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My Health & Wellness Plan
After giving birth to my last child two years ago, I am ready to get my body back on track to support a lifetime of health. I’ve been doing well with my green smoothies for breakfast, salads for dinner, and finally scheduling appointments with a physical therapist to get my back on track.My next goal is to figure out healthier dinners. As a vegetarian, it’s really easy to default to unhealthy foods: pasta, cheese, bread–oh, my! If I were a meat-eater, I would cook grilled chicken and a vegetable almost every night. As a vegetarian, I eat way too many carbs.A quick search led to the concept of… Read More -
Letter to My Body
Dearest Body,
I have much to apologize for, and I hope that you will find it in your heart to forgive me.
I have taken so much from you in the past 4.5 years without giving much in return. Now that I am finally doing some strengthening exercises, I feel that this is exactly what you have needed all along. You needed me to rebuild my core after Henry and then again after Tate. I skipped straight to running (sporadically) instead. The most I did to strengthen my core was get a really good deal on Momma Strong and then proceed to get overwhelmed by the length of the postpartum … Read More
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Why Having Children (and a Full-Time Job) Ruins Your Life
I’m being cheeky, but it’s kind of true. Going from one child to two (28 months apart) and going from part-time work to full-time work has been so, so hard. I get nostalgic for the person I used to be. I know lots of people who say, “Having kids doesn’t have to change you!” For me, it’s been easier said than done.
I’ve been under so much stress that I’ve retreated into self-preservation mode. I’m less generous, less nurturing, less giving, less creative, less fun.Oy, it’s painful to write all of that out!Of course I’m generous and nurturing and giving toward my children. That’s part of why I’m… Read More
