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Ditch the Grinch and Deck the Halls
‘Tis the season! That’s what all the billboards, advertisements, and email subject lines are saying right about now, anyway. But ‘tis the season for what, exactly? The obvious answers are “giving” and “gathering” and “getting out the sparkly decorations.” There are presents that need purchasing and cards that need crafting; there are parties that require…
A Matter of Life: Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Motherhood can be a dream. Nothing compares to welcoming your own children into the world, to watching them take their first steps, to hearing their first words, to seeing them make friends, go to school, graduate, begin their careers, start families of their own... Motherhood can also be a nightmare. Nothing is more agonizing than…
Why Moms Have “Mad Skills”
As mothers, weve got some serious skills. Whether theyre innate or learned through trial-and-error, our abilities and talents would make any professional resume shudder in jealousy.
Interview with Lisa Unger, Best Selling Author, Wife , and Mom
Lisa Unger is a best selling author of 12 books with 2 more to be released in 2015. The Florida Times-Union called her most recent book, In the Blood, "a page pounding psychological maze." More relevant than her star author status, for our purposes, is the fact that she is a working mom with a happy marriage (in fact…
How to Talk to Your Daughter About Periods
I am a blogger who is also one of the health experts on beinggirl.com, so I answer questions from hundreds of girls who write to us every month. It has been an eye opening experience that has helped me understand the concerns that many teen girls have today. One of the things that I have learned from the questions asked, is that teens would rather ask a stranger a personal question about their life or health than their mother. What can be done to make the dialogue more open between teens and their mothers?