Healthy Mama

Ask a neurologist or a therapist how someone with anxiety can help themselves calm down even when the mind is spinning, and they’ll tell you the same thing — breathing. It sounds too simple to […]

Update (as of April 5, 2021): Vaccination appointments are a little easier to find now for those who are eligible. Click here for a list of vaccination clinics (in Springdale, Fort Smith or Berryville) via […]

As someone who helps care for an elderly parent with dementia, I have seen up close and personal what this disease can do to someone who was once incredibly sharp, active and strong. If it […]

One of the best things about the growth of Northwest Arkansas is that we are now home to some highly specialized doctors who have moved to our area in recent years. It’s hard enough to […]

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributing writer and local mama I’ve never had so many burning questions in my life than my first baby’s first year of life. And that’s saying something, since my profession is […]

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributing writer and Northwest Arkansas mama I don’t know about you, but being stuck at home while so much is happening in the world means that my mind is a busy […]

Hey, mamas! By now I’m sure most of you have already developed some kind of cleaning and disinfecting ritual during these strange times. We’re all working hard to try to disinfect as many things as […]

12 popular trick-or-treat candies that are allergy-friendly Mamas, if you’re like us, you wait until a little later in the month to buy Halloween candy, lest it get eaten before the first trick-or-treater ever rings […]