Health + Wellness

As a busy mom, stress is high and self-care is often missed. Many moms prioritize others over themselves and suffer physically, mentally and emotionally. In 2023, almost 10 million moms suffered from burnout. We, as women, need to remember to...

Preparing your child for that first trip to the dentist can be a daunting task. How do you set them up for success? At what age should they start going? Which dentist is the best fit for your family? While we can’t take care of these decisions for you, we CAN make it a little easier. Check out this resource for local pediatric dentists!

Taking the kids to school, getting ready for a Zoom meeting, meal planning for the week, scheduling doctor appointments, and worrying about your parents’ recent health scare or the unexpected car bill that isn’t in the budget. Most of...

Checking notifications or mindlessly scrolling Facebook and Instagram has become a part of almost everyone’s daily routine (often multiple times a day), but what if you spent a day not instantly knowing the latest news? The news stories would...

Lately, this Mom Thing has been getting me down. I worry about the future and things I can't control. I stay up after the kids fall asleep, wondering how they will turn out and if I'm doing the wrong...

Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!), and other parents in the Greater Dayton, Cincinnati, & Northern Kentucky areas. Everyone is welcome! There will...

Though I have been dieting and exercising and seeing a lot of great results with that, I can't tune out that negative voice in my head that tells me it's never enough. Even when I lost over 25 pounds...

It’s never easy. Let’s face it; life as a mom, wife and parent leaves many of us emotionally and/or physically exhausted at the end of every day - especially after the holiday season. With family visiting, travel and the...

While I was growing up, I always had a secret wish (or maybe a not-so-secret wish) that my parents would bike ride with me, take walks with me, or play some kind of sport with me regularly as a...

Everyone has a song. You know, the one that makes them break out in tears every time they hear it. One that somehow conjures long-buried memories straight to the surface like a moth that’s drawn to a flame. One...

It was labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization, but for me, I labeled the coronavirus with quarantine a life-changer. I’m a veterinary assistant working full-day and every day at a veterinary institute. Every day before the lockdown...

I had read online before about febrile seizures, assuming that they happened to "other people's kids," maybe those with a history of seizures. At the very least, I figured kids had them if the illness was known and they...

I wear an essential oil called Patchouli. I love the way it smells and use it instead of perfume. I work at a clinic part-time and every time I enter, the big wigs upstairs say they can smell me and...

When I was younger, I thought that as women aged, they just naturally felt freer and stopped caring so much about their appearance. I thought that magically, they became totally comfortable and confident in their own skin as time...