Mental health does not discriminate through race, age, or even social class. According to Psychology Today, approximately one in five adults in the United States, 43.8 million, or 18.5%, experiences a mental illness in a given year and approximately...
I save 1 week of vacation each year so I can take off between Christmas and New Years. That is my own winter break! It's also the time I enjoy my tree (and all of the hundreds of decorations...
The other night, my 3-year-old whispered to me as I tucked her in, “Mama, I’m afraid of the dark.” This is something I expected, I think most kids are afraid of the dark at some point in their lives,...
I’ve been a stay at home Mama since I was 6 weeks pregnant. Morning sickness was a battle that kept beating me down to the point where if I didn’t take a Zofran (anti-nausea medication) I would be in...
For many women, one of the hardest periods in life is postpartum. The changes a mother’s body goes through are astronomical and then she has a small, needy human to keep alive while recovering. In our industrial-based country, we...
People strongly associate me with a few things. Taco Bell, makeup, soups, the inability to make it through a day without embarrassing myself, and… depression.
People approach me about mental health sometimes – questions about therapy or medications or just...
I have worked in the beauty industry as a cosmetologist for five years now and something that always amazes me is the stigma of a mom taking time away from her kids to get pampered. I can’t tell you...
I’m just gonna come right out and say it… but before I do, you need to know that I haven’t always been comfortable with what I am about to say. It used to bother me to say it out...
In August of 2019, I had my second son. With my first, I lost most of my baby weight once I quit breastfeeding, so I expected the same with this baby! We had some major life changes about a...
It took me over four years after becoming a mom to begin to find myself again. And it didn't happen at all how I expected! I've written before about the struggle to make friends in a new place, especially...
In + Around East Idaho
Befriend the Bats
My family had the chance to do Bat Night at the zoo in Idaho Falls this year, something that we had been looking forward...
