3 Reasons to Ignore the Calorie/Weight Guidelines for Pregnancy

Pregnant mamas, intuitive eating is for you too. If you ever read a book or article about pregnancy and what to expect when expecting, one of the first things you’ll see is a warning: be careful not to gain “too much” weight. But that concept of “too much weight” is based very little on scientific … More 3 Reasons to Ignore the Calorie/Weight Guidelines for Pregnancy

3 Things That Can’t Fulfill You (and 1 Thing That Can!)

Sometime in high school or college, I read a book called God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo that really left an impression on me. It wasn’t the the storyline of novel necessarily, but a single quote which harkened back to the title: We’re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that … More 3 Things That Can’t Fulfill You (and 1 Thing That Can!)

I used to be so _______________.

Social media has a way of highlighting our collective tendency to compare ourselves to other people. It’s often said that social media is a “highlight reel,” meaning that we end up comparing our regular, standard, everyday lives to the cleanest, prettiest, proudest and most polished moments in somebody else’s. Nobody’s life is perfect. However, comparison … More I used to be so _______________.