Thanks to sweatyswag for gifting me the top that inspired this post OK, Valentine’s Day proper has come and gone, but love is still in the air. And yeah, I spent my Friday night eating a heart-shaped pizza at home with my husband AND my kids. A far cry from the candlelit, wine-and-roses romantic evening …
At-Home Teeth Whitening: Self-Care Starts With a Smile
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 …
This Is Me, Strength Beneath Squish
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 …
Rediscovering the Greatest Me
This post is part of a partnership with FIT4MOM DuPage County. All opinions are my own. Sometimes you have to look back to figure out how you want to go forward. This was May 2018: Coming off of two consecutive sessions of FIT4MOM DuPage County Body Back (plus two additional over the prior year) and …