Wake Up Wellness

09/01/2026

HOW?? WHY?? Did yall keep going back?!

09/01/2026

EVERY chapter is about progress over perfection ❤️✨

09/01/2026

Welcome, so glad you’re here 🥰

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

A wee reminder to keep doing what’s best for your child, and not what makes the most sense to everyone else. 🤍

08/30/2026

Quick update! We have a surprise ✨

08/29/2026

New things every day! We LOVE to see it ❤️🫶🏼

08/29/2026

You never truly know your strength until you become the voice your child needs.

As a parent or caregiver, you advocate, learn, ask questions, and speak up. Often in ways you never imagined you would.

Your voice matters. Your advocacy matters. And you are not alone ❤️

08/28/2026

Morning sunlight provides one of the strongest environmental signals your brain receives everyday.

Light entering the eyes activates specialized retinal cells that communicate with the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN is your brain’s master circadian clock.

Consistent morning outdoor light helps:
Set your circadian rhythm
Regulate the morning cortisol rise
Suppress daytime melatonin appropriately
Set the timing for melatonin production later that night
Support consistent sleep-wake cycles
Improve alertness and mood during the day
Synchronize metabolic and hormonal rhythms

Outdoor light is dramatically brighter than typical indoor lighting, so simply being outside with your eyes open allows natural environmental light to reach the retina. Glass windows change the intensity and spectral composition of the light, so actually stepping outside is ideal.

Going without sunglasses during morning-light allows more light to reach the retina.

Morning light is simple, free, and one of the most powerful tools we have for reinforcing the body’s natural day/night rhythm, and SO much more!