I didn’t grow up eating meat – I was a vegetarian until I was 18.

A ‘diet’ is simply an individual’s eating regimen: it doesn’t have to mean the restrictive plan we’ve come to associate this word with.

I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn’t until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.

While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won’t help you get healthy in the long run.

Worrying is just a prayer for the worst possible scenario.

In addition to that, having the items I needed to foster the breastfeeding process and give me an opportunity to bond with my baby in this way was something that I felt was so important in my life and my experience as a first-time mom. I love that I am able to play a role in giving that joy and support to the moms we will be helping.

Having been to culinary school, the single greatest asset I learned there was how to cut and chop properly. It's an investment of money that will save you hours of time down the road, and hopefully some cut fingers.

My mom is a great cook, and family dinners were a must growing up, even if that meant eating at 10 p.m. when my dad got home from the hospital. It's where we did our family bonding.

Anyone who knows our family knows this: we eat ALL the time!

A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.