Health + Wellness

We don't know about you, but we're going to be honest for a moment: this fall has been pretty rough. Between the uncertainty of an ongoing pandemic, the constant bombardment of political punditry, fluctuating work and school commitments that...

Babies are completely dependent on dad and mom. Each little one needs to be fed properly, changed regularly and held tenderly, just to mention a few necessities. To set families up for success, St. Luke’s Birthing Center covers as...

I grinned cheekily at my husband, his golden hair mussed, his cheeks slightly flushed from the exertion of moments earlier. I looked at the clock. Yep. We were going to be late again. We repeated this drill nearly every Sunday...

Sorry, not sorry, for all the transformation posts on my Facebook page.  You see, I'm not doing it for attention or all the comments--positive or negative--I am doing it to be a role model to my children, especially my daughter,...

It was about 11:30 at night when my phone woke me up. Disoriented, I tried to remember if I was on call – or maybe it was the baby monitor beeping? Finally, it registered that my sister who lives...

It’s the 21st century but somehow we’re still buying into the idea that the only women who have “worked hard for their bodies” are women who have toned, smooth, athletic, media-glorified physiques. As if the rest of us are somehow...

“Your baby has a birth defect.”  Words no mother should ever have to hear.  Yet there I was at a measuring ultrasound, with a new doctor who specialized in ultrasounds because my regular OBGYN happened to be booked solid...

It seems my children love orthotists. Or at least keeping one of the local clinics in business! Both kids see a specialist for different issues. My youngest, now 7 months, started shortly after his 4-month appointment. I had asked...

I think (hope!) that it’s safe to say summer in the Northland has arrived! With it comes more outdoor time. May was Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and so it's a great time to chat about skin cancer detection and...

I just finished reading the book, “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis. She is a talented motivational speaker for women and she’s a mother of four. If you haven’t heard of her before, you can find her books...