I sat watching my daughter playing with a girlfriend the other day. The two of them engrossed in discovery of an ant hill, with muddy finger nails, and hair untamed in a way that looks so wild and beautiful on little girls. Taken by them I said a little wish for her to always be… Continue reading Friends Forever, Besties and Baes
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Don’t Forget Your Annual Checkups (OB-GYN and otherwise)
Cheers, dear readers, I hope that you have been enjoying our latest audio interviews with authors and advocates Lisa Manterfield and Mary Wong. It was an absolute pleasure interviewing both of them and getting to really dig in to their experiences as well as their wisdom and even humor as it relates to each… Continue reading Don’t Forget Your Annual Checkups (OB-GYN and otherwise)
Can You Keep Running While Trying to Conceive?
Are you someone who loves running? Are you a runner, and are you currently trying to conceive and trying to figure out how to balance your love of running with your journey to conception? I’m a runner too. It was a long time ago, but I’ve run two marathons, two half marathons, a… Continue reading Can You Keep Running While Trying to Conceive?
Exercise With Your Cycle
You might recall that last week I was on vacation, trying to survive the heat. I’m on week 2 of my annual beach vacation this week, the heat has broken, and while the weather is still on the hot side, it’s nothing like last week, when it was too hot to even sit on the… Continue reading Exercise With Your Cycle
The words we choose (THEY MATTER!)
Hi Internets! Eric here again, and I’m not going to lie, this week is kind of a tough one. It’s been tough for me to write, and it may be kind of tough to read. But I think it’s a subject worth talking about. As many of you have probably heard, there’s a lot of… Continue reading The words we choose (THEY MATTER!)
Love Notes For When the Infertility Going Gets Tough
It’s easy to be happy some days. It’s easy to be optimistic, hopeful and positive that at some point things will turn around again. On those days, I have this inner knowing that eventually I will wake up feeling alive, blessed and centred in the family focused life I’ve always dreamed of. Yet, at the… Continue reading Love Notes For When the Infertility Going Gets Tough
Boost Your Fertility With Essential Oils
One thing I love about blogging is the opportunity to learn about all kinds of new things that can help boost fertility. As you know, my own fertility journey was relatively straightforward. That’s not to say that it was easy; I think inherently this journey is a difficult one. But after my two miscarriages,… Continue reading Boost Your Fertility With Essential Oils
Coronasomnia: Improving Sleep for Fertility Wellness
Has anyone been plagued by sleepless nights since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic? Usually, I have no problem finding peaceful rest at night. Yet, for some reason my sleep patterns have regressed in recent months. I’ve had more and more restless nights, finding it hard to fall off to sleep until much later… Continue reading Coronasomnia: Improving Sleep for Fertility Wellness
M.O.M. or “Mentors Of Many” Day (for many of us)
Cheers, dear readers! The time is upon us once again – the day in the United States when we recognize with love, adoration, and gratitude all mothers. During my childhood and a large portion of my adult life, I spent this day celebrating my own mother (and my maternal grandmother when she was alive).… Continue reading M.O.M. or “Mentors Of Many” Day (for many of us)
Summer of Love Salad
So you’ve probably heard about the very special event that happened this week. The once-in-a-generation kind of event. This week was the confluence of both a full moon and the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This hasn’t happened since the Summer of Love in 1967 and won’t happen again until June… Continue reading Summer of Love Salad