The postpartum routine is daunting, and if you don’t make time to take care of yourself, you will forget.

There are a few small tasks that you can do to take out the overwhelm and pressure. Here are some simple things you can do after your baby is born:

For the last three years, I stopped giving out candy to create a more inclusive Halloween. Weird, right? It can be costly to find some alternatives to traditional candy. Depending on your budget and how many kids are coming to your door, you may want to consider some non-food options, too. Here are some of my best tips:

The key difference is not WHAT we do on our journey to our goals, but HOW we use our resources, and more specifically, WHO we use as our resources.

Your pregnancy is only a short period of motherhood. So whether you feel well or not, you can do a few things to make sure you look great! To help, I’ve put together a few tips on How to Look Good in Maternity Photos for Plus Size Moms.

There are a lot of things that are in our control to prepare for personal photoshoots. Here’s how you can pose for pictures with confidence.

It’s not just you. Everyone at some point in their life is unsatisfied with their body at some point in their life. It could be the way we think it looks, the way it feels or the way it performs. Whatever it is that you are unsatisfied with, there are simple things we can do to change how we feel about our body and all of its quirks. Here are 5 easy steps to body confidence

Even though it would be great to get childcare and take time for ourselves, it’s not always possible to get help. Instead of making childcare a barrier or excuse, there are many options for movement where we can safely exercise with the kids around. Here are five ways you can workout that include your kids!

We don’t have to wear pads or avoid activities because we pee our pants. Learn more about why mothers pee when they sneeze, cough, or jump. And how we can fix it!

Having been plus size for my pubescent and adult life, I know what it's like to feel like you have an inner tube around you all the time. I’ve learned there are many ways to modify our workouts and flexibility training to achieve our goals. Here are four ways to modify workouts when you have a large belly

Health is a big topic that we often neglect because it can be so overwhelming. If you are a busy person, you don’t have time to tackle all the things at once. Here are 8 simple ways you can change your health daily.

Health budgets are different for every person. And honestly, cheaper isn’t better. Consider creating your own budget for health every month that includes fitness, food, wellness services like therapies and coaching.

I felt irritable over something I had once lept at the chance to take on. The tension was building. I was overloaded, and it was showing in my home life. Something had to change.

Here are a few proven methods I’ve used with clients (and myself) so that you can prompt yourself to move with little effort.

As wonderful as vacations are, I often feel more stressed taking one. Here's how to plan a vacation that will refuel you rather than drain you.

It is very common that instead of focusing on failure as a one-off, we take on the behavior as an identity. Instead of brushing it off or learning from our mistakes, we describe ourselves as failures. Don’t get me wrong; there is a big difference between missing the bus and having your house foreclosed on. The similarity lies in how we speak to ourselves about our circumstances.

We all have a general understanding of healthy living.  We see the pictures on Instagram, look at the magazines, and listen to our trainer’s how-tos. We might even read their newsletters. We have all seen a YouTube video about healthy meal prep or maybe took a home economics class. We know the things. The problem isn’t willpower or that we don’t know how to eat or what to eat.

Every mom understands what it’s like to feel overwhelmed. We are responsible for so many things, and we can’t keep track of our priorities. Why are we so busy, but we still feel like we just can’t get anything done? Three things I do almost every day to save my sanity and feel productive.

While most trainers may not anticipate barriers for larger women to be different from other women, the reality is we have a few things that we live with every day. Having been overweight my entire life and a fitness professional for 15 years, I’ve gathered some experience on both sides of the spectrum. Here are some things someone might not know about being a plus-size that may affect their fitness experience with a personal trainer:

I might even give into chocolate or wine cravings because I had a bad day and I earned it. But the more I spiral into my self-pity party and reward my sorry attitude, the slower I am to move past it. It takes some time to realize how I got there, but I usually see at some point that my sinking ship has everyone else on it. Mommy’s miserable day becomes everyone’s miserable day and they did not deserve that.

I’ve taken my best tips and memories of what I did to feel comfortable in the gym and broken them down into simple, attainable steps. Once I felt comfortable, I felt inspired to help others take care of themselves.