Posts by Dr. Samantha
Happy Mother’s Day…or Maybe Not
I don’t usually use my blog as a platform for very personal posts but today will be one of those exceptions. This is a piece I just published on Medium. As the mother of a child who was born to another mother, Mother’s Day is more than just cards and flowers. My privilege is a profound loss…
Read MoreCook this: Green bean ‘french fries’
When my son was a baby we wanted to make sure that he was a vegetable lover. The way we went about this was extremely tactical. We mixed a slurry of kale, chard, spinach, and peas into all of his baby food. All of it. Pears? Half slurry. Sweet potato? Half slurry. Oatmeal? Half slurry. I…
Read MoreDealing with road bumps on the way to better health
Fact. You can’t fail at self-care. How many times have you decided that you’re going to make a change? Lose weight? Stop eating so much sugar? Read more? Avoid social media? Take your vitamins? Stretch regularly? Meditate? If you’re like me and most of my patients and clients, it’s a number you couldn’t possibly begin…
Read MoreHip hip, it’s allergy season again!
Runny nose? Itchy eyes? Itchy skin? Fatigue? Sneezing? Cough? Asthma? Check, check, check! I always forget allergy season is coming until it hits, then GAH!! I know I’m not alone, which is why I’m hosting another Facebook Live this coming Tuesday at 8am PT/11am ET to talk about allergies. I’ll be explaining what happens in your body…
Read MoreSeriously, HOW did you get your kid to eat those greens?
Simple. Start from the beginning. And trust me, the earlier you start the better off you’ll be. Here are some tips to start your child off right.
Read MoreJust Say NO to Holiday Stress!
Every December, as the year winds to a close, I get a few dozen emails from patients and clients begging me to squeeze them in. It’s cold and flu season, no doubt, but most often that’s not what’s causing the emails and calls—it’s seasonal stress creeping up wreaking all kinds of havoc. People are not only…
Read MoreOvercoming Overwhelm: Survey Says You’re Stressed. Now What?
As a first step in writing my book Overcoming Overwhelm—Dismantle your Stress from the Inside Out I ran an online stress survey. I had nearly 1400 responses, I wasn’t happy at all to see that so many of you are feeling stressed out, overwhelmed and tired, but I’m also holding onto the silver lining. 94% of you know that…
Read MoreStrength training: a key to feeling strong and healthy (Guest Post)
Jeremy and I have been working together off and on for decades. He’s a rockstar personal trainer here in PDX and truly knows his stuff. I asked him to put together a short post with some ideas about home strength training. It turned out he already had a few downloadable cut sheets so we just…
Read MoreThere’s Magic In Changing Your Perspective
If you’ve been visiting the blog or opening my emails of late you know I’ve been working on a new project…The Stress Less Strategy. It’s currently a workshop and a talk, soon to be a webinar and and course, and finally, in the coming year, a book. As part of the project I recently released…
Read MoreWhy Adult Coloring is Good for Stress
The fact that I just released a free set of printable coloring pages might lead you to believe I’ve been into adult coloring from the get-go. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. I’d say I was wary, but it was more than that. I hate a bandwagon and anything that is all the rage makes me…
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