Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness
State of the Uterus Address
Brandi and I have been friends for nearly two decades now. We joke that we are each other’s “oldest” girlfriend, so we can pretty much talk about anything. She is a passionate gal and a fellow blogger. Recently, she posted something on Facebook that really got me thinking, which blossomed into a conversation that we now dub “State of the Uterus.”
I don’t know what the deal is, but some people, both inside and outside the military spouse circle, don’t seem to have boundaries or discretion on some personal discussion topics.
10 Ways To Face the World When You Don’t Want To
Even the most positive people among us experience feeling down and discouraged at times due to personal circumstances or events in the world that affect us collectively. Judging from the news reports, the world has seemingly descended into chaos on more days than not.
Even if we try to avoid the news reports and images, our social media newsfeeds are often filled with opinions and rants about anything and everything imaginable.
How to Talk to a Friend Struggling with Infertility
I debated sharing this post for quite some time, not because I felt I needed to keep my infertility a secret, but because I wasn’t confident I wanted complete strangers to know such private details.
However, one of the struggles women and men face when they receive a diagnosis of infertility is a lack of strong community to lift them up. You can’t receive loving support if you hide in isolation; you have to share your struggle in order to get what you need.
The Invisible Scars
Recently, my husband and I began the series Band of Brothers. As I was watching the struggles, laughter, tears, and journey that WWII Army Airborne soldiers went through, it wasn’t difficult to pick up on the representations of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. My husband made an off-handed comment that feeling guilty about coming home after deployments while buddies are still fighting is common.
I began to wonder if he and others around me had suffered from PTSD.
Changes, Challenges, and Overcoming
I gave birth to my son on Feb. 2. It was a mostly relaxed labor as I did not dilly-dally and made sure I quickly got an epidural since I had an induction. After around 24 hours in labor, he was born in the late morning and weighed 6 lbs, 14 ounces. It was fairly surreal going through the whole process.
However, not very long after his birth, while I was still in the hospital, anxiety and the feeling of being overwhelmed quickly consumed me.
10 Ways to Sleep Better, Starting Tonight
We’ve all had those nights spent tossing and turning, anxiously counting down the few remaining hours until the alarm goes off and it will be time to drag ourselves out of bed and start the day. For some, this doesn’t happen very often, but for millions of people this has become the norm. If you dream of getting a good night’s sleep, read on! The following tips can help you get intentional about creating good sleep habits.
Caring for Siblings of Special Needs Children
Parenting can be hard in any situation, but especially when you have a child with special needs. Sometimes, siblings of special needs children can feel left out or neglected, which makes it important for parents to strike a balance between being attentive to their special needs child and caring for their other children as well.
Here are four ways to care for siblings of special needs children.
Hello from the Other Side of Depression
When questioned about the mystery guy who inspired her hit song, “Hello,” Adele answered that it was, in part, a song to herself and some of the people around her. At first, I thought that was crazy talk. And then I spent a month on new meds, and I understood.
7 Keys to Achieving Resolutions
It’s that time of year again. The time when we turn our attention to the coming new year and begin to ponder all we hope to accomplish in it. Goal setting is healthy, even necessary. As Benjamin Franklin said, “He who aims at nothing is bound to hit it.” This is surely true. Waking each morning with a goal or two in mind gives us a sense of purpose, and accomplishing a goal drives us to pursue another.