Denver moms: Are you or someone you love suffering from depression? My friend has long struggled with depression and in addition to regular therapy and an ever-changing cocktail of anti-depressants, she recently shared this post that is circulating about how to navigate depression. Sometimes even the most basic tasks seem overwhelming but baby steps can […]

Are you concerned about your toddler’s development? Are you wondering what should a typical 2-year old’s speech look like? What words should they be saying? When should I start to be concerned about my toddler’s speech? If something seems wrong, what should I do? Background on speech delays Speech delays are a common situation that […]

Hi! I’m Jolene Park. Gray Area Drinking expert, TED speaker, functional nutritionist, coach, training facilitator, podcaster, 20-year entrepreneur, writer. I’m also a stigma-smasher, a bit of a rebel, introvert and lone wolf who doesn’t always follow the crowd in life and business. I’m an enneagram 3, INFP and double Capricorn. The picture above was taken […]

In the non-stop age of technology and Zoom, who else is in desperate need of disconnecting so you can reconnect? National Day of Unplugging is from sundown-to-sundown March 5-6, 2021 and there’s no better time than now to unplug.  Interesting facts: 75% of Americans spend anywhere from 3 to 10+ hours a day on a device. 48% of […]

New to my role and the community I was working in, I was unfamiliar with what nonprofits and services were available for my clients where we lived. I was my clients’ first line of defense in what often felt like a very steep climb to stability.   I needed a place I could turn to […]

The new year is an open book and after 2020, we’ve learned anything is possible. However, if making major life challenges is overwhelming to you, start with these babysteps to having more energy and finding balance in your life.  Here is a great list that addresses 10 different areas of our lives. Check it out, […]

Gaye Beckman is a single mom to a teenage boy, triathlete and healthcare professional She has worked as a labor and delivery/mom-baby nurse for the last 9 years at a large metro Denver hospital. When she recently announced she was excited to be one of the first in line for the COVID vaccine, we asked […]

When it comes to love, Peggy Budai never imagined it would come to this. “A sheet of plastic, which is basically painter’s sheeting with arm holes in it with sleeves put together with plastic bags if you will,” Budai said. The career nurse practitioner made her own “Hug Tunnel” after seeing it in Brazil. It […]

A recent report showed that nearly 60 percent of Americans say they don’t plan on renewing their gym membership once the COVID-19 pandemic passes, proving that the at-home workout craze is more like the new standard than a fleeting fad. We’ve seen the digital and home-based fitness market explode right before our eyes in the […]

Pandemic parenting’s no joke. But there’s still little bits of gold in this dark mineshaft that COVID has forced us into. That mineshaft – our world – is smaller now. With less in the outside, we’ve turned inward, toward the people we live with. It can be as intense as an overstuffed oven. I’ve had […]