Thirteen years ago, I miscarried. It was an early April morning; the sky still dark and sunless. I’ll save you the gut-wrenching details and simply say that the experience was excruciating, both physically and emotionally. On my doctor’s advice, I attempted to rest before meeting him at the hospital for the start of his shift.

If you parent a young child, know a young child, or have ever been a young child, then you’re probably quite familiar with the question “Why?” As a mother of three, I hear it all the time. The most recent barrage of “why?” happened yesterday when I picked up my daughter from school. She wanted

It’s common knowledge that life-enhancing movement contributes to personal health. But if fitness is pursued mathematically and obsessively at the expense of mental, social, and emotional peace (all having proven effects on physical health), it probably won’t yield the outcomes we’re hoping for. That’s because exercise is, in and of itself, a stressor. And while the human