ELECTROLYTES: Do You Need Them? Tips for Staying Hydrated! Electrolyte drinks are popping up everywhere and in so many forms… liquid, powder, and dissolvable tablets. And SO many brands! The choices are overwhelming and confusing. First, what are electrolytes? Electrolytes are essentially charged metallic ions that, with the perfect ratio of salts and minerals, keep...Read More

May 2022 Why are Americans so Nutrient Deficient?? Spring! Purple crocus peeking through the thawing ground offering a brilliant burst of color, welcome by those happy they survived another winter here in Montana, yet perhaps unwelcome by those who prefer blue — as in a bluebird day — not ready to store their skis for...Read More

June 2021   How to Prepare for Anything My Explant Journey Pt. 3 So, the night before my explant surgery, I Face-Timed my besties back home in Chicago. They always have an innate ability to distract me by keeping me laughing. Our call ended with them grabbing their boobs and waving them goodbye. The morning...Read More

May 2021 How Perspective Can Change Your Life My Explant Journey Pt. 2 Perspective typically comes into play when we’re facing a health issue. Maybe it’s perspective on our life if, God forbid, we don’t wake up from surgery (or am I the only one who spazzes about going under anesthesia?) Maybe it’s our perspective...Read More

August 2019 Goodbye, Chicago. Hello, Montana!   Stacks of moving boxes are scattered about the house, ready to be loaded into the U-Haul. My 19-year-old son, who is helping me with the move, is hanging with friends before we head out, and my 11-year-old son is off on his last bike ride through the neighborhood....Read More