As a follow-up to my last blog post on living a healthy lifestyle, I wanted to do a little research about how to get an energy boost without using too much caffeine, energy drinks, or buying expensive supplements that may not work. Since I am not getting paid by anyone to write this post and …
I find myself talking about healthy lifestyles often in my clinic. Whether we are talking about migraines or how to prevent breakthrough seizures, maintaining good habits is a key part of all of my patients’ care. We even have a catchy title for the handouts we give to our patients: “Healthy Habits.” However, I also …
Hopefully the answer most of the time is no…but I wanted to talk about something called “the mental load.” An article in Forbes calls it “emotional labor.” Another article in Refinery29 defines it as “the state of living in the shadow of a never-ending-to-do-list.” There is a 2017 report commissioned by the non-profit care organization …
We all want to know how to be safe in the sun but if you are like me, you also worry about the chemicals seeping through my littles’ skin. I see the posts in the doctor groups I am in every year and I finally decided to write it down, so I can stop looking …
As Mother’s Day approaches, I have been thinking about what kind of day I would like. Do I want to be with my kids? Alone? Girlfriends? Date night with my husband? Am I a bad mom for thinking that I may want to have time without my children on Mother’s Day? It was as if …
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the noun balance can be defined as ‘mental and emotional steadiness’ and the verb to balance can be defined as ‘to bring into harmony or proportion.’ There are many other definitions listed in this entry but I really felt like these spoke to me. I recently read and heard women …
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 …
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 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 …