Today, I'm answering another question I get asked frequently: How can I encourage my kids to eat healthier? Dinner often plays out like this: one child rejects anything green, another wants plain noodles, and the grown-ups are trying to eat something that is not beige. Add a busy schedule and grocery prices that keep climbing, and “just serve healthier meals” starts to sound almost insulting. The good news is that healthier eating doesn't require a full kitchen makeover, expensive specialty...

This question comes up all the time in my coaching sessions: “How can I safely lose postpartum or stress-related weight?” My honest answer is that safe weight loss is slow and steady - without a quick-fix promise. Postpartum bodies are healing and stressed bodies are in need of healing. Sleep, hormones, schedules, feeding demands, work, anxiety, and constant caregiving can all affect appetite, energy, cravings, and motivation. The goal is not to punish your body into changing. The goal is to...

Some days, staying healthy as a busy mom feels like trying to drink hot coffee while it is still hot. Possible, sure. Easy, not always. Between school car line, work, meals, laundry, cleaning, appointments, errands, sports, bedtime routines, and the never-ending question of “What’s for dinner?”, your own health and wellness can slide to the bottom of the list. Not because it does not matter, but because the day fills up fast. The good news is that healthy habits don't have to be dramatic. You...