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The Sandwich Generation: My Story of Caring for Aging Parents While Raising Kids

Karin Weinstein — Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:15 +0000

It’s 3 a.m. and I’m woken from a sound sleep. Someone is calling for help. In a panic, I rouse my husband and we race downstairs. My father-in-law has fallen. Again. That was our life for the better part of a year. Living Between Two Generations That Need You For that year, my husband and I were the primary caregivers for his ailing father, who was living with us. Our kids needed us. Work needed us. The laundry needed us. The bills needed us. The kitchen needed us. My mother-in-law needed us. My father-in-law needed us. My father-in-law was in…

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Functional Fitness for Real Life: The Case for Everyday Athleticism

Marlene Andersson — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:00:27 +0000

Most people think athletes are those who train for a sport. But what if you’re already training—just without meaning to? Why Most People Don’t See Themselves as Athletes When I was younger, I believed that strength training—or even training hard—was only for athletes: people preparing for a competition or a race of some kind. If you played a sport, I could see how it might be useful. But I wasn’t doing any of that. I didn’t really understand why a “regular” person who studied or worked a 9–5 job would benefit from spending time training. What would they even need…

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How to Create Habits That Actually Stick

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:47 +0000

Habits and behaviors are the actions that create the building blocks of our lives. Sometimes those habits and behaviors align with our desires and values, shaping healthy routines that make our lives more enjoyable. Other times, we have habits or behaviors that keep us stuck in cycles that don’t feel so good. Unfortunately, it can be really tricky to change a behavior or habit—especially if it’s deeply ingrained in the fabric of our lives. Ease and familiarity tend to win over things that are new and challenging. Plus, we tend to prefer change that is radical and immediate over change…

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The 2025 Fit Bottomed Girls Holiday Gift Guide: Women-Owned Wellness Gifts We Love

Alison Heilig — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:03 +0000

Every year, we get asked for a Fit Bottomed Girls gift guide — and this year, we wanted to do things differently. If 2025 has taught us anything it’s that our money is better spent supporting real humans who give a shit — not just Big Box Billionaires. Instead of another list of “must-have” gadgets from companies who flood our inbox with requests to review their products and perhaps couldn’t care less about women’s wellness, we’re shining a big, sparkly FBG spotlight on the creators, teachers, coaches, and badass humans who’ve been supporting the FBG mission for years. These are…

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Do You Really Need to Monitor Your Glucose Levels? A Guide to CGMs for Non-Diabetics

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:56 +0000

Monitoring glucose levels is having a big moment in the wellness world. While taking regular readings of blood sugar was once something only done by people with diabetes, the practice has spread to those seeking potential health benefits from continuously tracking their blood sugar. And instead of doing daily finger pricks to measure glucose in the blood, there’s now a simpler and less invasive way to take similar measurements. You’ve likely already seen someone wearing one without realizing what it was. It looks like a small plastic circle sitting on the skin—usually on the arm—sometimes covered by a piece of…

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Rest, Receive, Repeat: How to Protect Your Energy and Find Peace During the Holidays

Krysty Krywko — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:36 +0000

My mother put a lot of work into creating picture-perfect holidays. As a child, I remember piles of beautifully wrapped presents, holiday décor spread throughout the house, and large Ukrainian gatherings with mounds of food and a noise level that made the scenes in My Big Fat Greek Wedding sound like the silence of a library. On top of it all, she was also the organist at our local church and would often play at least two services on Christmas Eve—and maybe one on Christmas morning. As a child, I loved all of it. As a mother, I gave up…

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Protein and Menopause: How Much Do Women Really Need?

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:51 +0000

Protein is everywhere lately. Whether it’s a fitness pro telling you to beef up your protein intake, a women’s health expert warning you about the dangers of muscle loss in perimenopause, or a perimenopausal influencer making a comedy reel about all the overwhelming recommendations for better health in middle age (more protein included), it feels as though protein is having a moment. Because menopause is becoming big business—and perimenopause along with it—those voices encouraging us to consume more protein as we go through the menopause transition are louder than ever. Before we get into whether women in perimenopause or post-menopause…

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Recovering from Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: An Honest, Unfiltered Account

Guest Writer — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:00:53 +0000

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of Lara’s story about her experience with uterine prolapse surgery. If you missed it, read Part 1:Preparing for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand for her journey leading up to the big day. Today’s post picks up the story with her waking up after surgery. I’d read the line everywhere: “Recovery will take six to eight weeks.” But what does that actually mean? Six to eight weeks of what, exactly? Six to eight weeks of lying flat? Of pain? Of not walking my dog or sneezing or sitting comfortably ?…

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Preparing for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand

Guest Writer — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:00:11 +0000

I always assumed I’d be an exceptional patient. As a professor of medicine who researches patient experiences, I figured I’d know what to expect, how to communicate, how to regulate my emotions, how to follow directions. I imagined myself harnessing my intellect, keeping a cool head, and nailing every part of the care plan. The. Best. Patient. Ever. And then the words “uterine prolapse” and “surgery” landed in my world—and all of that confidence unraveled in one long, messy thread. If you’ve just been told you need surgery—or you’re frantically Googling, like I did, trying to figure out what any…

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What Is Healthism? The Hidden Politics of “Healthy Living”

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:00:05 +0000

It’s safe to say that most people want to be healthy. No one enjoys being sick, but it’s more than that—illness, whether acute or chronic, impacts quality of life. Defining Health Beyond the Absence of Illness Health, of course, is more than just the lack of illness. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This definition, established in 1946, remains relevant today. But our relationship to health has shifted. How Our Pursuit of Health Has Changed What was…

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