Ilana Donna Arazie is a blogger and vlogger who chronicles about parenting, spirituality and living her best suburban life. Her stories have been featured on the Associated Press, Chicago-Sun Times, Yahoo, Psychology Today and Huffington Post. She launched rivertowners.com about life 30 minutes outside of NYC in lower Westchester, where she tries to live in peace with a toddler. She shares a home with her musician husband and a three-year-old boy. You can follow her on Twitter @ilanadonna.
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