Local physical therapist and TV personality offers seven tips to help new moms create a healthier lifestyle for the whole family. Welcome to the most impactful, exhausting, overwhelming, all-encompassing, full-time job you will ever have — motherhood! As a new mom, finding the balance between your needs and those of your new child can be […]
Holiday Health
With the holiday rush here, how do I keep my family healthy, fit and safe? All ages With the upcoming holidays, there’s a lot of focus on meals, preparing for family gatherings, and for families with little ones, creating safe and enjoyable celebrations. The holidays are a wonderful time for creating memories, but it is […]
4 Tips to Transform Your Body
Feeling that brain fog and back pain signaling a long day’s work? Try out these tips from a local fitness expert. When it comes to fitness and nutrition, you might be your own worst enemy. It could be your work, your children or your elderly parents, but you always feel like someone is calling on […]
Educational and Entertaining Outdoor Experiences for Your Kids
Take this unusual summer and turn it into a fun and enlightening family adventure into the outdoors. We’re entering a summer like no other. Orange County businesses and venues have started re-opening, but things are still in a state of flux. Kids are done with the school year and families are likely feeling the pull […]
How to Prepare Your Athlete to Safely Resume Sports
Q: [Adolescents and teens] How should I prepare my athlete for returning to sports? After spending time away from organized activities, there will be an understood eagerness to quickly return to previous levels of practice and competition. That being said, it is best to protect young athletes and performers by realizing that starting with too […]
June 2020 Virtual Calendar
Your stay-in guide for virtual activities while sheltering-in-place. ENTERTAINMENT Virtual Shakespeare Aloud http://carpenterarts.org/artsforlife/shakespeare.htmlThe Carpenter Center transports its popular free Shakespeare Aloud series to the Internet. Play readings will be done 1 pm-2:30 pm on designated Thursdays. Richard III will be read June 4 & 11, while the second play is still TBD. As with the […]
Healthy New Year Items
BetterAir Cold and flu season is in full effect. According to the EPA, the more time we spend indoors, the more harmful microorganisms we come into contact with. Rid your home or office of harmful pathogens and allergens this winter with BetterAir’s environmental purification system. The company offers a unique probiotic air, surface and object […]
Healthy Living Advice from a Fitness Trainer
Fitness trainer Nancy Anderson offers words of advice for keeping your family healthy. Family fitness is an important topic for trainer Nancy Anderson. She’s not only passionate about helping moms lose the “baby fat,” but she’s developing a new program specializing in all stages of motherhood—from preconception through pregnancy and beyond. “Everything I teach and […]
Less Sugary Trick-or-Treating Options
Get inventive with these toy options for kids this Halloween. Maybe it’s time for us to be spoilsports, just a little bit, starting with this Halloween. There was once a time when you couldn’t get me to consider giving a trick-or-treater anything other than candy. Chocolate, in fact, was a necessary ingredient. It’s their once-a-year […]
Tracking Baby’s Physical & Behavioral Growth Milestones
Q: [Parents] What are the best ways to track my baby’s physical and behavioral growth? A: Well-check appointments provide an opportunity for your pediatrician to monitor and chart these developmental milestones and see how much your child has progressed since your last visit. In the first 12 months, here are some general milestones we look […]