Mother Comes First
It’s time to expose and debunk some of the common motherhood myths that suggest mothers should always be selfless, exhausted, and happy about it.
Advice You Can Trust
Resources for Moms from Experts
How to Practice Self-Care During a Pandemic
As a Superwoman, you are always working to save others, whether it’s at work, with friends, and especially within your household. Life threw in a global pandemic, which added additional responsibilities and self-care is often the first thing to go.
Blender Oatmeal Pumpkin Muffins
This muffin recipe is a go-to for a healthy treat to add to lunch boxes or snacks. It’s naturally gluten free, uses only one bowl (the blender!), chock full of protein and nutrients, and best of all, delicious!
Parenting a Child with Special Needs
Most mothers adore their children and will make whatever sacrifices are necessary to ensure that their child’s needs and wants are met, but mothers who have children with special needs are different. The selflessness these mothers often exhibit can become problematic in a myriad of ways.
Sister Act: The Story of E&P
The intricate dance between estrogen and progesterone in our menstrual cycles is a delicate balance. When that balance is lost we can see it’s impact play out in various ways in our day to day life.
The Power of Poo
Constipation is defined in many ways, but it is typically seen as having fewer than 3 bowel movements a week. Constipation may also make itself known through harder than normal stool, difficulty passing stool, decreased appetite, pain, abdominal distension, and foul body odor (especially in children).
Healing a Cesarean Scar
The body is a self-healing, self-regulating unit. It’s pretty incredible. But wound closure isn’t the only thing that needs to heal after a Cesarean delivery, so there are a few extra things to consider that I encourage all of my patients to do.
Why Everyone Should Have a Therapist
Stigmatizing attitudes towards mental health are widespread. It’s long past time to demystify and destigmatize Psychotherapy.
Social Media Influence for Body Positivity Parenting
The edited images filling your social media feed may be negatively impacting you and your health. Here are some accounts you should follow to bring more body positivity into your newsfeed.
HER Expert Panel Winter Roundtable
HER Health Collective roundtables provide an opportunity for us to bring our panel of experts together to discuss important issues that are relevant to mothers in our community. The topics discussed in this session include: Improving access to care – reaching low-income mothers and families, improve collaboration in the health and wellness industry (when and where to refer), changing societal conversations and the structure of an antiquated system.
We Asked, She Answered: Sex, Hormone Balancing, Nutrients & More
It’s not often that you get to sit down with a doctor who is trained in the trifecta of Family Medicine, Integrative medicine, and Functional medicine to ask her anything you want! Crissy and Cindi had this opportunity with Dr. Elizabeth Sierakowski. Together, they asked questions on topics affecting the health of moms such as hormone balancing, nutrients, supplements, doctors visits, inflammation, doctor patient relationships and more!
Using the Division of Responsibility to Feed Kids (and Yourself!)
A Registered Dietician explains the Division of Responsibility — a low pressure, high structure approach to feeding children that can take the pressure off parents and make mealtime enjoyable for the whole family.
Vaginitis: How Women May Unknowingly Be Making It Worse
Dr. Watson provides education on vaginitis and desquamative inflammatory vaginitis (DIV). She provides clarification on mistakes women often make about treating these conditions and what to consider if chronic vaginitis is experienced.
Relating After the Election
A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist shares how to embark on post-election healing and enjoying the holidays with friends and family who hold completely different political viewpoints from you.
Boost Energy Naturally with Biorhythm Support
Moms are no stranger to fatigue. Discover one doctor’s top six ways to be good stewards of our energy and boost energy levels naturally.
An Ounce of Prevention: Keeping up with Preventive Women’s Health Care
It is essential women continue to seek care for chronic medical conditions and preventive wellness during this unique time. Preventive health recommendations change over time as new evidence emerges.
Therapeutic Bottle Feeding
There are ways to approach bottle feeding that can mirror direct breastfeeding, so as to provide the maximum therapeutic value to bottle feeding.
Emotion Regulation in Chaotic Times
Emotion regulation is our ability to influence our own emotional experiences. These skills help keep our emotional systems healthy and functioning.
The Healing Art of Listening
The act of genuine listening can help us heal. Listening to another person’s story can actually help you heal your own story.
HER Expert Panel Fall Roundtable
HER Health Collective roundtables provide an opportunity for us to bring our panel of experts together to discuss important issues that are relevant to mothers in our community. The topics discussed in this session include: Diastasis Recti and common myths, Prolapse, Endometriosis, Perimenopause, and Self-Advocating when feeling dismissed by a provider.
Easy, No-Bake Energy Balls
Life is crazier than ever these days and occasionally you need a quick, healthy snack idea to fall back on.
10 Things to Say to Yourself During Exercise to Foster Body Liberation
It’s commonly known that exercise is good for us. It’s not so commonly talked about that exercise can be a source of shame and guilt for our bodies, especially for women.
An Intricate Dance: Finding Treatment and Support for Endometriosis
Endometriosis is estimated to affect between 10-20% of American women of childbearing age, yet it is often undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or poorly managed.
Sex, Dating, and Love for Single Moms
Whether one is a single mom by chance or choice, life and love have gotten very complicated. There is a lot of conflicting advice out there about dating and sex as a single mom.
Intuitive Eating and Self-Care
In times of stress, our bodies are in fight or flight mode. When we have inadequate nutrition, this places even more stress on our bodies. How do we care for ourselves when we feel overwhelmed and exhausted and know that we are still far from getting back to “normal”?
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