From Pharmacy to the Playground: What Motherhood Taught Me About Women’s Health

Motherhood changed the way I understand health in a way nothing else ever could. Becoming a mom to a ten year old and a six year old softened me and sharpened me at the same time.

I used to think health was all about labs, medications, and what guidelines said. Then real life stepped in. School mornings, packed lunches, homework, emotions, the constant movement of two growing girls. That’s when I realized something important. Women don’t need more pressure. We need more intuition.

I started paying attention to how my own body reacted during busy weeks and stressful seasons. When my energy dropped. When my mood shifted. When I skipped meals or slept too little. I noticed how simple things like protein, water, sunlight, or even a five minute reset changed everything. And I realized that women learn the most about our health by living inside our bodies, not by trying to follow rigid rules.

My girls taught me even more. Kids are naturally intuitive. They eat when they are hungry, rest when they are tired, move when they need movement, and feel what they feel. Somewhere along the way women lose that connection. We push through. We ignore the signs. We keep going even when our body is asking us to slow down.

Motherhood reminded me how powerful it is to come back to our own signals.

Now when I coach women, I blend the science I was trained in with the intuitive, real life wisdom I learned through motherhood. I teach women to tune back in to their energy, digestion, stress, cycles, sleep, and the messages their bodies have been sending for years.

In the pharmacy I learned how to treat disease.

On the playground I learned how women actually heal.