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Wellness Wednesday: Is Your Child’s Backpack Too Heavy?

This post is the second in my Wellness Wednesday series brought to you in sponsored partnership with Aurora Health Care. Now that all the students are back in school and the year is in full swing, students are starting to move into a heavier workload. As their workload gets heavier, so do their backpacks. If your child is anything like mine, they are full of complaints about everything school related those first few weeks. But if your child is complaining about a heavy backpack, do they have

Create a Spa Oasis in Your Own Bathroom

The kids are back in school and the temperatures are starting to drop. After the craziness of traveling a ton and just doing a lot of running around all summer, Fall is a time for me to take a giant deep breath of crisp cool air and recharge! One of my favorite ways to recharge is to take an hour or two and relax in the bathtub. I'm talking about a looooong and luxurious bath that relaxes the muscles and renews the soul. You can easily transform your own bathroom into a relaxing

Wellness Wednesday: Doctor’s Office? Urgent Care? ER? How to Know Where to Go.

I'm thrilled to be sharing this Wellness Wednesday post as part of a sponsored ambassadorship with Aurora Healthcare. I hope you will make it a point to stop back each Wednesday in September and October for more Wellness Wednesday posts! Do you know when you should visit the Emergency Room versus Urgent Care versus your doctor’s office? So often, when we are faced with a medical situation, the question of which is the best place to be treated at comes up. This can be a tough decision on a

Milwaukee Drivers Ranked Against Other Cities

What do you think of when you think about Wisconsin? Beer? Yep. Cheese? Yep. Good drivers? Um, what??? Let me explain (thanks to this sponsored conversation in partnership with Allstate Insurance). Just in time for Labor Day and the busy back to school season – Allstate is unveiling new data from the annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report®, a comprehensive ranking of the country’s 200 largest cities to show where you’ll find the safest drivers. Turns out that Milwaukee