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New School Year Survival Tips for Parents
Parenting Tips and Tricks for Surviving the New School Year Parenting in a new school year can be extremely stressful! Do you find yourself dreading back to school time for your kids? Maybe you are one of those “weird” parents who enjoy the downtime in the summer and...
Panic Attacks and Anxiety: Into The Pit
Panic Attacks and AnxietyPanic attacks and anxiety often go hand in hand. You can sense panic attacks coming, like watching your roller coaster car edge closer and closer to the top. The closer you get, everything starts to slow down. Your head starts buzzing with...
The Night I Diagnosed Myself with Meningitis and Survived
Anxiety and Sleep I become a very skilled MD at night (with the help of Google, of course). About the time everyone else in my house is snoring peacefully, my brain suddenly decides to key into every tiny ache or pain I have experienced in the last 72 hours. Cue the...
5 Tips for Surviving Summer Vacation
Summer vacation – let’s be real, may not be everything you’ve built it up to be. (Snapshot: bugs, sticky hands, constant sweat, and regrets about not working more on your summer body so you can look good at the obligatory family zoo outing). What happens during...
How a Man with a Gun Ruined My Eye Appointment
Anxiety and Medical FearsLife lessons come in many shapes and sizes. When you have anxiety, chances are most of these lessons are fueled by your own actions. Many of my lessons have had a little bit of humor from above sprinkled in as well. Anxiety does a beautiful...
Date Night Ideas: Chinese Massage Parlor
Are Date Nights a Real Thing? Let’s face it – date night as an adult, with children, is about as easy to implement as portion control on Christmas day. I know my husband and I actually roll our eyes when we hear others talk about their date night ideas. Honestly,...