Nourishing Fertility: How Food Supports Reproductive Health
When it comes to fertility, there’s no single “magic food.” But research continues to show that what we eat can influence hormone balance, egg and sperm quality, and overall reproductive health. Nutrition is one of the most modifiable factors we can control, offering...
Sitting With the Struggle: How to Talk to Our Kids About Body Image
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing someone whose work I’ve long admired on social media: Oona Hanson. She specializes in addressing diet culture and eating disorders, two topics that are so important—and often challenging—to discuss. In this post, I’m...
Gut Check: 5 Top Gut Health Myths Demystified!
It Happens to Us All… A couple of weeks ago, my son and I went out for a special mama-son dinner at an Italian restaurant on The Hill—his request for his 14th birthday. Afterward, we headed to a concert (we saw Caamp, if you’re curious ;), and by the end of the night,...
Not Everything Is an Emergency: Finding Calm in the Chaos of Health Decisions
A note on new diagnoses, imaginative spirals, and the power of slowing down when making important health decisions. A few months ago, we had one of our kids evaluated for learning challenges. I had a hunch about ADHD, but the official diagnosis—dyslexia, dysgraphia,...