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When I walked into my six-week checkup following the birth of my second child, I was a wreck. I was underslept and overtouched—like all...
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Stephanie Roberson’s second pregnancy was completely normal: Every ultrasound was fine, and all of her test results were good. Then, as she lay down...
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It’s 7:40, the bus comes at 7:52, and one shoe is missing. You’ve asked about the backpack four times. Your kid is half-dressed on...
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Over the past year or so I’ve thought more about protein than in my previous 43 combined. Where women used to count calories, we’re...
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I pick up the phone to check a notification, and 20 minutes later I’ve scrolled a mile into my Instagram feed, and I can’t...
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For years I exercised daily, did plenty of cardio, and restricted my calories to the point I was way undereating. Yet the stubborn weight...
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The weather has (mostly) warmed up around here, which means cold brew coffee, more salads, and the ever popular popsicles are on the menu....
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I spent years doing everything right for sleep. Taking magnesium, no screens, cool bedroom, and still waking at 3 am wondering what I was...
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For years, the numbers were moving in the right direction. More pregnant women were getting into a doctor’s office early, more complications were being...
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Ms. Rachel remembers the Walmart sneakers. She was a kid, and her single mom was working at a daycare during the week, Pizza Hut...
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More than 60% of a typical child’s diet is made up of ultraprocessed foods. If that number feels abstract, here’s what it looks like...
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I’ve had a garden for many years now and every Spring I look forward to getting my hands back in the dirt! One of...
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In high school and college I was addicted to all the processed junk food and sweets. Since then I’ve swapped out the mini snack...
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We don’t get much snow since we moved (or any!), but back in the day the kids loved playing outside for hours when it...
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I first wrote about red light therapy more than a decade ago, long before it became trendy on social media. At the time, I...