Health + Safety

Your baby’s first tooth is an exciting time for both you and baby, but it also signals the start of some major developmental milestones. While your child experiences many passing changes in their first decade of life, their smile...

  No seriously, frozen nuggets. As in, he opens the freezer pulls out the bag of Tyson Dinosaur Nuggets, and starts gnawing on it like a frozen ice pop. And when you stare at him in complete horror (as any...

Let me preface this by saying I've been in a small group for a few months now, where we are studying the enneagram and how it can help us understand ourselves and others better, thus allowing us to extend...

As a lawyer, I often encounter people in the worst moments of their lives. Many times in a consultation, people pour out their pain, their struggles with issues of domestic violence and/or abuse at home or with a significant...

For all of us who have gone through orthodontic treatment – whether as teens or adults – there’s few things more freeing than the day the braces come off. A healthy, straight smile is the reward at the end...

What do you do when a global health crisis, civil unrest, racism, abundant conspiracy theories, and distance learning just aren't challenging enough for you? You start looking for a job! The truth is, all of those things were plenty challenging....

If you give a family COVID, they'll be stuck at home for over two weeks. When they're stuck at home for two weeks with no end in sight, they'll probably lose their minds.  I won't turn this into a witty...

Every year after the OKC Memorial Marathon I see photos of friends donning their medals, posting adorable photos of their kids and families cheering them on with signs at the finish line and beaming with pride and sweat and...

It seems as if every presidential election season is one to be survived, but the year 2020 seems like a particularly hard presidential election season. As a mental health clinician, here are my points on how I am choosing...

We all have things we don't like about parenting. For some, it may be doing all the crafts your kids like to do. For others, it might be packing school lunches. For me, my least favorite part about parenting is...

I drive down the road and see packed parking lots. I scroll social media and see pictures of birthday parties, girl's night out, and packed sporting events. You know what? It makes me mad.  I know it is fully my...

Hard to believe it is already the end of September. Even though each month seems like its been its own 365 days. I love September for many reasons, one of my daughter's birthdays, it starts everything-F-A-L-L!! And, because it...