A Summer Guide to Natural Deodorant
Your summer guide to natural deodorant. I am a sweaty little human being – I run hot, and once I overheat it’s a runaway train of sweat and stink. So...
Raise Your Hand
by Katie Clark
Raise your hand if you drank “enough” water yesterday. Raise your hand if you’ve recently elected to opt out of a social engagement. “Recently” means in the last 6.57 days. Raise...
The Joy Comes from Using It
by Amber Harder
I am currently pregnant with our 4th child, and this pregnancy has been tough. With it comes not only new thoughts and emotions surrounding what it will mean to raise...
Buy the Jeans That Fit You Now
Five months postpartum with my second kid and I finally bought a pair of jeans that fit. They arrived in packaging that said, “Yay!” all over them and while I...
New Year, Same Me
by Maureen Zhao
The ball has dropped. The calendar has turned. The party blowers have been blown. The fireworks have gone off. Resolutions have been chosen. Gym memberships have been made. Trendy diets...
Choose to Lose
The three times a week my little guy has preschool; his oldest brother is also with us for drop-off. I barely have my mom-mobile in park before my eldest unbuckles...
Love Them Where They’re At
By the time the frost starts to descend, I should no longer have to worry about shaving. In fact, I probably need that extra insulation to get through the impending...
My Postpartum Body Is Not Open to Comments
by Maureen Zhao
I am one of the countless women going through the process of learning to love my postpartum body. It’s a delicate process and I would like to kindly ask that...
I Am A Twin Cities Family: Erica Hoese
{Photo credit: John Haynes Photography} Continuing our I Am A Twin Cities Family series, we’re welcoming Erica Hoese, a wife, mother of three, Fitness & Wellness Coach, Natural Figure Competitor, author,...
Exercise Because You Love Yourself
Finding the motivation to begin, and maintain, an exercise program can sometimes be harder than the workout itself. Attempting to seek out the drive you need to get to the...
Pageants, Daughters and Change
Full disclosure: I was Miss Minnesota 2003. {Photo credit: Paula Preston} Yup, that’s me in the hot pink satin, 15 years ago, 25 pounds ago, two kids and a marriage...
Lift, Love, Mom, Repeat.
I was convinced I didn’t want kids. Motherhood was something that I never thought was for me. I told myself it was because I was afraid of what pregnancy would...
Framing Forty
I turn forty this month. Forty. It even looks daunting to write it. Say it out loud and it goes into slow motion talk all on it’s own: F-o-r-r-r-r-t-y-y-y-y-y-y-y. Did...
Feel Better, Do Better: A Health and Wellness Pep-Talk for Moms {Part 6}
Ladies, for my last post in this series, it’s time we talk about those lumps and bumps. Yes, I’m talking about cellulite. Frankly, for as common as it is, cellulite...
