Motherhood

  I see you at the park with your nose in a book or your head down using your thumb to scroll through your phone. I know you read articles telling you to put your phone away and enjoy your...

We celebrated my husband’s birthday last Saturday night. Sitting across from my girls at the restaurant, I was struck with how grown up they are. They are thirteen. In five years, they will graduate from high school. Five years! I have...

When I realized I was going to be a mom I was scared, full of anxiety. I know most of you reading this are thinking, well that’s mostly every woman before she becomes a mother, right? However, my fear...

I never met her, but my family tells me of "Nana" who was my great grandmother on my mom's side. She told dirty nursery rhymes, cleaned her dress in a fountain at a wedding followed by fanning it to...

I remember sitting in my first prenatal yoga class almost six years ago. My instructor (who I still highly respect as a member of the birth community) was a gentle, yet firm, mother of four, and Birth Doula. She...

For those of you celebrating Cinco de Mayo, please know this is not Mexican Independence Day. However, that shouldn't stop you from celebrating, having fun and partaking in some delicious food and cocktails. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory...

Rewind about 9 years...my first encounter seeing Postpartum Depression I was a very young, nervous new mom. I worked at a daycare and so I soaked up any bits and pieces of motherhood from the moms I got to know through caring...

I'm sure you've noticed the news reports over the past couple of years…..”baby (or child) left in hot car and dies”. This headline has become more and more of an everyday headline than ever before. The statistic is 37...

I was intrigued by the title.  “Quit Doing These 8 Things for Your Teen This Year if You Want to Raise an Adult.” So I clicked and read the list of ways to make your teen more responsible, autonomous, and ready...

With the arrival of Spring, there are tons of things we can do to plant the seeds for better mental and physical health for the upcoming months so we can get through the fall and winter months just as...

It’s safe to say that the weather this April in Central Florida has been gorgeous. Low humidity, almost no rain (I swear I felt a drop yesterday, maybe it was my neighbor’s sprinkler?), perfect temperatures. Sounds amazing right? On...

The Unicorn Frappuccino from Starbucks has been an internet sensation to rival Grumpy Cat and LuLaRoe leggings. Since it's launch every time I click into social media there is another selfie of someone trying the pink and blue color...

My husband and I met in high school. We had psychology class together when he was just a sophomore in high school. A little over a year after dating, when he was the ripe ol' age of 17 years...

Having a daughter enter the wonderful world of womanhood gave me a front row seat to the jarring reality of how poorly our society had prepared me to prepare her. I think my husband said it best, when I...

Moms Judging Moms. The Mommy Wars. Mom Shaming. It’s the subject of countless books and blogs. I know that I’ve both judged and been judged. Despite pleas for moms to be supportive of each other, embrace our differences, and just get...