Creatine: Why I Finally Started Taking It
For years, I thought creatine was just for bodybuilders. I couldn't have been more wrong. As someone who believes food is our first and best medicine, I don't recommend supplements lightly. But over the past year, one supplement kept showing up in the research, in...
My Best Summer Safety Tips for Grandparents
If you're a grandparent, the first part of this email is full of non-negotiables. Read every word. If you're an active ager focused on your own health — this advice is for you too. Summer Safety Tips for Grandparents Water Safety: It's Not Just the Deep End Every...
Healthy Aging: Myth or Fact? What I Tell Every Grandparent Who Asks
I get asked some version of these questions almost every week — usually by a grandparent messaging my inbox, or in a private coaching session, wondering if it's "too late" to change something about how they eat or move. My answer is almost always the same: no, it's...
Do Today’s Grandmothers Have to Live Up to Impossible Standards?
Modern grandparenting is one of the hardest, most under-discussed roles in family life. Grandmothers today are asked to be involved but not intrusive, present but not overbearing, wise but never "preachy." Nobody wrote down the rules, and the rules keep changing. If...
Helping Your Grandchild Potty Train Without the Power Struggles
Potty training is one of those parenting milestones that can feel equal parts exciting, exhausting, and unpredictable. One day your grandchild proudly announces they used the potty. The next day they're hiding behind the couch insisting they're "not ready." If you're...
Why Millennials Seem Rude to Their Parents — And What Every Grandparent Needs to Know
If you're a Boomer or Gen X grandparent, chances are you've had this thought — maybe out loud, maybe just to yourself: Why does my adult child speak to me in a way I never would have dared speak to my own parents? You're not alone. It's one of the most common...
What Every Grandparent Needs to Know — Whether This Is Your First Grandbaby or Your Fourteenth
By Kristen Coffield, Founder of Active Grandparenting™ Let me ask you something. When your first grandchild was born — or when you got the news that another one was on the way — what was your first feeling? For most grandparents, it is a rush of pure, uncomplicated...
How to Talk to Grandchildren About Death: A Grandparent’s Guide to Grief, Loss, and Healing
What do you say when your grandchild looks up at you and asks… “Why did they die?” It’s a question that stops time. Because in that moment, you’re not just a grandparent… You’re a guide helping a child make sense of death, grief, and the fragility of life itself. And...
