Today, Holly Garcia has a little open letter to a woman who recently offered up some unsolicited commentary on her appearance at a recent spa trip. She writes: “There I was, sitting with my sister, waiting in our weighted robes, ready to relax and unwind. It wasn’t our first trip to this spa, a place I mostly enjoy; the dim lighting, the steam room, the bizarrely tiny yet delicious cups of granola they give you on the way out. I shook my hair out of my high ponytail into a more manageable messy bun while my sister held a piece, twirling it and admiring the color. And then you looked at me and said: ‘Oh, wow. You’re so brave.’”

It really bothered her — and she’s explaining why.

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

“We're gonna go ahead and guess that feeding your family is among one of the most time-consuming, tedious, and taxing parenting tasks (ahem) on your plate each day. Making sure those little bellies are nourished takes up a wild amount of time and energy, and that's without mentioning how freaking expensive food is these days,” writes Arielle Tschinkel. So we asked GI docs what they do!