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There is a kind of tired that sleep does not fix. It is the tired of holding it all together. Of being the one who remembers the appointment, the refill, the birthday, the call that needs returning, the thing nobody else noticed. From the outside you look like you have it handled. On the inside you have been going for a long time, and no one has said thank you in a while. If that is you, this month is for you. We tend to think we have to earn our worth by how much we do and h

There is a version of summer we’re sold — golden light, effortless mornings, the sense that everything, including our bodies, should simply ease up for a few months. But your hormones don’t read the calendar. They don’t take a season off, and neither do the systems they regulate: energy, sleep, mood, focus, metabolism, temperature control, and how well we recover from stress. In conversations with our hormone expert Dr. Shamsah Amersi, we return to this point again and again.

Longer days, warmer nights, travel, and changing routines can all shift the way we sleep—especially in midlife. Summer is supposed to feel easier, right? The days are longer. Dinner happens later. We spend more time outside, travel more, see friends, and try to make the most of every warm evening. There is often a little less structure and a little more spontaneity. It all sounds relaxing. And yet, somehow, many of us end up more tired. We stay up later because it does not fe

Hint: If you said more downtime, you're on the right track Every summer, the noise gets louder. “Lose the mom bod.” “Get your pre-baby body back.” “Bikini ready in six weeks.” “Drop the weight before vacation.” It shows up in ads, social posts, wellness programs, and casual comments that may seem harmless on the surface but carry a familiar message underneath: your body is a project, and summer is the deadline (instead of how I like to think about—your body serves a purpose a

Hint: It’s Not What Instagram Shows You If you search “thriving” on Instagram right now, here’s what you’ll find: a woman in matching linen, golden-hour light, green juice in hand, abs visible, children perfectly behaved in the background. And you’ll feel (even if just for a split second), like you are NOT thriving. As the founder of Momgevity and a real mom myself: I want you to know, that’s not thriving. That’s a content strategy. Thriving is a deeply personal, physiologica

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is pause, breathe, and move your body. Momgevity retreat, California Coast Moms are exceptionally good at reading a room. You can sense when your child is about to melt down before a single tear falls. You know when the house is too quiet, when someone is hungry, when your partner is off, when the calendar is too full. You carry the mental load of an entire household — and most days, you do it without anyone noticing. But here's wh