I have had many frustrations in the dressing room trying to find jeans that are flattering and comfortable and fit my lower body, which may require three different sizes, depending on the store. Watching my daughter experience the same...
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As a mom of four, I am intimately familiar with “throw-up.” In...
I am a regular mom. I am not a doctor. I am not a personal trainer. I am not even naturally thin or athletic. But I do know a few things about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I have spent...
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"Oh, honey, that stress will kill you." This is what the emergency room nurse said to me while completing my intake. It is not hard to see that the past two years have increased my stress level:
Working for...
For almost four weeks now, my Facebook feed has been filled with friends reflecting on their hopes for the year to come. Some hope to be more present with their families and enjoy the little moments. Most posts are...
Self. Care.
They have nearly just become two, annoying, four-letter words based on how much we are told to do them. Urged to do them. Constantly bossed to do them. You see "self care" on irritating lists that include...
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Are you still eating oatmeal for breakfast every day and dutifully carrying around your yoga mat for those classes and responsibly holding back that juicy bit of gossip you picked up at the moms’ group last week?
If...
Alcohol has been a part of my life in some way for as long as I can remember. My father worked in the beer industry, which brought my family to San Antonio in the early 1980s. I have great...
If there’s one thing that mamahood never is, it’s boring. OK, that’s a bit of a stretch when you’re reading the same bedtime book for the umpteenth time. But life as a mama certainly always turns on a dime....
A couple months ago, I turned 40. I celebrated this milestone by organizing and adults-only hike in my favorite national park, Big Bend. The thought of planning something just for me—when I didn’t have to think about packing water...
We are crashing into the new year at full speed at my house, how 'bout you? I realized yesterday that the dry erase board containing our "family calendar" was still showing the month of November. I was so overwhelmed...
As a yoga instructor, I am familiar with the annual complaint that keeping a regular practice through the holidays is near impossible; I myself have fallen off the mat (figuratively here, though the literal has definitely happened too) more...
Earlier this year my eight-year-old announced that he was no longer going to eat meat.
“OK. Why not?” I asked.
“Because it makes me sad to eat an animal,” he replied.
Well, OK then.
(And, just to give you...
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