Today is World Kindness Day, and what a timely thing as I just spoke last Friday at a Child Advocates of Fort Bend training on the topic of kindness and its relationship to our wellbeing.
And while we could talk all day about the importance of being kind to others (and holy wow, don't we need this now), I'd like to say that an even more essential practice is self-kindness, or self-compassion.
Read MoreDo you have a goal of getting your life in balance? Work-life balance? Hormonal balance?
It sounds so good. So wholesome. So intriguing. I am equally drawn to and repelled by the word balance.
Read MoreWhether it's turning off the phone an hour before bed, sleeping when baby sleeps, or even sitting down and mindfully breathing for a minute - why is it so dang hard?
Why do we, as women, push and push until we end up depleted, angry, exhausted, and even really sick?
Read MoreAs so many of us spend even more time living and working virtually- often looking at devices- we can’t deny the impact of our posture on our health and well-being.
Read MoreA few months ago, I started ordering from Daily Harvest and I’ve had some requests for my take on it- so here’s my honest review!
Read MoreAfter a stress-filled start to the year with my dad being hospitalized with Covid (he's home and continuing to recover- hallelujah!), I've spent this week reconnecting to my self-care and replenishing what is most definitely feeling depleted.
Read MoreOur bodies are made of 60% water. Water is affected by the moon; that's what creates tides. Our bodies are affected by the moon too. In fact, it affects our hormonal cycles in miraculous ways. When women are living away from artificial light, our cycles automatically sync up with the lunar cycles, bleeding at the new moon and ovulating at the full moon. - Kate Northrup, Do Less
Sleep deprivation is often an unfortunate part of parenthood. The day before I had my first daughter eight years ago, a seasoned friend well-versed in the realities of motherhood told me my sleep would never be the same. I remember thinking, What? Never? Nah, not me.
Read MoreComparison is the thief of joy. - Theodore Roosevelt
You’ve probably heard that before, and yet, why can’t we stop comparing ourselves to each other?
Read MoreWe’re all navigating new waters here- juggling work or unemployment, kids, homeschool (or not), trying to take care of ourselves and not be consumed by fear of the unknown. I don’t know about you, but everything that I struggled with before COVID, now feels amplified. I cannot avoid seeing my own struggle to try to achieve some kind of balance, to hustle and always make progress, dream big, make a positive “impact” in the world, to be a present, loving, creative mom and wife, and look graceful and at ease in the process.
Read MoreThe World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO), designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife to advance nurses’ vital position in transforming healthcare around the world. It also is in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.
Read MoreI love giving gifts. It’s my love language, and I’ve discovered it’s my oldest daughter’s as well. Whether you love or loathe this season of giving, here are a few of our top picks for giving the gift of health and wellness this year.
Read MoreA client sat with me seeking guidance recently. Feeling lost and overwhelmed, she knew she needed a change in her life, but didn’t know what that meant for her. While she has friends, many of them were walking through their own challenges and she felt guilty going to them for support.
Read MoreTruth be told, Houston is too much for me most of the time. Too much traffic, driving, violence, pollution, humidity, congestion, and stimulation. I thrive being near the water or in nature where I can tune into the rhythms of earth and life- where I look around, exhale, and my soul can sink in and feel peaceful. When I’m exhausted and overstimulated, my body, soul, work, and family suffers.
So what happens when we can’t get away to nature or whatever restores us? How do we access the rest we need?
Read MoreWe get it. You're adjusting to one of the biggest life (and body) changes you'll probably ever know. You're sleep deprived and elated. Perhaps anxious and blue. You're just trying to keep this little bundle of joy and poop alive and keep yourself fed and relatively clean in the process.
Read MoreAs we head into fall and the inevitable cold and flu season, I’m taking a moment to reflect on something that has been on my mind for a while...why is it so hard to rest?
Whether it's turning off the phone an hour before bed, sleeping when baby sleeps, giving ourselves the rest we need post-birth, or even sitting down and mindfully breathing for a minute - why is it so dang hard?
Read MoreSo should you go to therapy or hire a coach? What’s the difference, anyway? Both coaching and therapy can be immensely helpful, depending on the individual and their circumstances. Both can be therapeutic and healing. Yet, there are some key distinctions between the two, so let’s take a look.
Read More“Who cares?”
I was shocked to hear these words come out of my mouth. It was Friday night at the end of a long, emotionally and physically exhausting week. I was picking up my girls from my mom, where they had been peacefully playing and making cookies for a school Christmas cookie exchange, a long loved Shady Oak Kindergarten tradition.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Well Family signed a contract with The Woman's Hospital of Texas to provide massage therapy for the patients there- mostly "high-risk" women on bedrest in the Antepartum Unit. While we have been able to serve several women, we are in no way meeting the needs of many of the patients there, many of whom are on medicaid and cannot afford our services.
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