When 2020 started, I was full of hope, probably like many people. 2018 had been a very hard year with my son being born so early and 2019 had been hard in the beginning due to many ongoing medical issues between my two children. Towards the end of 2019, things were looking up. Naturally, when …
I did not want to let the month of November end without a blog post about epilepsy. November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month and I wanted to share with everyone a little bit about epilepsy, which is the 4th most common neurological disorder. It also happens to be my area of specialty within Pediatric Neurology …
So far, I have focused all my previous blog posts about healthy eating and time management on how to prep frozen meals, cook meals that use kitchen appliances, or doing meal prepping ahead of time. What if you didn’t have time to meal prep this week or if you forgot to set your slow cooker? …
A while ago I wrote a post comparing the Crockpot to the Instant Pot (IP) but did not get into what recipes I have been using in the IP. I feel like I have not maximized my use of the IP yet but I have found a few recipes that I keep going back to. …
After taking some time to get back into mostly working in person, I am back with another blog post! Thanks for hanging in there with me. We all have to admit that whether your children are back to school in person, hybrid, or 100% virtual, this year does not look like what we were all …
Although the post is coming almost a week late after July 9th (Argentina Independence Day), I am happy to finally write down the recipe for my beef empanadas. I have been asked for this many times, so here it goes. This recipe does not contain raisins or olives. I have to admit that I always …
Although my specialty in Neurology is epilepsy, I still practice a good deal of general Neurology. This means that I have a large group of patients I follow that suffer from migraines and other headache types. June is National Migraine and Headache Awareness month and June 21 is Migraine Awareness day. In honor of this, …
I don’t think I am alone when I say that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way my children have been sleeping. We are very fortunate to have two toddlers with great sleeping habits and before the stay at home orders started, my 4 year old slept 11-12 hours a night and my 2 year …
What is guilt? Merriam-Webster defines it as ” the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously” or “feelings of deserving blame especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.” I recently started listening to a life coaching podcast (The Life Coach School by Brooke Castillo, no affiliation or benefit from …
Prior to social distancing, stores having long lines to go in and get out, shortage of certain items, and waiting a long time to pay for groceries was not something I ever factored in my weekly schedules and ability to meal plan. A lot of us are already having less time than we used to …