Millions of Americans resolve to get fit, strong, and healthy each new year. Make this the year to keep the goal! Research shows that regular exercise reduces the severity and duration of illness, improves mood and sleep, and decreases...
May 15, 2014 was a very emotional day for me. It was the day I gave birth to our youngest daughter, Madelyn. It was also the day my older daughter, Sophia (then two years old), was scheduled for a...
Recently, it’s been hard to avoid ads for meal kit services, and it seems like a new one is popping up weekly, but I had long thought of them as unnecessary and too expensive. The roughly $60/week for three...
Shower? Check. Clothes that aren’t meant for working out? Check. Babysitter? Check. “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t care. Where do you want to go?” Sound familiar? We feel pretty lucky to live in Westchester County, where...
“What do you do for work?” is a question that I have learned to either escape or answer vaguely and then brace for reactions. And that’s because the honest answer is, "I do physical therapy for vaginas and rectums...
Be a rebel and work on yourself before the bell tolls.
A lot of us wait until the midnight bell tolls when everything looks bright, shiny, and new to begin the task of completely flipping our lives around. For many of...
When our children are healthy, it may be far from our minds that they may be at risk for heart and other nutrition-related diseases one day. We want our kids to live long and healthy lives, and the best...
When a celebrity gives birth, we are often bombarded with photos of the mother beaming the widest of smiles and lovingly gazing into the baby's eyes.
As someone who experienced a postpartum illness, or more accurately referenced as a Perinatal...
Pop quiz: On a scale of 1–10, how easy is it to talk yourself out of a workout? We’ll say 1 is impossible — you’re sticking with it, and there is nothing that can derail your commitment to your...
I am sure that everyone who reads this blog has 849,033 things that they try to manage all simultaneously, right? Being a mom in this day and age (to children and fur babies) can be quite taxing on your...
In + Around Westchester
A Guide to Pediatric Care in Westchester County
Once we become moms, caring for our babies encompasses our whole world. We want to support our children in every way possible. From pediatricians...
