New You

When I had my first child, I remember holding her on my chest while the doctor stitched me up (thank you, oh blessed epidural) and told me, “You are officially no longer pregnant.” I suppose there are a number...

Let me tell you a little story about a friend (spoiler alert: I’m the friend). This “friend” set a New Year’s Resolution to lose the baby weight, get in shape, and eat healthy.  She thought she’d accomplish this goal by...

For the last eight or nine years our family has been doing something different at the start of a new year.  Instead of making traditional goals or resolutions, we each pick a word for the year and we really...

Today we are so excited to share this amazing post from Thomasin McCoy (PhD) and Cindy Anderson (PhD, APBB, founders of Hope Springs Behavioral Consultants.  This post is Part 4 of our January Series entitled "Live The Life You've Imagined".  If,...

A new year. A clean slate. A fresh start. January is a time many of us will make New Year’s Resolutions or set goals for the year. Research shows that about 40% of us make New Year’s Resolutions, but...

I hesitantly signed up for Facebook when it first became available to non-ivy league schools in 2004. (Who remembers that?!) At the time, I thought it was crazy people were signing up for “social media” to “talk” to the...

{Today we are so thankful to have Dr. Ron, from Robinson Family Wellness, as a guest blogger in Part 3 of our January series entitled "Live the Life You Imagined".  We are absolutely loving this series so far; if...

2017 was hard.  And now that I think about it, 2016 and 2015 weren’t so easy either. I had a rough time having babies—the anxiety, sleep deprivation, and overwhelming to-do lists were difficult for me to adjust to. It...

I'll let you in on a little secret: I don't wear makeup everyday. In fact I can count the number of times I have worn makeup this year on one hand. This wasn't always the case. When I was a teenager I...

It’s almost a new year!  In the countdown from ten to one, amidst noise horns and confetti and champagne, (or the exhausted open-mouthed slumber of an overworked mama—no judgment here!), another page on the calendar is turned. A new...