Tag: advice

Stop Calling Kids Fat

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“You should take the skin off of your chicken,” blurted one of my elementary school teachers as I crossed the street heading towards my...

Mama, You Don’t Need A Villain in Your Life

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Every great movie has a villain…an enemy of some sorts. Darth Vader Regina George The Joker Voldemort Cruella Ursula Winifred Sanderson Wicked Witch...

Fire Season, Fire Service, and Fire Families

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As I write this, my husband is driving in 116 degree heat through Arizona while being rerouted to a new wildfire assignment. We are 11...

Early Interventions: How They Helped My Son & Why It’s Ok...

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Sometimes we get our biggest and best lessons during unexpected times. What happens when parenting takes the unexpected? You embrace it the best you...

Diets Are Dumb: Do This Instead

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“Oh, my gosh!  You’ve lost so much weight.  How did you do it?”  One after another, the ladies in your circle carry on about how...

Diversify Your Bookshelves in Honor of Black Lives

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I wasn’t planning to tell my 5 and 7 year olds about what happened recently in Buffalo. But a couple days after the shooting,...

To Kegel or Not To Kegel?

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Many women and moms have questions about their pelvic floor health.  We have partnered with Laura Currens, DPT, PCES.  She is a Pelvic Floor...

Speaking My Truth to My Daughter

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As parents our main purpose is to raise our children to be strong, independent, confident, and loving adults. Yet, we walk a thin line...

Showing Interest and Showing Up

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Showing Interest and Showing Up Recently, I stood in front of a class of 6th graders at a public middle school where I was substitute...

I Don’t Want Them Thinking I Have a Favorite

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After your second child, the juggling begins. It’s funny how by the time we have our second, we feel we are an old pro...