Author: Public Health Educator

I am a public health educator and practitioner specializing in systems-based wellness and individualized care. My work centers on identifying underlying patterns that impact health, while translating public health principles into practical, real-world application. I am committed to delivering clear, evidence-informed guidance that empowers individuals to better understand and navigate their health.

The Women Feminism Left Behind

September 4, 2026

Gloria Steinem helped shape the version of feminism that changed American culture, but the legacy is more complicated than the celebration suggests. This article looks at what women gained, what women lost, and how ideas about abortion, motherhood, marriage, sexuality, work, and independence changed the meaning of female freedom. It also asks the question feminism rarely wants examined: what happens when liberation begins treating womanhood itself as the problem? … More The Women Feminism Left Behind

When Renovation Turns Into Demolition

September 1, 2026

Deconstruction can begin with honest questions, real church harm, and a desire to separate truth from tradition. But when examining faith slowly becomes removing biblical authority, Christ, repentance, and the foundation itself, renovation can turn into demolition. This first issue of Saints, Sinners & Bad Decisions looks candidly at deconstruction through Scripture, psychology, belonging, doubt, apostasy, and the biblical warnings about deception and departure from faith. … More When Renovation Turns Into Demolition

Protect Your Idaho Medicaid

August 31, 2026

Idaho Medicaid changes are coming in 2027, and the paperwork may feel just as overwhelming as the policy itself. This guide breaks down the steps Medicaid Expansion recipients can take now to protect their coverage, understand possible exclusions, track required activity, and prepare for renewals or appeals. A free Protect Your Idaho Medicaid 2027 Coverage Tracking Form is also available to download and keep with your records. … More Protect Your Idaho Medicaid

Reading Labels in the Age of Fake Food

August 30, 2026

Food labels matter differently when you are shopping for a child. Food allergies have increased over the last several decades, while the foods filling grocery store shelves are becoming more technologically complicated at the same time. Parents are now navigating reformulated products, unfamiliar ingredient names, precision fermented proteins, changing allergen language, synthetic colors, and marketing terms that do not always mean what we assume they mean. A product can even contain an egg protein made without a chicken and still pose a concern for someone with an egg allergy. Reading Labels in the Age of Fake Food teaches parents how to move past calorie counts and front package advertising so they can understand what is actually in the food they are putting into their children’s grocery carts.
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The Antichrist Could Have a Social Media Account

August 28, 2026

What if the Antichrist does not arrive looking obviously evil, but polished, persuasive, globally admired, and very good at social media? This Rabbit Hole of the Month looks at prophecy, algorithms, influence, digital persuasion, and the uncomfortable possibility that humanity has already built the perfect infrastructure for mass deception. No, your Facebook password is not secretly 666, but you may want to keep the tin foil hat nearby. … More The Antichrist Could Have a Social Media Account

The Children Hidden Inside Proposition 1

August 26, 2026

Idaho Proposition 1 promises reproductive freedom and privacy, but its legal language reaches far beyond its reassuring title. This investigation examines what the measure says, what it leaves unsaid, and how its protections could affect unborn children, minors, trafficking victims, premature infants, parental safeguards, and existing Idaho law. … More The Children Hidden Inside Proposition 1

When Solidarity Becomes Conditional

August 22, 2026

What happens when support for women depends on whether the woman agrees with us? When Solidarity Becomes Conditional examines feminism, political identity, belonging, faith, and the ways women can become divided by ideology. Using psychology, Scripture, and my own theories of dissonance and emotional idolatry, I explore what our treatment of one another may reveal about what we actually believe about dignity, truth, and solidarity. … More When Solidarity Becomes Conditional

The People Paying for Fiscal Responsibility

August 20, 2026

Fiscal responsibility sounds responsible until we ask who is actually being required to practice it. Federal and Idaho policy changes are reducing Medicaid and SNAP spending, increasing eligibility and compliance requirements, and shifting more costs onto low income households, while other policies deliver substantial financial gains higher up the income ladder. As a public health educator and mother to disabled children who will need lifelong care, I wanted to look beyond the political slogans and follow the numbers. What I found raises a harder question than whether government is saving money. Is it actually reducing costs, or simply moving them onto the people least able to absorb them? … More The People Paying for Fiscal Responsibility

Deprescribing in Modern Healthcare and Its Implications for Patients and Providers

May 5, 2026

For years, healthcare has been structured to add medications, not reassess them. New deprescribing guidance begins to change that. This shift gives patients and providers a framework to reduce unnecessary medications and move toward more thoughtful, individualized care. … More Deprescribing in Modern Healthcare and Its Implications for Patients and Providers