The gym was my happy place before having kids. I was a personal trainer at Equinox gym in Chicago and the eucalyptus towels, the energizing music and motivation from everyone working out around me was addicting. Two kids later and I still get the rush of endorphins when I get a good workout in, but […]
5 Habits Every Mom Needs
The wonderful chaos that children bring are one of the many reasons why moms need to create habits in their lives to keep them sane. Habits don’t just happen, you have to create them, practice them and live them every day. The habits below are simple, but I can bet as a new mom you’ve […]
What I Do Know About My Post Baby Body
So many changes happen over the course of 9 months. Your body takes on a mind of its own, and 9 months later a baby arrives. You will most likely look at your body as a stranger that you aren’t acquainted with. There is nothing familiar. The shape, the sounds, the feels, nothing seems right. It […]
To the Mom with the Toy Filled Living Room
To the mom with the toy filled living room, email me, I’ll send you a picture of mine to make you feel better about leaving your mess for one more night. I hope that you sit on the couch with your husband and a glass of wine, turn on a TV show, and ignore the mess. To […]
7 Things I Don’t Care About Since Becoming a Mom
I can vividly remember the months before I had my first baby, and how I felt when my two best friends also had their babies. They had their boys first, and just like that, overnight, they fell into the newborn hole ( a.k.a. the parent hole) (a.k.a will this hole ever end?). It was all […]
How to Stop Running
We aren’t talking about the running that I love. The running that brings me peace and stress relief. The running that is exercise and takes 30 minutes of my day. The running that ran my first marathon and multiple halfs. That’s the running I haven’t had time for in the last few months. That running has been […]
