Health + Wellness

Summer is here, and you want to take the baby out for a stroll, to a flower festival, or a splash pad, but is it worth exposing your sweet sunshine to the damaging heat, sun rays, and insects? When...

For years, my main form of exercise was running. I was never wildly great at it, but a steady 3-4 mile run a few days per week kept me happy and feeling fit. However, after a few injuries, I...

February is Children's Dental Health Month, and we want to thank our our friends at Nelson Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics for providing and sponsoring this post--giving us the opportunity to take a bite out of some common misconceptions about those...

A few months ago my daughter was diagnosed with serious scoliosis, and just like most things in my life, I shared it on social media. Many people only share the highlight reel, or do the opposite and share just...

Most of the races I’ve done since I started running in March of 2018 have been flat-ground 5k’s. I’ve even found a little race comfort zone by sticking close to home in the Portland-Vancouver area and signing up with...

Allergy suffers around the world agree: allergies can be debilitating. From sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, and irritated skin, to even more serious reactions, living with allergies is often unpleasant and sometimes excruciating. While more than 50 million Americans experience...

Maybe you’ve seen us walking down to Tom McCall Waterfront Park or spied us on the Willamette in our dragon-shaped boats. Perhaps you have thought to yourself “who are those people?” or “what are they doing?” Well, we are dragon boaters, and...

I hear it all the time from my busy mom friends and clients, “I wish I could...Just do nothing...Take a break...Rest...Push off all my responsibilities to someone else...Run away.” That last one sounds amazing, doesn’t it? Just for a...

My husband was driving home from work one day and made a quick stop at the store to pick up a few items. He was hungry so he bought a good-sized bag of Boom Chicka Pop, knowing a couple...

I sat on my front porch to soak in the sun when a mom jogged past on the sidewalk. She looked radiant pushing her stroller, with her perfect messy bun, cute ball cap, neatly-fitted exercise clothes, and a lean,...