3 Things You Might Be Neglecting In Your Marriage
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.
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Diastasis Recti: What You Need to Know?
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.
Three Ways to Lesson the Risk of Burnout in Motherhood
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.
How to Manage Your Thoughts When You Can’t Get It All Done
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!
Lithium: A Little Goes a Long Way in Cognitive and Emotional Health
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.
Dismantling Mainstream Media’s Nutritional Messages
Mainstream media sends us a particular message about nutrition, Katherine shares a couple of those messages that we seem to hear quite frequently from the mainstream media and helps to give us some ways that we can think about nutrition a little bit differently.
2022 Expert Roundtable – Winter
HER Experts discuss so-called “mom brain”, and also explore aging, changes in hormones, and the effects our stage of life can have on our overall health. The experts discuss how these issues impact a mother as well as her children and ways to navigate these challenges.
Dismantling Snapback Culture in Motherhood
Snapback culture says that after having a baby, a woman should somehow and immediately “snapback” into her previous body or possibly even a “better” (read: thinner and/or more toned) body. It is rooted in diet culture and patriarchy. It’s time to dismantle snapback culture.
How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables?
Many children struggle to eat enough vegetables every day, and yet as parents we know how important they are for growing children to consume. Here are five ways to encourage your child to consume more veggies!
Three Mindsets That Keep Us From Saying No
Did you know that your biggest asset isn’t time, it’s energy? Dr. Charryse Johnson explains how important it is to practice saying one word in order to reclaim your energy. She also discusses the mindsets that stand in the way. Never fear! Dr. Johnson gives two action steps you can start now if saying no is difficult for you.
The Mindset Around Prenatal and Postpartum Fitness
Fitness Professional and 2022 HER Expert Panelist, Jenna Somich discusses the two sides of the spectrum when it comes to the mindset around prenatal and postpartum fitness. Jenna discusses the answer to striking a balance.
Building a Holistic Toolkit for Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Parenthood
When it comes to pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood, it’s necessary to take a whole-person approach to health and wellbeing. However, until we see large-scale institutional change, mothers must be armed with the knowledge they need to seek the care they deserve for their whole selves.
What Does Core Mean?
Dr. Holly Durney estimates that approximately 75% of her time is spent teaching her patients about the core. In this short video, Dr. Durney explains what is meant when the statement “tighten your core” is made.
Magnesium, You Sexy Thing
This magical mineral is regularly discussed as an option to help what ails you. But, what type of magnesium is best for your particular health concerns?
The Art of Mastering Conflict: Can We Talk?
Couples struggle to manage conflict. Many haven’t developed the skills to have difficult conversations about feelings or effectively listen to one another. This difficulty handling conflict can spill over into other aspects of the relationship such as sexual satisfaction, finances and parenting.
What is Joyful Movement and How Can You Cultivate This In Your Life?
Joyful movement is a way of moving that honors what your body is needing that day. It is flexible and sustainable. It is an enhancement to your life rather than another to-do on the ever-growing list that momma has to manage.
Pre-Conception Preparation For A Healthy Pregnancy
Becoming an expectant parent can be a very exciting and also very overwhelming. As a physician and mother, Dr. Aragona understands the flood of emotions and is passionate about supporting women as they get ready for conception. She shares certain things that you can do to prepare for a healthy and hopefully uncomplicated pregnancy way before you even conceive.
Three Tips for Managing Your Expectations in Motherhood
There’s a possibility that you have a plan for what you think motherhood is going to look like. That can be anywhere from the pregnancy, to getting them off to college and more. The problem with planning a whole lot in motherhood is that we don’t have quite as much control as we’d like to believe that we do. Dr. Lisa Folden tips for managing your expectations in motherhood.
How to Ensure Your Child is Growing & Thriving with Growth Charts
Growth charts can be intimidating for parents. However, when you know how to use them they can be useful tools and should not be a cause for excessive worry.
Can We Hang Out? The Etiquette of Making Friends In Adulthood
Although it can be a struggle to maintain healthy friendships as adults, we need them. Friends bring more joy and satisfaction into our lives and have a huge impact on overall happiness and mental health. Here are three tips for building new friendships in adulthood.
Four Postpartum Must Haves For Every Parent
While there are plenty of great physical items that are helpful in the postpartum period, it’s important to also prepare some things internally for this challenging phase of life. Here’s a list of four postpartum must-haves every parent should prepare before the birth of their child.
Internalized Fat Phobia
Larger bodied people are discriminated against in the workplace, educational environments and even in the medical setting. So, it makes sense that the vast majority of us see fatness (or the appearance thereof) as something to be avoided at all costs. By maintaining these internalized feelings, we are perpetuating the harm done to people in larger bodies and ultimately, to everyone.
5 Ways to Keep Diet Culture Out of Parenting
Registered Dietitian, family feeding and eating disorders specialist, Anna Lutz discusses five ways to keep diet culture out of parenting.
Food and Mood
Our relationship with food is complex, as is our body’s response to our culinary choices. We hope that our bodies can effectively digest food and absorb its nutritious content, but how do we know if it’s not?
Breaking the Stress Cycle: Stress Series – Part 3
You can’t address all of your stressors. The last thing we want to do is increase stress by trying to tackle stress. Rather, the goal is for you to recognize the different types of stressors in your life so that you can prioritize where to start.
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