How I Got Insanely Long Eyelashes With Oil From the Grocery Store (Seriously)

So a few months ago, I had this unexpected tender moment with Jelly Bean: She had told me that she just wanted “to snuggle for a minute” and then she promptly fell asleep on my lap. My all-grown-up do-it-myself six-year-old didn’t want to admit she still needed a nap (or her mom!) — but she …

I Have a Heart Defect: Me and My Myocardial Bridge (Bring on the crushing chest pain)

Andersen Family – April 2015 photo courtesy of Still Memories photography UPDATE 9/15/17: For everyone looking to discuss their Myocardial Bridges, Ben (you’ll recognize him from the comments) has set up a site specifically for this purpose. Join the conversation at the Myocardial Bridge Community forum. Thanks Ben! Vomiting at a finish line isn’t exactly …

Weight loss might make you healthier but it probably won’t make you happier, according to a new study

Getting skinny will solve all our problems, right? We will be unconditionally loved by all, be able to run marathons in under three hours and, of course, be able to wear bikinis and heels to any occasion, including black tie events. As one does. At least that’s what all the diet ads say. But a new study …

Have you ever been told you hit/run/cry like a girl? [It’s time we make “being a girl” not an insult]

  Image Credit: Anne Cha (facebook, instagram) Have you ever been told you hit like a girl? Or run like one? Or cry like one? If so, I hope you answered yes. Because you are a girl and girls do all of those things. Oh, and we do them well. What – you thought “hit …

The rising epidemic of “hidden” eating disorders [“I’m disordered but not diseased”]

At first I was going to use a picture of me from my “skinniest” sickest time – to illustrate the point that I still looked pretty normal – but then I realized that I’d rather illustrate this with a pic of me now. These guys remind me every day why I work so hard to …

GFE Updates: A crazy road trip, a surprise package, readers doing rad stuff and my cat is healing!

Stretching out the kinks at a truck stop in Iowa after two days in the car. This week I’m on the road with my four kids and two nieces. Hotel room shenanigans We are tripping to see my baby sis graduate from high school! She is the CUTEST. So I’ll be MIA this week, frolicking …

Every body is a bikini body: Beautiful is not something you get, it’s something you are

Our neighborhood has a pool. I’ve never lived in a place before that has one and I have to admit it’s pretty rad. Not for me necessarily – I still hate swimming – but my kids love it and it’s an easy, fun way to get them outside and moving. It’s also fun for me …

My fitness ANTI-bucket list: 10 things it’s okay if you never do! [And how to do them if you insist]

Bucket lists are as popular these days as prison tattoos and while I love the idea of having goals and dreaming big, just because something is on The List doesn’t mean it’s a Good Idea. So here are 10 things that if you really want to do, then go for it but if you’re only doing …