If you've spent more than five minutes on social media lately, you've probably heard someone talking about GLP-1s.

For some, they're being praised as a miracle solution. For others, they're being criticized as a dangerous shortcut.

The truth?

It's getting harder and harder to separate education from marketing, facts from fear, and real solutions from hype.

As women navigating midlife, many of us are feeling frustrated. We're eating healthier than ever, exercising consistently, trying all the things, and yet the scale won't move, our energy is low, inflammation is high, and our bodies seem to be playing by a completely different set of rules.

It's no wonder so many women are curious about GLP-1s, peptides, and other metabolic health solutions.

But before making any decisions about your health, you deserve balanced information.

If your self care routine still leaves you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained, you may be doing self care all wrong. In this blog, The Well shares how to create a true self care session that actually helps women recharge mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Learn practical self care ideas, healthy habits, nervous system regulation techniques, holistic wellness tips, and simple ways to reduce stress naturally without adding more pressure to your life. Discover the difference between distraction and true restoration so you can finally feel calmer, healthier, more energized, and more connected to yourself again. For busy moms and women seeking balance, wellness, emotional healing, and natural living, this is the reset your body and mind have been craving.

After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body

In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)

Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?

You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.

Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.

TOP wellness hacks for 2025… acupressure mat benefits, protein intake for wellness, walk with weighted vest benefits, supplements for energy and vitality, and creatine for women, Use collagen with NMN as a search-friendly term for anti-aging and skin health benefits, castor oil packs and Balance essential oils to lower your cortisol!

In this episode, we dive into two of the most profound aspects of our spiritual journey: who we say God is and what God says about us. Our understanding of these truths shapes our identity, our purpose, and our relationship with God.

Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness.  Abbie is more than a massage therapist.  She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.

This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.

Anxiety is present in all of our lives for various reasons. In the natural remedy world, it’s easy to throw a remedy at a problem but sometimes we forget to get to the root of the problem. This episode is about providing you with the knowledge and tools to put anxiety in its place!

Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness.  Abbie is more than a massage therapist.  She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.

This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.

It's hard to refill, reset, and restore when your cortisol is out of control. This week's podcast is full of excellent and proven ways to reduce your cortisol and get a handle on regulating your nervous system. We're sharing 27 proven and effective ways to regulate your nervous system.

Are you holding your breath as we enter into August?  If you still have school aged kids, we’re having to think about the routines and schedules that smack us in the face after a weird, different, or relaxed summer. 

What if we did something a little different - what if we “Hold on to Summer All Year Long”? What if we take the freedom that often comes with summer and extend it all year long? I also know that as moms and homemakers, we’re getting set up for the wellness of our family: 

• Spiritually

• Mentally

• Physically

• Educationally 

Spring has sprung - let’s spruce up some self care as we run head on into spring! 

Spring is special this year because it dawned early with Easter taking place the last week of March instead of mid-April. The hope of this blog is to spruce up some spring feelings because we all need a change of seasons.  Every season has its purpose and is beautiful in its own way. Coming out of winter, with Easter you may be reminded of the newness of life and the renewal that is available to us through a relationship with Jesus.  In a less significant way, spring is also a time to enter a renewal for mind, body, and home.

What would you tell your 11 year old self?

Middle school brings all the drama, self doubt and curiosity about what in the world is happening to your body! I feel so much for these kids as their mom.

Adulthood brings many of the same concerns. Here is the list of things I would say to my 11 year old self, listen to the podcast for the full story ;)

Do you turn the calendar to October and get immediate anxiety, panick and dread?!?

As a mom, wife, business owner, lover of the Fall and holidays and pumpkins and coffee, I don’t want it to be this way!!!

But nonetheless, if this is you, you are not alone.

Honestly the worst part of having Covid was feeling crazy! I was so thankful to one of the coaches on The Well that had just had it and talked me through the roller coaster!
I got covid on my birthday… my 44th! Great timing, huh?!

I started with no symptoms but aches continued to progress but I didn’t really feel awful until days 8-10.

Do you start your day or does your day start you!?

Do you want to start the day right?

Do you want to start the day out feeling positive so you can take care of others and your responsibilities from her on out?

Decide your morning routine!

Are you tired all of the time?

Have you been overeating or undereating?

Do you feel sluggish and tired?

Do you have extra weight hanging on?

This podcast is where self care begins… unleveling your health with 5 simple steps!

Listen to the full podcast episode here…. (transcript below)

Do you find yourself obsessed with the number on the scale?

Do you continue to eat after being full?

Do you feel guilt if you eat a donut?

You may suffer from disordered eating.