Alexandra Frost

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Frank Olito |Alexandra Frost |Henry Blodget

During my junior year of high school, I was taking two narcotic painkillers every four hours between classes. In my first year of full-time employment as a young worker, I had to take a month off for an emergency spine surgery. I then had five unmedicated childbirths — not because I wanted to, but because I couldn't get epidurals. These are just a few of the extensive ways a childhood sports injury as a gymnast has impacted my life.

3 weeks ago | health.usnews.com | Alexandra Frost |Gretel Schueller

Key Takeaways Gentle cardiovascular exercises such as walking, swimming and water aerobics, chair yoga, Pilates, strength training and biking are often ideal for seniors. They can improve muscle strength, mobility, balance and flexibility. Balance-enhancing exercises like tai chi and single-leg stands can also help reduce the risk of falls. Weight lifting can help stave off a multitude of aches, pains and health issues as we age.

3 weeks ago | success.com | Alexandra Frost

A few years back, I was five weeks postpartum with my fifth child and I cracked my computer back open. My marketing and journalism business was waiting. I was ready to do something that had nothing to do with diapers, pacis, nursing or sleep schedules for a few hours. I went about a lighter version of my normal workday. Then an email came back: “Wait, you’re working already?” and then another.

3 weeks ago | parentmap.com | Alexandra Frost

Photo: iStock It’s not just the dishes, the laundry, the yard work and the complex extracurricular schedule. The “mom load,” or “invisible load,” that falls on the default parent in some couples extends much deeper, from knowing and buying necessary foods and supplies kids will use to communicating with teachers in a way that keeps a child’s education on track.

1 month ago | parentmap.com | Alexandra Frost |Laura Kastner

Photo: iStock Day after day, my kids would come home from school and daycare, with a single vision for their evenings — their iPads. When they were sad, they wanted a show. When we were traveling, they demanded a show. I realized we were no longer in charge of the house, technology was.