I’m always skeptical of people that use “ONLY,” “ALL,” “NEVER,” “NOTHING,” “EVERYONE,” and “ALWAYS,” in their expressions. 

However, over the last 20 years of living in Mesa County, teaching in the school district, working in the field of public health, and now, as a member of the Western Colorado Suicide Prevention Foundation, I’m absolutely in the camp of the Cautiously Optimistic.

“My boyfriend doesn’t want to get his license because he rides his bike everywhere he goes. “

That’s the sentence I say just before I find myself on the receiving end of incredulous, judgmental, and scrutinizing looks...

It’s no secret women have a tendency to judge their own bodies a little more harshly than men. I must admit, I too fall into that habit from time to time.

It wasn’t until I entered college, I started to get a better understanding of the “perfect body type”: healthy...