Tag: health

Saying No to Diets and Cleanses for 2019

Ever since I was a preteen, I’ve greeted almost every New Year with that tortured resolution common to many women: some combination of diets...

Is It Possible To Have Balance As A Mom?

I was recently talking with a friend who has two young children about balance. She mentioned that she had just gotten a chance to get...

Preparing Your Daughter for a Successful Year…Advice from the OB/GYN

As the new school year approaches, we know mothers play a critical role in preparing daughters for a successful year. Whether your daughter is...

I Was a Nurse Before I Was a Mom, How it...

For two years before I became a mother, I was a nurse on an inpatient pediatric unit. Before I felt the weight of my daughter...

The Family Table: Top 5 Whole30 Family Meals

If you are on social media, I am sure you have seen the thousands of detox, shake-diets, and Beachbody workouts. I will admit, I...

5 Easy Ways To Add Joy Around Your House

Quick, Momma, what things bring you joy? Maybe your kids, maybe a spouse or significant other, maybe a job or chocolate or flowers or yoga....

10 Things to Sanitize this Cold and Flu Season

Sick season in the RVA is no joke. From November until March, there always seems to be some sort of bug lurking and waiting to...

Feeling Fabulous about My Body in My Forties

I was married for the first time at the age of 21. My husband and I were both gym rats; we worked out constantly,...

I Took a Sick Day and We All Survived

We've all heard it :: "Moms don't get sick days." In fact, I think that we as moms have made that statement above one of...

Why This Mama Loves to Run

I'm a runner. I can say that now. But if you would have told me ten years ago that I was going to complete my...