Health + Wellness

This sponsored post is brought to you courtesy of The Iowa Clinic — providing comprehensive care for the entire family.   The Great EpiPen Dilemma There has been a great deal of media attention given to the price of the EpiPen in the...

  Perimenopause is the time during which a woman’s body transitions to menopause. Women experiencing perimenopause, or “around menopause,” often show one or more related menopause symptoms. Symptoms and signs of menopause often start in the 40s but can begin...

Postpartum depression can be a really scary thing. I think it is becoming less scary because people are talking about it. Women are talking about what it felt like for them and how they got help. Men are talking...

It was our fifth day at Blank Children’s Hospital with our very sick son. Our baby boy had received excellent round-the-clock care, but my husband and I still hadn’t heard a definitive diagnosis to explain his illness. We were...

It's a myth that you'll always be motivated to work out. That's just not the case. It really comes down to two things: habits and consistency.  Motivation comes and goes. But when you have created the habit of exercise it...

It isn't surprising that parents place a high value on their children. Health statistics released by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) ranks Iowa as the 7th most overweight or obese state in the nation¹. When you value something, you make it a...

It’s so easy to completely inhale our food as we run off to the next activity or mindlessly eat while we scroll through Instagram. But do you want to know a simple way to completely transform your health? It’s so...

We're moms. We're busy. We barely have time to shower. Let alone navigate everything when someone in the family gets sick! What if you could connect quickly with health providers from home without even leaving the house? How would that give...

My family thought I crossed the line from Mom to crazy Mom when I initially started talking about essential oils. But all they had to do was try them, and they are convinced. I first learned about essential oils three years...

There are these images that flash through my mind (and on a Google image search for "workout"): And then there is this reality that exists in my midsection: I tried this "working out" thing, dear sister. I truly did. I woke...