You know you’ve been having problems. You seem to argue about everything. You leave the arguments exhausted, drained….and nothing has been solved. You have the same fights over and over, but your partner can’t seem to hear your side, or won’t compromise enough to work it out. Maybe you’re so tired of fighting that you’ve just stopped – stopped caring, stopped trying to communicate your side. You disappear into your work, your children, or into anything that distracts you from your unhappiness. Maybe the silence has become deafening, and the distance between you seems so wide you can’t cross it. 

This is why it’s so important to assess whether your own “self-care” is truly self-care or something that has been defined as self-care by others. While activities like manicures, the spa, and yoga have long been touted as self-care activities, they are not the be-all and end-all (nor are they a good fit for everyone).

Mother’s Day and Infertility - the real story. Let’s drop all the secrecy and talk about it. It’s OK to ask for help and learn how to tell others exactly what you need.

I have never been a fan of winter, a fan of being outside in the cold, or a fan of throwing myself down a hill at high speeds. Yet, there I was at the start of January, strapping into a snowboard for my first ever snowboarding lesson

When I work with new moms, one of the hot topics of conversation is routines; naps, feeding, bedtime.  While the focus of the routines is usually baby, it is a good reminder that we all need routines, regardless of age.

A few weeks I was struck down by the flu.

REAL. HONEST TO GOODNESS. FLU.

I started coughing on Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning I was a feverish, achy, can’t get out of bed, hot (and chilled) mess. As the days dragged on with minimal improvement, my mood began to plummet.