In my latest for Parents I wrote about how I’ve evolved from a would-be cloth diaperer (never happened!) to a mom who does what she can and then calls it a day. My values haven’t changed — but I’ve realized …
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In my latest for Parents I wrote about how I’ve evolved from a would-be cloth diaperer (never happened!) to a mom who does what she can and then calls it a day. My values haven’t changed — but I’ve realized …
I mean, it would be so much easier if that plan existed. That’s why I spent the first ten years of my career as a women’s magazine/health journalist looking for it. Can confirm, does not exist. And… that’s actually hugely …
This is something I’ve been thinking about since Zibby Owens and I talked about it during my episode of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Zibby told me she’d done some genetic testing and found out that her …
Everyone tells writers not to read the comments, and I tell all my sources not to read the comments, but here’s a secret: We all read the comments. I’ve been reading the hundreds rolling in on my new New York …
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE // JUNE 2019
Does it make sense, medically or ethically, when fertility clinics refuse to treat prospective mothers they consider too large?
This is a love letter to the incredible Jessamyn Stanley for putting her new yoga video app The Underbelly Yoga into the world.
Some back story: I’ve practiced yoga off and on for about 15 years. I found it after …
This month, I’ve been reporting on the tough choices faced by pregnant women managing chronic diseases: Do they treat their symptoms (whether that’s physical pain or mental instability) even if it means accruing unknown risks for their babies? Or do …
I’m very thrilled to have the cover story in Scientific American‘s brilliant May issue, which is devoted to reproductive health issues. If you’re a newer reader of my work, you may think I’m all about food, but really, …
PARENTS // JUNE 2019
I’ve found that trying to be a totally crunchy mama is not all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s how I reevaluated the ‘rules’ and went green my own way.
Almost two years later, I can still remember how this hit like a gut punch when Deb Burgard said it to me during our interview for The Eating Instinct. When you’re steeped in diet culture, you learn to fear, …
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
