I have a love-hate relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow. When she’s talking about her kids, I love her. When she’s making snooty statements to the press, I don’t love her so much.
She has a website now, called “Goop (unfortunate name, right?).” I’m not really certain why she has this site. A public service, perhaps? To teach [...]

About a week ago, my husband and I took the girls over to a local gymnastics place to check out the activities for kids. When we walked in, we were standing behind a glass wall watching girls who could not have been more than 10 doing all kinds of flips and flops. Pea instantly kicked [...]

We took Pea out this afternoon for her first official hike. Lucky for us, the property across the street from us is protected land and is filled with hiking trails of all levels. The beauty of it all is that it’s reserved for residents of our neighborhood, so it’s very quiet. We were the only [...]

I did it. I bought the book. I swore I never would. Hated the name and assumed it was about “super-slender vanity.” You know, those women who run around and you see them and think to yourself, “how is she running around? how is she able to get out of [...]

My mother, GiGi, is terrified of looking her age, but I believe she’s even more terrified of feeling her age. She’s had a lot of health issues in her lifetime, dating all the way back to her early 20s, and so she’s always been very conscious about taking care of her body and [...]

I sign up for a lot of daily emails from wellness-health-beauty-related websites. I’m just always looking for that little gem. I do end up canceling most of them because they are way off the mark of what I am looking for. But this site has not disappointed me yet. Vital Juice [...]

I don’t handle stress well. Never have. And when I say stress, I don’t mean the big and obvious life stresses. Those, well those, I manage to somehow deal with. Don’t ask me how. I cope. But it’s the ridiculously little and mundane stresses that are killing me. [...]

I can’t believe I’m even going to admit this out loud, but here goes… My name is Melissa, and I’m a Weight Watcher. Yes, I signed on last Sunday and began first thing that Monday morning. I am just so determined to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, and after hours and hours [...]

At The Little Gym today, the teacher stopped me and told me I was looking good – she said I’m getting smaller every week. My gosh did I need to hear that – I could have kissed her! We’ve been working the “Body After Baby” plan in our house now for about 2 [...]

6 weeks ago today I delivered my second daughter via C-section. It was a quick recovery for me, 48 hours later I was back at home with my family. At my 2-week check-up, I specifically asked my doctor if I could start using my elliptical machine, and she gave me the go-ahead. [...]