Carrie Saum

Over the years, I've compiled a list of things I look for as a woman, mother, health advocate, and human. I firmly believe that the relationship you have with your doctors and healers is paramount to your overall well-being.

One of my favorite winter gourds is the humble acorn squash.

SLEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. Here ar six ways to help make your sleep sacred.

Every now and then, I produce something in my kitchen that actually blows my own mind. Heaven in your mouth - white chocolate cranberry cookie fudge!

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By 13, I clearly understood: Thinness was next to Godliness, and I could never achieve either without extraordinary means. Jesus loves skinny people.

This is becoming an expensive habit, but nothing really says “I love you” like homemade cookies, so I’m going with it.

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Motherhood didn’t pan out the way I anticipated, not even a little bit. It was so much more electrifying and terrifying and amazing than I ever imagined.

I say this: Stop fat-shaming my toddler son. Fat will not make him fat. Fat does not make him unhealthy.