When you’re at an elevated risk for breast cancer for any number of reasons, your doctors can calculate what your individual lifetime risk level will be. They have metrics for this, and your scans, genetic testing results and family history each play a role. It was determined that my lifetimeContinue Reading
*This article was mostly written on 10/18/24 and found while cleaning out my emails. I say this because the perspective is from before my double mastectomy, while I was still processing my decision and soon after I had decided to share about it on social media.* In times of crisis,Continue Reading
As I lowered myself down onto the uncomfy frame of the MRI machine for my first-ever breast biopsy, I tried to fend off my nerves by focusing on the benign aspects of my immediate surroundings. Inches from my face was a machine-related sticker that I couldn’t quite make out, asContinue Reading
Leaving kids at home in the care of someone else can bring up LOTS of different feelings. Judgment, guilt and anxiety come to mind first. My question is this: Should we, as parents, feel free to take travel opportunities, visit friends, have a break, etc., or should we own ourContinue Reading
It is clear that getting a variety of macronutrients and micronutrients in our diets is vitally important for our bodies to function optimally. But what exactly are those nutrients, and how to we get them? Macronutrients FAT– fatty cuts of beef, fatty fish, bacon, avocado, olive oil, coconut oil, nutsContinue Reading
Eat What Feels Good Postpartum is an online guide for the first 3 months after giving birth, sometimes called the fourth trimester. This is the time period when healing from pregnancy and birth is most important, as it sets the tone for hormonal health for years and years to come.Continue Reading
It wasn’t *exactly* what I expected, and I’m still processing it. I initially sought out insight from a team of psychologists because I was accumulating symptoms that concerned me. I noticed anxiety during my last 2 pregnancies, but after my son was born 14 months ago, I couldn’t shake theContinue Reading
If you are interested in planning a tropical resort vacation with children, this post is for you. Of course, you can go to this resort without children, but this resort chain has the best offerings for little ones that I’ve seen! For context, at the time of this vacation IContinue Reading
I am a grown woman person. I think of myself as generally capable and responsible, but I do get help with the REAL scary stuff like taxes and bills and dishes (Thank you, husband). In my adulthood, I have noticed that I may have tendencies towards deficits in attention. IContinue Reading
Parenting in a pandemic is hard- I think that is a safe statement to make. We are all in the same storm- though we each have different boats. We have different challenges based on stages of life, employment status, job type, family availability, overall health and baseline mental state. ThisContinue Reading