Samantha Meyer Gallegos
The Hidden Disorder :: Postpartum Anxiety
As parents, we all have some level of anxiety when it comes to our children. This is doubly true when they're first born and especially when it's your first child. It's normal to worry—we love these...
5 Things About Endometriosis Every Woman Should Know
My sister was sick for ten years before she figured out why. Ten years of appointments, tests, procedures, hospital stays and ER visits, research, trying one thing after another, and doctors shrugging their shoulders...
Communicating Love: What is Your Child’s Love Language?
My niece made homemade gifts for everyone for the holidays. They were sweet, adorable, and she had clearly thought about each one of us during their selection. They brought both a grin to my...
The Problem with Self-Care: When Everything is a Priority
The problem with self-care? My planner is on the table with my weeks spread out in front of me. Every Wednesday and Sunday, in pen, I've written "face mask." A simple, 10-minute face mask. How...
What I Want My Daughter To Know About Body Image
What I want my daughter to know about body image: she is strong and beautiful, no matter what.
Kate Winslet once said in an interview, "As a child, I never heard one woman say to...
No-Added-Sugar, Instant Pot Spiced Applesauce
Is there anything that feels more like fall or winter than having your entire kitchen smell like cinnamon and spice? What else can bring on a feeling of being cozy and warm like that...
Helping Kids Learn to Cook: Sharing the Fun (and the Mess) Together
Helping kids learn to cook: a lot of fun and a lot of mess. It can be difficult to get started, especially when you think about that mess (and especially when they're really little). But...
How to Introduce Music to Your Little Ones
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a true musical prodigy. Forced to a harsh practice routine by his father, by age six he was creating compositions. He wrote his first opera at 14. But most kids...
How My Daughter Is Teaching Me to Be Me in a Critical World
The voice in my head isn’t always so kind, especially in a critical world. Sometimes it spews out a stream of criticism, disdain, and vitriol that, as my husband gently reminds me, I wouldn’t...
Creating a Habit of Gratefulness and Giving Back into the Every Day
In a recent issue of Parents magazine, there's a small section in an article about modeling gratefulness and compassion to your child, so they can learn to be helpful, compassionate, and happy. And that got me...
Celebrating Father’s Day with Memories and the Sunday Paper
"I'm celebrating Father's Day with memories this year." Admittedly, it's a strange statement. But celebrating Father's Day hasn't been a tradition for me for a long time. My father passed away when I was...
Japan’s Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day): Explore a New Culture with a Craft
What's one of the best ways to teach kids about cultures different from their own? Teaching them through celebrations and food! Maybe it's my background in International Relations, but I love teaching kids about holidays around...
Spark Your Child’s Joy for Reading
How do you excite your children about reading? Multiple studies have found that reading as a child boosts brain development in many areas, including language learning, literacy skills, imagination, and cognitive ability. Reading has even been...
A New Business and a New Baby :: How I Survived and Thrived
Navigating a new business and a new baby all at once...sounds crazy, right?
My husband started his business three months before my due date. We hadn't planned to start it at that point, but it...