Game Changing Advice
The Most Important Part of Sports Season Starts Before the First Practice As a sport parent, August probably feels like organized chaos. You’re buying school supplies. Scheduling physicals. Hunting down missing cleats. Figuring out carpools. Double-checking practice schedules. Trying to remember which child has volleyball, soccer, football, or cross country on which night. By the…
Halfway Through the Year… Now What? It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the year. Back in January, maybe you committed to eating healthier, exercising consistently, losing weight, or finally putting your health first. And now? Maybe you’re not where you hoped you’d be. If that’s you, let me reassure you of one thing:…
You’ve cleaned up your diet. You’re exercising consistently. You may even be eating less than you did ten years ago. Yet your waistline keeps expanding. If you’re in your 40s or 50s, you’re not imagining it. Many women assume cortisol is to blame, leading to an explosion of “cortisol detoxes,” supplements, and social media advice…
You finally figured out a nutrition approach that works for your body. You’re prioritizing protein, planning meals, paying attention to energy levels, and learning how to fuel through the realities of midlife. Then you come home to a partner who is still grabbing whatever is easiest, skipping meals, or wondering why dinner suddenly includes so…
Few things concern parents more than hearing their daughter say: “I hate my body.” As someone who coaches middle and high school girls, I’ve heard versions of that statement more times than I can count. And as someone who spent 20 years struggling with body image and disordered eating, I know how much pain can…
When the school year ends, routines often disappear overnight. Early breakfasts become late wake-ups. Structured lunch periods are replaced by grazing throughout the day. Team practices may become less frequent, but training doesn’t stop. For young athletes, summer is often one of the most important periods for physical development, skill building, and performance preparation. Yet…
Carbs, fat, protein — the Holy Trinity. You know them by heart. Every macro tracker, every nutrition conversation, every “what should I eat” post on the internet starts there. And yet we’re walking around chronically underhydrated, ignoring the one macronutrient that makes all three of those actually work. Water. The fourth one. The one nobody…
Perimenopause can feel like someone secretly rewired your sleep overnight. One week you’re sleeping normally. The next, you’re waking up drenched in sweat at 3am, unable to fall back asleep, anxious, overheated, and exhausted the next day. Then summer arrives — and suddenly everything feels worse. This isn’t random, and it’s not “just aging.” There’s…
Real-Life Fueling Reset for Midlife Women After a Holiday Weekend : No Diet-Culture Rebound Required
The post-holiday panic spiral usually starts before your coffee finishes brewing. You wake up Tuesday morning feeling swollen, sluggish, and strangely offended by your jeans. Your sleep was off. Your stomach feels dramatic. The scale suddenly acts like it’s delivering breaking news. So your brain does what diet culture trained it to do: Compensate. Eat…
Menopause. I call it the second puberty. Those of you in the middle of it probably agree. And if you happen to be raising a teenager going through puberty while you’re going through perimenopause or menopause yourself… You deserve a prize. I’m not sure what the prize should be, but if that’s you, email me…