Health + Wellness

Disclaimer: This is one mom's experience with Lyme's Disease and what she has found to work for tick prevention. This is not medical advice; please see your doctor if you have concerns or questions regarding Lyme Disease.  Lyme Disease is...

One evening while using my time to mindlessly scroll Facebook, I saw a snapshot of a Twitter post that read, “Are you healed or are you distracted?” Well. Call the police please because I am being targeted by a stranger...

I have always been intrigued by nontraditional methods of physical and mental healing. I had tried acupuncture and tarot readings previously. And it was after one of these tarot readings that I decided to send my energy into the hands...

As a mom to four teens, I’ve gotten pretty good at “the talks.” I remember the “sex talk” I had with my firstborn; my face was bright red as I stumbled through all the elements. I certainly improved with...

“It’s not that bad when there’s no wind.” Ah, a timeless classic. I have said this a time or two, almost always when I’m justifying why I continue to run outside in the Midwest during winter. And it’s more than just...

When counting down the seconds until midnight of 2020, I certainly didn't anticipate the trials this year would bring. But when the balloons at the party failed to drop due to a release cable malfunction, that was the first...

I’m a bit of a high-strung person. I get anxious when things don’t go according to my plan. One might call my personality, “Type A.” Not shocking, these traits have followed me into motherhood. Go about the day without a schedule? Hard...

My 4-year-old daughter is my more "difficult" child. You know what I mean, the kid that pushes your buttons just a little bit more. The kid that takes more work, both mentally and physically. She is sassy, loud, and...

The last couple of years have been a journey of discovering what true self-love means and owning my own happiness by taking control of my thoughts. Not just negative thoughts; all my thoughts, good and bad. It's something I wish I...

Every birth experience is unique for mother and baby. Some births are vaginal, either unmedicated or medicated. Other births are planned caesarean, or even emergent cesarean. While cesarean section (C-sections) started out being used only in emergent situations, now over 32%...