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I grew up in Michigan, which is basically the frozen tundra.

Seriously, we watched football outdoors in shorts when it walk is the 50's. Ooooh, balmy. 

I did my first undergrad in Manhattan. Neither of these places uses the words "bikini ready" very often.

...then I moved to South Florida. The land of perpetual bikini readiness. Groan.

For awhile it didn't phase me. It's possible that I was just young, in good shape, and did not have the perspective that giving birth to two babies and subs…

Adding magnesium to your diet, either with food or as a supplement, can be a total game changer. Magnesium, the fourth most abundant mineral in your body, is involved in over 300 metabolic reactions that are essential to good health. Unfortunately, it is estimated that 50% of all Americans don't get enough of it.

I'm just going to address magnesium supplements in this post. However, there are a variety of foods that can help you add magnesium to your diet. Let me just say this...chocolate is …

Yesterday, May 15th, was Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Awareness Day.  I intended to blog and tweet about it but my sinus infection had other plans. Curse you, pollen!

If you don't know about hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) it is morning sickness on steroids. It is constant, unrelenting ALL DAY and NIGHT sickness, and it usually lasts the full 9 months of a pregnancy. I had it for both of mine. Now I mentor other moms though HG because it is nothing short of a horror show that robs you of all the joy…

"This is not what I signed up for." Raise your hand if you've been saying THAT for the last year and half. Maybe longer? (Guilty)

Honestly, I think this has been my mantra for MUCH LONGER than I'd like to admit. I watched the business I'd spent 11 years building crash and burn in the wake of 2020. As a mother I found myself led to choose between my family and my work. Somehow, it was the easiest and hardest choice I've made all rolled into a giant dumpster fire of emotion and chaos.

So…