Registered Dietitian, Christy Maloney, RD, LDN, CEDS-S owner of Enhanced Nutrition Associates in Charlotte, NC discusses how many people wait until the New Year to begin taking care of themselves. In this video, she shares why we are not waiting until January, but starting today. She also provides ways to take care of yourself right now and throughout the Holiday season.
Our parenting journey contains a lot of timelines that begin in pregnancy and continue throughout motherhood. There are timelines for baby development in utero, healing after birth, our children’s development, the six weeks check timeline and the timelines we give ourselves for healing. Postpartum even has different timelines. Jenna Somich offers a way of reframing our expectations on timelines to keep us present.
Dr. Holly Durney, a pelvic floor physical therapist and 2021, 2022 HER Expert Panelist discusses the most common mistakes she sees when teaching her patients how to do a kegel exercise.
Our 2022 expert panelists discuss how parents can navigate pregnancy after loss, what resources are available, that often difficult decision to not have more children and being content with the family that one has, and dealing with the changes that the body goes through after loss, how to approach fitness after miscarriage or loss, and a parent’s understandable array of mixed emotions and anxiety of losing a child.
After giving birth, who can provide you with the mental and emotional support you need and deserve? In part 3 of our series, we’re breaking down the potential members of your care team who can help you feel mentally and emotionally supported.
Katherine Andrew works with a lot of women in her nutrition practice, Nourish to Flourish. She sees the common missteps that they’re taking in regard to the health and nutrition space. In this brief video, Katherine shares some of those missteps she sees women making and suggests ways to do it differently.
Starting solids with your baby is an exciting time, but it can also be overwhelming. When should you start solids and how should you begin?
Dr. Aragona openly explains miscarriage and what happens in a woman’s body when a pregnancy is not viable.
As a society, we are beginning to look at the ways we historically have had a Eurocentric view of beauty and the thin ideal. As a culture, we are moving toward being more accepting of people with of all bodies and sizes. And yet, we get stuck turning that expanded view of beauty inward.
You know that mom that you’ve come across a few times who seems a little awkward, you’re a little unsure about who she is and whether or not you kind of want to bring her in. Guess what? She’s not stuck up. She’s anxious.
We need to understand that the title “mother” is not synonymous with “martyr.” There are so many ways that sustainable, consistent, self-care can improve your life and the lives of those around you.
August is an exciting time for parents with school aged children. However, along with that excitement can come anxiety as students prepare to return to the classroom.
Each child has unique needs to optimize their mental and physical wellness. However, there are several general recommendations that many children and families can benefit from. Here are some fundamentals for your “Back to School” checklist specific to academic performance.
Dr. Erika is a Family Medicine Physician who says that many of her patients are so embarrassed to ask questions about their period. Why are women embarrassed to talk about what happens every single month for several decades of their life? In this interview, Dr. Aragona breaks it down into what’s normal and what’s not normal. Because a lot of women have no idea.
In her nutritional practice, Katherine spends a lot of time on the topic of mindset shifts and helping people think a little differently. Mindset and our language that’s involved with it, meaning how we really believe and think about it, is a super important piece of the process. Katherine shares four mindset shifts that she focuses on with her clients.
There can be a lot of unknowns when returning to movement and fitness whether you are postpartum, or you are establishing/reestablishing a movement routine beyond postpartum. Jenna discusses the need of feeling what it’s like to ‘not be ready yet’ in order to understand what it feels like ‘to be ready.’
They say it takes a village, but how do you go about gathering one? Consider this your checklist. In part 2 of our series, we’re breaking down the potential members of your care team who can help you feel physically healthy, strong, and supported.
In this interview, we discuss the benefits to embracing food neutrality. It is a mindset that helps your overall relationship with food. Christy Maloney details the concept, how it helps and the easiest way to start embracing this mindset.
The second HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 discusses how mothers can best navigate the postpartum period, who should be a part of that postpartum care support team, how parents from different socioeconomic backgrounds can access the care they need, different approaches to finding balance in life (particularly as a parent), and how to approach difficult parenting decisions when overwhelmed by information from outside sources.
Every three minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room. So how do we keep your little one safe, while still ensuring that they are able to take part in social events, eat out at restaurants, and thrive developmentally?
Are you at a turning point in your marriage? Licensed Professional Counselor, Nicole Wallace shares three strategies to help foster deeper connection and positive regard with your partner.
Diastasis recti is the separation of the two sides of the rectus abdominis muscle, or the six pack muscle. While common for women to develop during pregnancy, it is something that can be treated.
A fundamental to burnout is respecting your bandwidth, the energy and mental capacity you have to get things done. It turns out that kids have a major impact on that. Erayna shares three things that she has either learned or that has been reinforced about mitigating burnout.
Over the years, Dr. Charryse Johnson has worked with dozens, maybe hundreds of moms and there’s one statement that every one of them has made. “There’s not enough time, and when I don’t get everything done that I truly desire, I feel like a failure.” That’s all or none thinking and Dr. Charryse is going to teach you that there’s another way!
Supplementing with low-dose lithium aims to support the body’s daily nutritional need for lithium. This is very different from the dosage of lithium as medication. Lithium has numerous health benefits, particularly for brain health and overall mood.
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