Health Care

May 5, 2015

Food should be safe; that ought to go without saying. Yet, the recent string of food-related illness outbreaks has made it clear that you can’t take food safety for granted. Blue Bell ice cream, Sabra Hummus, Trader Joe's chicken sausage... the list goes on. The worst thing, in my mind, is that I...

MomsRising Together

Anya Vanecek

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

May 5, 2015

"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." ― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose A few year ago, I led a telecourse on how to let go and go with the flow (available for download now ). I was motivated to facilitate this class...

MomsRising Together

Renee Trudeau

Health Care MomsRising Near You

May 4, 2015

Last Monday morning I returned to mountains of work having been off for a week with my family for spring break (when we go on vacation we generally go "off the grid"). In addition to hundreds of emails, phone messages and requests for my time, I received several big, timely work opportunities for...

MomsRising Together

Renee Trudeau

Childcare & Early Education Health Care MomsRising Near You

May 4, 2015

After a sweet early morning Easter meditation yesterday, I left my husband asleep and headed downstairs to see my 13 year-old. Reading on the couch in his pajamas, he looked up and begged me for raspberries and blueberry waffles for breakfast. I was feeling loving and had the time and bandwidth for...

MomsRising Together

Renee Trudeau

Health Care MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work

May 4, 2015

I was recently at a dinner party and found myself in a corner with a heart surgeon discussing the concept of self-care. Like many in healthcare, she saw self-care as something you “should do” for your physical health (exercise, eat well, get enough sleep), but that’s where it ends. She became...

MomsRising Together

Renee Trudeau

Health Care

April 28, 2015

I met my future daughter in Operatory #10 at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation clinic in Bethel, Alaska 16 years ago. She was 3-years-old, in foster care, and lying there in terrible pain. Her face was swollen from an abscessed tooth, her temperature was 104 degrees. My heart went out to her...

MomsRising Together

Mary Williard

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

April 23, 2015

Vivek Murthy, MD, sworn in as the nation's 19th Surgeon General, calls for a Great American Community focused on pedestrian lifestyles, smoke-free campuses, mental health awareness, and citizen involvement to end domestic violence.

MomsRising Together

Dora Wang, M.D.

Environmental Health Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

April 21, 2015

Blue Bell creamery has suffered a series of brain freeze-level headaches this spring. For the first time ever, the Texas-based company is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream products from the market after being linked to three food-illness-related deaths. Lysteria bacteria contaminated ice...

MomsRising Together

Anya Vanecek

Health Care Politics & Policy

April 19, 2015

“I believe that our concern must be for pregnant women everywhere, and especially for those who suffer most deprivation and who are denied their liberty.” — Sheila Kitzinger, 1997 Sheila Kitzinger, whose pioneering research and activism on behalf of woman-centered childbirth helped to transform...

MomsRising Together

Rachel Roth

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising Near You MomsVote

April 14, 2015

This Mother’s Day win our 2015 Year of Self-Care Mother’s Day Giveaway and enjoy nurturing relaxation, nourishment, empowering coaching, inspiration, plus tools/resources/Renee's favorite self-renewal products and services for an entire year! The $1,850 Year of Self-Care Mother’s Day Giveaway for...

MomsRising Together

Renee Trudeau