courtneysunday

When you got your period, you may have been slightly embarrassed. You may have figured out how to use a pad and tampon and then went on your way. That was that. For most women around the ...

I have written two books about mindfulness, and sometimes, I have no interest in being mindful. I want to be distracted and entertained rather than enlightened and educated. I want to unplug ...

Many of us get to the end of the year in full hibernation mode. There are more pajamas, there is more Netflix and there is also more opportunity for reflection. (If we turn off Netflix long ...

Sometimes it is just easier to put our heads in the sand. There are so many things to care about and only so many hours in the day. So we continue to live our lives with a little bit of ...

There is an astonishing surge in e-cigarettes. Vaping was meant for adults attempting to quit cigarettes, but in truth, it made many people who were uninterested in “smoking” take up a new hobby. ...

It is much easier to be holier than thou than to make a difference. It is easier to declare that everyone else is doing it wrong than to actually start making changes ourselves. It is why all of ...

There are two phases of parenthood that every parent goes through. 1) The cocky phase. This is often pre-parenthood, when you plan out the type of parent you are “going to be” and all the ...

Ah, the phone. It is our best friend and our nemesis. We search our pockets for it, have it in view at all times, but yet swear that it does not control us. If we spent as much time on our IRL ...

If you are a walking, breathing female, you have probably been told that your hormones were out of balance more than once. Or, if you have consulted Dr. Wiki or Dr. Google, you probably also ...

I met with a group of moms the other day, because, apparently that is what I do now. For years I didn’t know one person that procreated and now all of the sudden my world has narrowed to people my ...

Two years ago, I was very pregnant (as opposed to moderately pregnant) and searching for ways to keep my vegetarian cravings in check. Being a vegetarian was certainly not a problem, because you ...

This is one of the catchy taglines for the period positivity movement. There is a pledge involved that includes things like “It’s period positive to challenge negative media messages, because they ...

You have a headache, or a muscle ache, or any other type of ache. Life doesn’t wait for you for nurse your pain, honor it and move past it. It asks you to continue powering through, pretending ...

Breastfeeding is one of those things that seems deceptively simple…until you do it. Exhibit A: baby. Exhibit B: boob. Exhibit A, meet Exhibit B. I knew that I was equipped with boobs and that ...

I have realized, that to some people, the word “vegan” has become a dirty word. Somehow, it has become associated with extremism and judgment. It is no wonder most people have begun favoring the ...

If sales of Yeti cups were the benchmark, it appears that drinking water is big business. These 30-ounce tumblers are showing up on many influencers’ feeds, even though it isn’t cheap to hydrate ...

That is the first thing that Annie, who herself has been living with ovarian cancer, would tell anyone newly diagnosed with the disease. She adds, “There’s no right or wrong way to do ovarian ...

Botox may be new enough to feel novel and also to feel entirely safe (although it has been around since 2002!). However, just because we have found ways to inject youth into our face doesn’t mean ...

Wake up in the morning. Meditate for ten minutes. Bathe yourself in gratitude. Juice organic celery. Drink it before you need a morning coffee (because you don’t need a morning coffee…you are ...

It has been a long time since I have had a glass of cow’s milk. I will admit that sometimes cream sneaks its way into my coffee when I stretch my vegan tendencies to vegan-ish. When I was a ...

I often think back to my baby shower. It was filled with people I loved and very few of them asked to rub my belly (which is probably why I loved them in the first place). I was so excited and ...

So many of us have rules when it comes to eating. The interesting thing is that these rules are barely ever the same. Some people believe fat bombs and keto coffee is the way to health and ...

When you hit your early 30s and you are a childless woman, you will get “innocent” questions. Some of those questions are from strangers who will wonder about the state of your uterus as if it is ...

It is so easy to drink the cultural Kool-Aid and become obsessed with the current superfoods. It is hard to be immune to it. Kale. Chia seeds. Goji berries. People who eat these things on a ...

I am going to be 39 this year. If you are reading this and, in your twenties, you probably think that is a long way away and that I am freaking old. I get it. When I was in my twenties, I ...

