Atlanta Center for Wellness

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Nobody warns you about parenting in your 30s and 40s.

You’re pulled in every direction at once.
Your kids need you.
Your partner needs you.
Your aging parents need you.

You want to give your children everything you never had.
You want to care for your parents the way they once cared for you.
You want to pour love and support into your partner.

You are in the thick of adulting, and it’s hard.

Because no matter how much you give, it feels like there’s never enough time.
And some days, it feels like you’re falling short everywhere.

If you’re in this season, you’re not alone.
You’re doing more than enough.
You’re holding everyone together, even when it feels like you’re barely holding on yourself.

Here’s to all the parents in the middle—loving, juggling, and showing up every day.

Living FULL, by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

10/25/2025

Today, Saturday, October 25, 2025

10/22/2025

‘’Today I asked my body what she needed,
Which is a big deal
Considering my journey of
Not Really Asking That Much.

I thought she might need more water.
Or protein.
Or greens.
Or yoga.
Or supplements.
Or movement.

But as I stood in the shower
Reflecting on her stretch marks,
Her roundness where I would like flatness,
Her softness where I would like firmness,
All those conditioned wishes
That form a bundle of
Never-Quite-Right-Ness,
She whispered very gently:

Could you just love me like this?’’

-Hollie Holden

Arna Baartz Artist

Poem and art featured in Willendorf’s Legacy: The Sacred Body.

10/21/2025

If your child has a cell phone before the age of 12... you could be creating a problem.

It’s not that she’s outdated.

It’s that more and more studies agree on one thing:

A child’s brain is still developing, and it’s not always ready to process the constant stimulation of a screen. Let alone to deal with social media designed to keep even adults hooked.

When you give a cell phone to a 7, 8, or 9-year-old, you’re not just giving them a tool. You’re giving them a way to escape any uncomfortable emotion.

Bored? Screen.

Sad? Screen.

Restless? Screen.

And so, little by little, they stop learning to regulate what they feel.

They lose the ability to tolerate boredom, which is precisely where creativity is born.

They stop resolving conflicts face-to-face, because they do everything from a screen.

“But all their friends have one.” Fine. But that doesn’t mean it’s the best. Every family has the right to decide what pace they want for their children.

Children don’t need cell phones. They need real time. They need play, imagination, contact, presence.

And if you’re uncomfortable being “the strict mom” or “the old-fashioned dad,” ask yourself what bothers you more: Being judged by some adults? Or raising a child who can’t be alone without a screen?

A cell phone isn’t a childhood right. It’s a responsibility earned with maturity.