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Ever Wonder Why People Pee When They’re Scared?

Imagine you’re home alone at night. You’re just about to sit down to binge Netflix when you hear a creaking noise upstairs. All sorts of thoughts flash through your mind: “am I alone?”, “is this house haunted?”, “is that breathing I hear?”. Suddenly, you jump to your feet! Your whole body is flooded with…

3 Ways You Can Take Control of Your Body and Health

How familiar are you with your body, health, and family history? Take a minute to think about it. If you’ve come to the conclusion that you don’t know as much as you thought, then you’re in the right place. We’re here to encourage you to be proactive with your health, especially since no one body…

10 Jobs Moms Do That They Didn’t Sign Up For

Momming is the hardest job of them all, without a doubt. However, what no one tells you before you become a mom is all the jobs that come along with the title! Once you have kids, you quickly find out there are 1 million other jobs that mothers end up taking on, despite never having…

Everything You Need to Know about UTIs

Did you know that urinary tract infections – a.k.a. UTIs — account for 8.1 million doctors visits a year in the US? And that 40%-50% of women will experience at least one UTI in their lifetime? These are huge numbers and make UTIs second only to pneumonia among the most common reasons for a doctor…

A Kid-Friendly Workout You Can Do at Home

As moms, finding time to do anything for yourself is often an exercise in futility. Work out time is especially hard to carve out because, well, there are so many OTHER things to do with those rare moments of free time. Not to mention that the chances of a young child allowing you to do…

The Struggle Bus Every Runner Has Ridden

Every runner has their stories about some mishap or another turning a run into a quasi catastrophe, or some struggle they deal with regularly on their runs. So we thought we’d compile a list of the top 4 things that make life, er, interesting for a runner: 1. Chafe-town USA! Ahhh, yes. Chafing. Even those…

Finess Conquers Bladder Leaks…and the Competition

I have loved eating yogurt for breakfast for pretty much my whole life. Lemon burst was my favorite (strawberry and peach were strong seconds), but the kind of yogurt never varied: regular Yoplait (not light!) or bust. I had heard people talking about Greek yogurt for years, and I scoffed at the idea that anything…

The Top 3 Reasons Finess Will be the Best Thing in your Purse

As most women would agree, we love our purses! They hold not just our wallets and phones, but so many of the things that make our lives better and easier: lip balm and lotion and makeup and Tide pens and breath mints, oh my! You can tell a lot by what is in a woman’s…

Peeing When You Work Out? You’re Not Alone

There you are, mid squat set, maybe even using dumbbells or a barbell to increase the difficulty. The adrenaline is rushing, sweat is pouring down your face, and you’re feeling pretty damn strong. And then… OH MY GOD. DID I JUST PEE A LITTLE!? Peeing when you work out is uncomfortable, embarrassing, and annoying. But…

6 Things No One Ever Tells You About Pregnancy

Morning Sickness, my butt! While some women are blessed to only experience sickness in the mornings, and some are even more blessed to not experience it at all, there is a large number of women that experience nausea, vomiting, and extreme fatigue at all hours of the day… for weeks and months on end. Take…