Health + Wellness

Health fads come and go, but with how things have been the past year, I think it is safe to say that some health “fads” are here to stay. Not too long ago, IV therapy clinics started hitting our...

I have clinical depression. It stinks. It's especially not fun during a global pandemic, when I can't really see my friends much, go to church or the gym, and have kids running around my house a lot more than...

The beginning of February was a doozy for us. We aren't 100% certain where we got Covid seeing that we aren't out of the house much, but we have our theories. It all started with what we thought was...

Fitness is my job, but that doesn’t mean I have all the time in the world to work out. Between work, homeschooling four kids, and trying to make sure our house is something close to habitable, I’ve managed to...

There is a special breed of Mamas known as Healthcare Mamas. We all know one: she’s a nurse, a doctor, a respiratory therapist, a physical therapist, a medical assistant, etc. I am a Healthcare Mama. I have always felt...

Anxiety. It means something different to everyone. Everyone experiences it in a different way and at different levels. My journey with anxiety has been long and for the most part a source of shame for me. When did mental health...

I know it seems very cliché to talk about working out in the month of January, but hopefully this article won’t sound like a broken record. I will be the first to tell you that over the past year,...

Like many of my fellow moms, I had so many plans and goals for the 2020 post-Covid world. We were going to resume our park playdates, attend every festival in a 40-mile radius and even start double-dipping the salsa...

Autumn is by far my favorite season, with summer being a close second. As F. Scott Fitzgerald said in The Great Gatsby, “Life begins again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Everything feels fresh and renewed. The temperature...

Note: There might be some TMI moments in this post, but I want to share my story in hopes of helping others.  March 2020 was the start of something no one could have predicted. Like many other moms, I entered...