Health + Wellness

trigger warning: ectopic pregnancy "Unfortunately, this is not good news"   The doctor's formality could not hide the discouragement on his face. The heartbeat before I had been full of butterflies and anticipation. I blinked my eyes and it was all...

As the article title suggests I'm a single, working mom with 3 kids and dinner time is often my arch nemesis. I start out the day thinking I'm going to make something nutritious and yummy, but by the time...

I’m scrolling my way through Insta one day and I see my friend Jacquie with her engaging smile, living her best life and teaching yoga. My plus size, fun size (how we say short) sister from another mother, and...

The third Thursday in October is National Get Smart About Credit Day. Super exciting stuff, right?! Maybe to those of us that get super nerdy about money and numbers. But to most people, credit is a big, bad, scary...

Who knew there was a National Tooth Fairy Day?!? Not ME- and I'm a dentist {LOL}. Guess I better get with the program! In honor of this most special day, I'm here to share some FUN ideas you may not...

I never would have guessed that bringing my seven year in for an orthodontist check up was something I needed to do. She's only in first grade! I had lost my baby teeth, had some others pulled, and was headed straight into the awkward teen years before I even thought about braces.

There really is a holiday for everything these days. Some of them are silly, and some are my new favorite days of the year, I.E. NATIONAL LAZY MOM’S DAY! I definitely celebrate this one way more often than once...

Ever feel like as soon as your kids go back to school, daycare, or mother's day out, they come home with some mega-germ that leaves them sick for a week?   Yup!  It happens to us every year.  my son with...

October is fast approaching and along with the ghosts, goblins, scary movies and pumpkins everything (all of which I am 1000000% in support of) comes another insidious beast: the Pink Washing problem. Now, before I get ahead of myself, let me...

My pregnancy experience was not completely blissful. There I said it.  Yes the early moments of first finding out and pre- morning sickness were wonderful, but that didn't last long. I struggled with pre-eclampsia pretty early on. Which left me feeling...

When thinking about our own health it is important to remember that health comes from the inside out. The “perfect body” is an evolving image. When I was in my teens it was a flat Britney Spears stomach you obtained by a “fat...

I’ve never been the most zen person. If there is a Wikipedia page that’s dedicated to Type A Nut Job, I’m pretty sure you’ll see my mug next to it. I have a particular way that I do things...

As I was gearing up for my morning session of Prenatal Yoga Booty Ballet, I was filled with dreams of a relaxing workout, one where I am one with my body, and channeling my inner goddess.  Sounds great, right? What could...

This morning I read the most beautiful description for children. There are lots of ways to describe offspring and I’ve heard so many different ones. Most you hear on a daily basis are comical, like the one time two...