A Reminder That Your Body Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Fixed’ I spent the last months of 2019 feeling broken. I didn’t run for 49 days. Not a single lap. Not even a single step. That’s 7 long weeks of slowing down. There were plenty of warm winter days during that 7 weeks where I wanted …
How I Whitened My Sensitive Teeth Without Pain and Transformed My Nighttime Self-Care Routine As a working mom of two young kids, I can multitask with the best of them. In the 90 minutes between waking up and leaving for school/work, I can get the small humans fed and dressed and out the door, pack …
On Defining Your Worth with Arbitrary Metrics Dear mama in the mirror, I see you, screwing up your face in dissatisfaction. Sucking in your tummy, daydreaming of even the tiniest thigh gap. I see you squeezing into those smaller jeans. I see you tugging down that skirt to hide a little more. I see you …
Why the Struggle with Body Image Isn’t an Overnight Fix This post is part of a partnership with FIT4MOM DuPage County. All opinions are my own. I started 2019 off disenchanted. I avoided my skinny jeans. I found solace in the brilliance of leggings and long slouchy sweaters. I took entire bursts of photos just to …
