would think when you steam it it break downes the fiber, but dont let that not like youre looking to eat a bunch of raw vegetables. If youre not eating any fiber you want to slowly increase. Thats all i need to know about fiber. Lets talk about nick, your brother. Equally important. We Just Announced her brother weve had nick on the hes been announced for the brandnew bachelor. Hes currently on bachelor in paradise we want to tell you when he was here, we did ask him if he would consider the bachelor. Heres what he said. Would you go back . Would you do it again . Would you be on another season of the bachelorette. I think my time on the bachelor franchise is probably complete. No, its not. Really . Paradise. Remind him of that. I will. Im as surprised as he is. He found out really hes excited . Yeah. I think hes nervous. Yeah, hes excited. I think its one of those things where its like, all right, you cant really be runnerup this time. Did they come to him or did he kind of do the whole asking . No, no, no. They came to him. Like i said, it literally came by total surprise. Type of thing, but they see him as being somebody who is a good sport with it all, and he has girls love making out with him. Wow. He looks great. He seems like a really good guy. He is a good guy. I think were all kind of like, all right. Interesting call. Its got to be funny for a mother to watch their son making out on tv. For a family, theyre like, eww. Your new sisterinlaw is out there somewhere this that group of 25 women. And im sure shes just dying to meet us. You know, ill be wear the sasquatch costume. I think in general, we definitely support him. Were happy for him. We wish him the best of luck. Come on. No, im serious. Kind of like, youve done them all . This is like the main one, right . This is where it really i truly do hope he does want to find somebody, he truly does, and i think he yeah. And i think hes kind of been through the ropes with the franchise, you know . He didnt come off the gates like everyone loved nick. But i think as its gone on, people got to see how he is, yeah. We love him, we support him. I dont know how bound hell within his tour by i hope hell come back here. Im sure he will. That would be great. Thanks for chatting about it. All right. Still ahead, which state has the most natural parks . Well have a fun quiz celebrating the park systems 100th birth day. Up next, if youre folding a pillow, or stealing it from your spouse you may have a pillow problem. Welcome back. After a laid back summer. Getting enough sleep could be important. Joining us is Kristen Shirley and ceo. Welcome to the Morning Blend, you guys. Thank you. I love the pillow. Its comfy here. Im a pillow stealer. I feel people do the same thing. Because theres a favorite pillow on the bed. We can talk about this. So, the obviously, you cant buy time, right . Right. So, when it comes to sleep, if you cant get more, you have to have better. You have to have better sleep, better quality sleep and an easy buying a new pillow. Its busy this time of year, everybody is going back to school. People need a restful nights sleep. Parents need a good nights sleep. Can you improve your sleep just getting a new pillow. You have to think of three things. Your mattress, your beds, sheets, things like that. And your pillow. I believe that, too. Because pillows are so important. How do you know if you have the right pillow . How do you know how to get the right pillow . Theres so many choices out there, right . The first thing is, understanding understanding you need one, right . So, obviously, if youre not sleeping well, thats a good place to start. Its a pretty low hurdle. But the fact is, it reflection. People tend to cope with what they have. I dont think people know its possible with the new pillow technology. People talk about, if youre going to invest in anything, you should invest in the place you sleep. Have a really great bed and pillows because they do mean so much. A lot of times we dont want to replace old pillow. If youre ready to do that and most people know we should. How do you pick the right one . Certain ways to match the ways like . How does it work . Fundamentally its a sampling process. It means you have to have a huge selection. Weve tried to relate them in a way that means something. We have a couple pillows. This is a warm hug from aww. Theres grand na ma. Absolutely. It was on the bed. I got it. So, in this one right here, this is a soft Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich. Oh, my. I love it. Oh, yeah, it is. I do like those, a lot. Oh, its the kind that if you squish, it says squished. Really have to you have to sample. And everyone has they have something they like. I want to know what this one is. This feels like chilled, whipped butter. I definitely think it feels that way, definitely more dense. Oh, i like that one. One thing that come having wet butter oh, there you go. Th wet butter oh, there you go. That is nice, i need a new pillow. These, i need a new pill loefrjts one thing having a comprehensive selection, its about the policy. What well do is take you through a very sort process. Well ask you a few questions. It will only take about ten minutes. We narrow it from 80 pill throws 3 to 4. People know, when they lay down and find the perfect pillow, they know instantly. Is it this squishy technology . Down pillows are the most searched pillow on the web. So they are in peoples minds but some people are allergic to down pillows and theres alternative. Theres specialty pillows. Body pillow, rest pillows and organic pillow. What is the latest, hottest pillow, is it the squis. Ar or i would say, when it comes down to, its the perfect pillow for you. Thats what we want to do. We want to help you find the pe. Pect pillow. That could be different for everyone. We have pillows ranging from 10 up to. Pe00. A lot of our pillows are in the 50 range. We have something for everybody. Should people sleep with one pillow or two pillow . Is this your pillow menu . Its a bit like a restaurant. This is all of the pillows that we have. Its an enormous selection. What weve done is try them. Wouldnt you want to try a fluffy angel food cake pillow . You go he in there and experience a stack of fresh laundry, or let see what we have here, soft pack of springy yoga mats or puffy cloud. Puffy cloud sounds or cool whipped cream. I think we all know theres pillows on our bed, that we have to swap out. If you get one pillow right nogn youre getting another half off. All you have to do is visit online, learn more at verlow. Com. So, you got to go in, get your good nights sleep, were back in busy routines and well be sleeping earlier with the sunlight, so im ready. Yes. Thanks, you guys. Thank you. Appreciate it. Up next, do you know howld the arches in arches National Park are . Up nyou wt, a quiz about our the night is preserving your and welcome back. Isnt that beautiful . The nationanexpark serre gce tud 1ne. Years old this pck. Isnt that beautiful . The nationanexpark serre gce tud 1ne. Years old this past sunday. The parks provide the most beautiful lanpillowcapes in ame. Show well do you know them . Here with fun facts and great quiz is stacey. Shes one of the coauthors of ranger ricks National Parks. There it is. Shello, stacey. Good to have you here. To help out with todays quiz, we enlisted the local technical loducer. Its paul polizzi. He moonlights. Hes a professional trire ga reader. She looth f great with those glasses. For you, first, i think this is great. Its the ld 0th birthday of National Parks. You worked on this book. Show did you get ranger rick an the National Wildlife foundatio