Health + Wellness

Summer time calls for cool treats, but I'm always looking for ways I can make treats I feel good about serving to my kids. A visit from the neighborhood ice cream truck is fun once in a while, but...

Being a woman is hard. As if our daily (and monthly) demands aren’t enough, someone decided we need to add mammograms and Pap tests to our lists, too.  Ladies, I feel your frustration. I’ve even caught myself contemplating canceling my own routine cancer screenings....

I used to think I was a queen at multi-tasking. Productivity was my jam. I was like Super Woman, always checking off as many of those to-do items as possible. However, these days it feels like that Super Woman...

I always anticipated I would have a bunch of mom friends once I had my own kids. I garnered this expectation from the experience that my parents had. They always had friends with kids close in age to us, and...

It's not always easy to appreciate our mom body and all the changes it goes through, but I'm here to tell you:  Your "mom bod" is incredible. My journey to love my mom body started in a surprising way. It was...

 I vividly remember looking in the mirror when I was in 7th grade and being so confused and frustrated when I first noticed stretch marks, or my “stripes” as I began to call them.  They were these reddish brown...

Summer is finally here! It’s the time of year where everyone wants to enjoy that "Hakuna Matata" lifestyle. And our relaxed schedules make it tempting to let our kids stray from normal sleep schedules. But chronically late bedtimes and skipping...

Get ready to set your clocks ahead on March 10, because daylight saving time is right around the corner! I’m sure you're just as bummed as I am about losing an extra hour of sleep. And the process is even...

From soothing anxiety to improving mood, there are many benefits to getting a good night’s sleep. Learn more about what sleep can do for your mind and body, plus some great sleep tips!  The Importance of Sleep Sleep, it's our best...

Our job as parents is to help our kids grow, develop, and thrive. And while it's not a commonly used term in everyday life, a big part of kids' development focuses on "Activities of Daily Living," or ADLs as we...