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How I Came to Terms with a Post-Baby Body

by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 22, 2020 | Parenting Small Children

Our bodies were not meant to stay the same throughout our lives. Certainly we grow older. But childbirth also has a profound effect. I had three babies in 2.5 years – it was a lot. And with pregnancy comes big changes to your body, many of which don’t go...

Real Talk About PMS: Your Period is Not a Malfunction You Have to “Cure”

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 28, 2020 | Healthy Living

Why is it that so often, when we talk about menstruation, it’s seen as something bad that we have to fight against, rather than a natural part of our bodies? It’s the end of the month that we’ve been talking about how to love your body, no matter its...

Do You Put Your Wife’s Needs First? Plus 2 Extra Ways to Boost Her Self-Image! Comments of the Week

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 21, 2020 | Marriage

I am personally very glad this week is over! I’ve (Rebecca) been looking over the blog since Sheila (my mom) has been on her vacation (they are having a lovely time, by the way!). View this post on Instagram Haven’t been posting on social media much...

How to Help Your Wife with Her Body Image

by Keith Gregoire | Feb 19, 2020 | Emotional Connection

How do you, as a husband, help a wife who is struggling with seeing herself as beautiful? This is Keith, Sheila’s husband, and welcome my second installment of “Men’s Corner”! Once a month, I’m going to write an article mostly aimed at...

Love Your Body Series: Do You KNOW Your Body?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 10, 2020 | Healthy Living

It crept up on my so slowly I didn’t know it wasn’t normal. (and this is going to get way too TMI, so I’m sorry!). It started in my late 30s with having to use super-plus tampons. Then I had to start wearing tampons, and not just pads, to bed...

Let’s learn to have FUN again! | Reader Highlights from the Week

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 7, 2020 | Healthy Living

When was the last time you ran so fast you could hardly feel your feet hit the ground? What about dancing crazily in the kitchen to your favourite song, or feeling the rush of going down a hill really fast on your bike? Moving is FUN when we actually let...