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Karen Latimer

Dr. Latimer is a Family Physician and Wellness & Parenting Coach. She works with parents who want to feel more confident when helping their children and coaches young adults to help them better navigate college life and transitions. Contact her at drkarenlatimer@gmail.com to learn more. She is the author of two Audible Originals, Take Back the House -- Raising Happy Parents and Worry Less, Parent Better. She is also the co-founder of the app that makes your life easier and puts social in a healthier place -- List'm.

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Protecting Your Kids From Chronic Disease

Also read: Protecting Their Eyes from Screen Time For all the dieting and working out (and spending on dieting and working out) our society does, we still have a major problem, and the effects of it are being highlighted every time we turn on the news. Obesity and its oft companion, diabetes, are major risk […]

Ridgewood’s Downtown for the Holidays!

Downtown for the Holidays  •. December 11  6pm – 8pm   Shop: RHS Fundraiser: Festive Wreaths, Trees, & Centerpieces Tech Gifts for Everyone on Your List RHS New Players Present… 15+ Adult Games…for the 21 and Over Crowd How to Visit Santa This Year 20+ Festive Cocktails to Go with Your Game Night UNPLUG: Our 25+ Favorite Family Games […]

10 Quick Tips for Better Sex in a Pandemic

Also Read: 5 Things You Should Never Do Before Bed Don’t Let Covid Infect Your Marriage! Do not let this global pandemic get in the way of your relationship with your significant other. When the dust settles, and your masks have been relegated to the goodwill pile, and we are no longer cloaked in uncertainty, doom […]

20 Things to be Grateful for in 2020

Each year at this time, we post articles on how an attitude of gratitude decreases stress, improves health and generally makes you a better person to be around. When have we ever needed these things as much as we do right now?? Here are 20 things that inspire gratitude for me right now. Whatever yours […]

35+ Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Recipes

Also Read: 7 Signs You Might Be Gluten-Intolerant In our family, there are three people who are gluten-free. I have two nieces with celiac disease, and I have been gluten free for about 6 years. The first few years after diagnoses were made, Thanksgiving was a challenge, but we have since gotten the hang of […]

Apple Crisp – Your Go To GF Fall Dessert

Even if I wasn’t gluten free, I would prefer this to a traditional apple pie. Warm it up and add some vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream! Ingredients: 6-8 tart apples sliced 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup GF all purpose flour 1/2 cup GF oats 1/3 cup butter, softened 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon […]

Sweet Sweet Potatoes

I love sweet potatoes, and cook with them a lot. They are healthy, and they are wonderful when oven roasted and mixed with quinoa, are a perfect simple side dish after a quick cook in the microwave and are delicious mashed with a little salt and butter, skin on. But, there is no sweet potato […]

Autumn Arugula Salad

I love this salad as a first course in the fall, and it is my go to on Thanksgiving. Every year, I ask my family if they want me to mix it up and make something different, but the answer is always a resounding no. Just make sure you don’t get so full on salad, […]

What You Need to Know About Gastroenteritis

Also Read: Everything You Need to Know About the Flu Kids and adults are dropping like flies, and it seems everyone has a nagging nausea that won’t go away. First if all, there is no such thing as the stomach flu, but everyone will know what you mean. Doctors call it gastroenteritis. What Causes Gastroenteritis?  Gastroenteritis can be caused […]

What You Need to Know About Tamiflu

Also read: Everything You Need to Know About the Flu You or someone in your family was just diagnosed with the flu. Now what? Just like the flu shot, there is a lot of controversy about Tamiflu, and with it, lots of misinformation. Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) is an anti-viral medication, which has its limitations. It is one of several antivirals your doctor […]