Many years ago, I went to my first fitness class. I didn’t know anything about boutique studios or yoga gurus. I just thought it would be a good stop on my way to McDonalds (true story). I ...

Recently, my sister and I spoke about our sleep patterns when we were young. I was a rock. The kind of kid who needed hours and hours of sleep. I slept so heavily that I once fell on the floor, ...

The debate continues. Politics is one thing, diet another. In this divisive world we all have our ideas of the correct way to eat and the healthiest things to put in our bodies. Eggs go in ...

I have seen it happen with every generation. I have seen it in moments both appropriate and inappropriate. There is a twitch. The hand slides across the screen. It is unlocked. The person zones ...

Gastrointestinal reflux may sound like a “no big deal” disease. However, living in fear of every bite you take can impact how you live your life. This digestive disorder affects the ring of muscle ...

“You are only as old as you feel.” “30 is the new 20, 40 is the new 30, 70 is the new 50.” In the first 20 years of your life, aging feels like it is something that happens to other people. ...

When my son was born, there were few things I knew how to do. So much of parenting is experiential, which is why it is so easy to judge the woman in aisle 4 parenting her tantrummy toddler and so ...

I think the advice I most give when I find a friend going through something serious is, “Find your people.” Your people are the ones who are going through exactly the same thing as you are. This ...

When it comes to knowledge of the human body, most of us, doctors notwithstanding, are operating on a very elementary level. For example, take the protein amyloid. It is rare and abnormal, but ...

I remembered hearing about my grandmother and her history with manic depression. As a kid, I took this to mean that she was really, really, sad. I figured she had five kids and that was hard ...

Even the most fit people are fit in their own ways. For example, a yoga teacher may have horrible cardiovascular endurance. A marathon runner may lack upper body strength. A Cross Fit champion ...

It’s a New Year! Even if you managed to sleep through the beginning of it (I stayed awake until 9pm, okay?) the world around you will bombard you with expectations. Everything from my email ...

Milk. It does a body good. It definitely does a baby good. Or does it? Milk is a hotly debated commodity. I stopped liking it as a child and in the 80s, this was a startling decision for my ...

There was a time when people did not care about their gut health. In fact, it was considered rude to talk about one’s gut. I am sure the etiquette experts of yesteryear would insist that polite ...

The thing most of us love about babies is that they are unencumbered. They eat when they are hungry, even though many adults eat when they are emotional. Babies cry when they are sad, even though ...

To say that the heart of a woman and a man are different is hardly surprising. I was confronted with this reality soon after my partner and I had a baby. Our baby cried a lot in the beginning, as ...

It used to be that you went to a coffee shop to drink, well, coffee. Now golden milk lattes rule the roost and turmeric is everywhere. This used to be one of the spices in my pantry that got ...

The first time I stocked up on face sheet masks, I was in Seoul, South Korea. I spent an afternoon with a latte, people watching and marveling at the fashion. I also couldn’t help but notice that ...

When I herniated a disc, I had pretty much every bit of advice thrown at me. From special pillows to meditation, I got used to nodding and thanking people for their good intentions (even if the ...

Back in the day, I drank alcohol, ate sugary snacks, got little sleep, and I still had amazing skin. Oh, to be 20 again. Now I don’t exactly sleep well (blame the baby), but the other ...

I had been a vegetarian for years by the time I got pregnant. Although I had some serious morning sickness for a few months, I was able to keep my diet pretty similar to what it was before. I ate ...

If you have ever seen the show Scandal, you have known that the title character Olivia Pope had a great deal of stress. How she dealt with that stress certainly wasn’t novel: a giant glass of nice ...

Lately every time I log into Facebook I am reminded of climate change. What a far way the website has come in the 12 years I have been using it. Originally Facebook was my way to communicate ...

I am a woman who was lucky enough to grow up with a father who made me believe that I am just as valuable and just as intelligent as any man. When I was little, I thought that there was very ...

Almost everyone has an experience of the most pain they have ever felt. It becomes a part of our narrative. Some people will even try to measure immeasurable pain, declaring for example, that ...