Courtney Lewis Opdahl
LATEST STORIES
COMING CLEAN: When Your Family Planning Feels Like Everyone’s Business
A seemingly innocent personal question can have deeper implications. Here are some things to consider before you ask about babies, marriage, and more.
COMING CLEAN: Letting Go of Perfectionism
How my toddler is teaching me to appreciate the beauty in coloring outside the lines.
COMING CLEAN: How to Be Kind to a New Mom
Niceties sometimes become more elusive when there’s a new mom in your life — but kind words are needed more than ever.
5 Lessons for My Postpartum Self
The first year as a new mom has been a whirlwind. These tips would have served me well at eight weeks postpartum — and even now at 18 months.
COMING CLEAN: Why Creativity Matters to Me as a Mom
Three ways I’m breaking through creative barriers and sharing my love of writing with my daughter.
A Feel for Living: Danielle LaPorte
Life is not about what you want to accomplish, says best-selling author Danielle LaPorte. It’s about investing in feeling your very best.
COMING CLEAN: How Prenatal Yoga Helped Me Love My Pregnancy
Pregnancy is nine months of uncertainty, but it doesn’t need to be filled with fear. What prenatal yoga taught me about finding the joy.
COMING CLEAN: A Friend for the Ages
How my intergenerational friendships have offered unexpected blessings and great life lessons.
COMING CLEAN: Design Your Health Part 3: Back to School
Designing your health often requires deepening your education — but not always for you alone.
COMING CLEAN: Staying Hydrated and the Summer Challenge You Can Start Now
Want a doable health challenge you can join today? Check out our Take Action Challenge!
COMING CLEAN: Design Your Health Part 2: Revising the Dream
When designing your dream takes a detour. How I’m reimagining the future.
COMING CLEAN: Design Your Health Part 1: What’s in a Dream?
Week 1 of the Design Your Health teleseries has me dreaming big again.
COMING CLEAN: The Book and Movie That Changes Our Approach to Weight Loss — and Good Health
Confused about nutrition? This book and movie will help shed some new light.
COMING CLEAN: When Cabin Fever Becomes Spring Fever
Today’s meme de jour caused a fit of laughter — and the need to break free from the cold and gloom.
Sweet Rewards: Susanna and Ilya Gorodisher’s Success Story
How one couple overcame a legacy of obesity — and built a stronger life together along the way.
COMING CLEAN: Signs of Spring
It’s the first day of spring! Hooray! And this discovery in my yard put a bounce in my step. Thanks, Nature.
COMING CLEAN: Inspirational Stories: Stephen Preusz
Autoimmune diseases are on the rise, and one reader’s story of kidney failure due to IGA nephropathy has made me so grateful for my good health. Here’s how Stephen Preusz is paying it forward.
COMING CLEAN: Lifting Weights and My Confidence
Weightlifting was doing more for my mind and body than just building muscle.