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I’ve been on a parenting-book reading kick for awhile now, specifically learning about what makes kids happiest & most productive…

By Gerica Alvarado, MDSouthwest Medical, part of Optum Fall is here and with celebrations like Halloween and fun festivities like…

By Hilary Schroeder, MDSouthwest Medical, part of Optum It’s that time of year again, when millions of Americans across the…

This was a summer of travel for me. I took my youngest to California, we did three family trips to…

It’s no secret that happiness has a market. I’m not saying it can be bought, but the pursuit of it…

By Mary Esele, APRN Optum Breast Care According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), breast cancer is the second most…

And then there are timeswhen my grief is silently hiding,stealing my voice,slipping into the pausesbetween breath and word. It curls…

This was our family’s first year gardening. The kids and I had fun learning and spending time together. We built…

Grief often comes in waves. There are stages, yes—but they don’t arrive in neat order or follow a checklist we…

A new school year has begun – I look forward to it every year. What I don’t look forward to…