On so many levels, I would say yes, I care what I look like. My self-image is important to me.
About a month ago, a client sent me a photo of a woman by her pink Cadillac. She was with...
Like most overweight people I had a general goal to lose weight, so for Christmas 2009 I asked for (and received) a pedometer.
I had fun playing with it, even though I was kind of sad how low my steps...
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I’m a local doula and childbirth educator, and more importantly for this post, a MOTHER. As part of my Preparation for Birth series, I cover the immediate postpartum period to help prepare expectant women for what’s to come. Mostly...
My name is Meghan and I am an anorexic in recovery. There it is, in print, for all to see.
I feel ashamed to admit that I have suffered from an eating disorder for the past 21 years. Yes, ashamed...
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a renowned and award-winning educator at University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, and University of...
“Almost done!”
That’s what everyone keeps telling me, but pregnancy has a funny way of messing with time. Days seem longer, weeks are anxiously marked and then you’re “almost done.” At 35 weeks, I don’t feel almost done. Gestational Diabetes...
Picture this....
You're in the kitchen making lunch for your kids and you set it in front of them and they are so excited they gobble it all up! A dream come true! That's how I feel when I make...
About three years ago, my husband and I decided it was time to start a family. We took all the “right” steps to lead us down the path of becoming parents and began to prepare for this new phase...
Well, hello Burlington! After spending summers in Vermont my entire life, and attending UVM, I always thought I would be a Burlington mom myself, but you know how life is. Things happen: grad school, meeting my life partner, finding...
In my last post, I wrote about my decision to get treatment for stress incontinence.
To recap, stress incontinence is a condition that causes people to leak a little bit of pee when they are doing something that stresses the...
Once in a while I stumble upon a piece of parenting advice that is so brilliant, I feel the need to share it with each and every parent around me. This is a piece of advice that is time-tested...
When my daughter was five months old, whatever dam that was holding back my postnatal depression broke and suddenly I was caught up in an ocean of emotions.
I was drowning. After calling my doctor, I was instantly put...
With the massive amount of accumulated wisdom and profound perspective of 41 years of life, I am trying to challenge some of my core assumptions, in order to increase peace and happiness in my own life.
Sounds like fun, right?...
In + Around Vermont
Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams
My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.
While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
