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Senior Managing Editor - Fitness and Wellness
Katherine covers active living, fitness, food and practical habits that help readers feel their best.
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By Katherine George I was standing in my kitchen at 4:17 p.m. last Tuesday, stirring a cup of coffee that had gone cold, when I heard it—the unmistakable thud of a toddler head hitting the floor in...
13 min read - July 19, 2026
By Katherine George Why Every Parent Needs to Know the Typical vs Atypical Milestone Map I'll never forget the morning my friend Sarah called me, her voice shaky. Her 14-month-old son Ethan had just...
12 min read - July 19, 2026
By Katherine George Last Thanksgiving, I watched my cousin demolish three plates of stuffing and two slices of pie, then lean back and announce she was “watching her figure.” She wasn't lying — she'...
12 min read - July 18, 2026
Medically Reviewed by Patty Weasler, RN When I first started seeing a therapist, I spent the first three sessions convinced she was just a really expensive nodding acquaintance. She'd tilt her head, offer a gentle "Mmm...
14 min read - July 18, 2026
By Katherine George I spent three years of my twenties convinced I had a broken willpower gene. Every Monday I would draw a perfect meal plan on a sticky note. Every Tuesday by 4 p.m. I was elbow-de...
8 min read - July 18, 2026
Medically Reviewed by Patty Weasler, RN Why Your Office Wellness Program Might Be More Noise Than Help I sat through a mandatory “laughter yoga” session last year, trying to force a chuckle while my inbox piled up and...
8 min read - July 18, 2026
Medically Reviewed by Patty Weasler, RN The Exhausting War You Didn’t Sign Up For Two years ago, I spent a full Saturday on my bathroom floor. Not because I was sick—not physically, anyway—but because my brain had deci...
9 min read - July 18, 2026
By Katherine George Gluten Isn't a Villain for Everyone: Why This Matters Even If You Don't Have Celiac Disease I still remember the afternoon my neighbor, a marathon runner with no digestive compla...
8 min read - July 18, 2026
By Katherine George I remember the exact moment I decided I had to figure this out. It was 3 PM on a Tuesday, I was stuck in a pair of jeans that had fit perfectly at 9 AM, and my stomach felt like...
7 min read - July 18, 2026
By Katherine George I remember the exact moment I decided to run a marathon. It was a rainy Tuesday in November, and I was hunched over my kitchen counter, staring at a blurry photo of a friend cros...
11 min read - July 18, 2026
By Katherine George Why Long Slow Distance Training Builds Endurance Better Than Racing Every Run I remember the first time I tried to get faster—I thought every run had to hurt. I'd lace up, hammer...
8 min read - July 18, 2026
Medically Reviewed by Patty Weasler, RN I used to think my circadian rhythm was just a fancy term for my sleep cycle—something that made me groggy if I stayed up too late and vaguely guilty when I scrolled through my p...
8 min read - July 18, 2026