What’s your post-wake up routine? Do you make your bed immediately? Maybe throw the comforter up and call it good? Perhaps you go the other direction, dedicating yourself to tightly tucked sheets and perfectly fluffed pillows? And what about the timing of this exercise? Do you do it soon after waking up? Or do you wait a while? I recently…
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Protect Your Heart
While many women know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in our sex, we still can be guilty of reserving our most dogged concern for other areas. Over the past 20 years, breast cancer awareness – and the push toward regular mammograms and early detection – has done wonders to support female longevity. Yet at the same…
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Fight Cavities & Boost Heart Health
According to Ann Bolger, M.D., the William Watt Kerr Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco “the mouth can be a good warning signpost, people with periodontitis (inflammation of the tissue around the teeth, often causing shrinkage of the gums and loosening of the teeth) often have risk factors that not only put their mouth at…
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Stress…It’s a B!$@#
Stress sucks. But, it’s inevitable. We all experience it, some times more than others. It’s how you handle stress that effects your health in the long run. Fingernail-chewing, sleep deprivation, and more coffee – these are less than ideal forms of compensating. More traditionally, proper stress relief has involved coping mechanisms, unwinding, and downloading. Whether it is sipping on a…
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Sleep Hygiene
In order for me to start getting ready for rest, the first objective is getting the babe(KMJ) to bed; this usually happens between 6:30-7 pm. KMJ has his own pre-bedtime routine: first dinner, then a game of chase (get all the last minute friskies out), followed by wind-down of quiet play in his room. Finally, we conclude with a bath,…
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Make a List & Check it Twice, Hospital Bag Recommendations
Giving birth is magical, emotional, and incredible. In fact, insert just about any glowing adjective you’re bound to aptly describe the experience. But it’s also stressful, uncomfortable and draining so controlling the controllable is an important part of making sure that you look back on your child’s birth with only the fondest of memories. You’ve probably already heard that most…
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Baby J’s Birth Story
As the end of my pregnancy got near, and I realized that I was in fact going to birth this baby, I started imagining how it was going to go. Of course, many individuals will warn you against doing precisely this, as it will inevitably never occur as you expect. But such thoughts are unavoidable. As for my own narrative,…
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Anna’s Top 10 Therapeutic Foods
One of the top questions people ask me is, ‘What do YOU have for breakfast, lunch and dinner?’ It’s an easy enough question but I always hesitate a bit in answering. For starters, the way I eat is not perfect by any means, and for some reason people tend to think as a nutritionist your diet must be absent of…
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Lactation Cookies! chocolate pumpkin oat
NO these are not made with breastmilk and no you don’t have to be nursing to enjoy these! However, if you are nursing a babe and trying to boost your milk supply or simply ensure that your milk doesn’t drop, give these a try! What it’s gonna take: (50 bite size cookies) 3 Cup Oats (Gluten Free) 2 Cup Flour…
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Mmm…Bone Broth
Broth isn’t for everyone – but it’s definitely my jam. And while it may take time to brew – it’s not labor intensive. It’s packed full of nutrient dense minerals and collagen which is great for our insides and outsides (yay for better hair, skin and nails)!! What it’s gonna take: 1 lb. bones (grass fed beef, chicken, etc.) 1…
