Fitness & Exercise
Why Your "Functional" Training Isn't Working (And What Conor McGregor Actually Teaches Us) I'll be honest with you - watching people attempt those fancy Ido Portal movements they saw on Instagram makes me cringe. Not because the movements are bad, but because it'
Nutrition & Diet
The Sneaky Parent's Guide to Green Muffins Let me start with a confession: I've been lying to my kids for years. Not about the big stuff, obviously. But about what's in their food? Absolutely. And honestly? I'm not even a little bit
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Sleep Training Your 1-Year-Old Without Losing Your Sanity Let me start with a confession: when my daughter turned one, I was still rocking her to sleep for 45 minutes every night, then tiptoeing out of her room like I was defusing a bomb. One creak of that damn floorboard and
Nutrition & Diet
The Sneaky Parent's Guide to Vegetable Victory Let's be honest here. I'm totally that mom who hides vegetables in everything. Before you judge me, hear me out. Last Tuesday, my 8-year-old devoured two bowls of pasta with what he called "the best marinara
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Why Your Sleep Training "Failure" Isn't Actually Your Fault Let me start with a confession: I was convinced I was the worst mom in the world at 3 AM on a Tuesday, listening to my 8-month-old scream for the 47th night in a row of "
Weight Loss Wisdom
Stop Fighting Your Midlife Body — Start Investigating It Instead Here's what nobody tells you about turning 47: one day you wake up and your body feels like it's speaking a completely different language. I remember standing on my bathroom scale last year, staring at numbers that
Fitness & Exercise
Why Hills Beat Your Fancy Gym Equipment I'm gonna tell you something that'll probably piss off your trainer and make you question every dollar you've spent on gym memberships: that hill behind your house is worth more than 90% of the equipment in your
Nutrition & Diet
Why I Make Panzanella When Life Falls Apart The first time I made panzanella, I was crying into a bowl of stale sourdough. It was one of those afternoons where everything felt wrong—work was suffocating, my relationship was crumbling, and I'd just realized I'd let
Weight Loss Wisdom
Three months ago, I was doom-scrolling through yet another "testosterone optimization" thread on Reddit at 2 AM. Yeah, I know. Not my finest moment. But here's the thing—I wasn't even experiencing low T symptoms. My energy was good, my workouts were solid, and
Fitness & Exercise
Are We Celebrating or Exploiting Teen Olympic Dreams? When I saw the announcement that 17-year-old Rebekah Tiler would be representing Great Britain in Olympic weightlifting, my first thought wasn't "congratulations." It was "is this really what's best for her?" Don't
Sleep & Mental Wellness
The Sleep Training Lie We're All Believing Let me start with a confession that might make some of you close this tab immediately: I sleep trained both my kids. But here's the thing—I'm also one of those attachment-focused, baby-wearing, co-sleeping-friendly parents who believes
Weight Loss Wisdom
Your Body Isn't Your Life's Work And other radical thoughts from someone who spent way too many years thinking it was I was debugging code at 2 AM when I caught my reflection in my laptop screen. And my first thought wasn't "damn,
Nutrition & Diet
i made this quinoa bowl 47 times (and why you should too) okay so like... i know that sounds dramatic but i literally have a tally on my fridge and we're at 47. FORTY. SEVEN. it started during one of those weeks where everything felt like it was
Weight Loss Wisdom
Your Brain Isn't Broken: The Menopause Reboot Nobody Talks About Picture this: You're debugging code that used to be second nature, but suddenly it's like staring at hieroglyphics. You open your laptop for that important presentation, and your mind goes completely blank. It'
Fitness & Exercise
Why Jonathan Majors Just Changed Hollywood Forever You know that moment when you're at the gym and some guy loads up the bar with fake plates, thinking nobody notices? Yeah, that cringey feeling you get watching someone pretend to lift heavy while basically curling air? Well, turns out
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Why Your Sleep Training Isn't Working (And It's Not Your Fault) Let me guess. It's 3:47am, you're googling "sleep training 8 month old" for the millionth time, and your baby just woke up for the fourth time tonight. You&