Dr. Colleen Fairbanks

Presenting to the members of the Eye Bank Association of America for their 2020 Virtual Conference was a great honor! What an amazing...

Some days my kids stare at screens for hours on end and I eat a half a piece of cheese and a bowl of ice cream for lunch. Other days I...

This little guy has started the majority of his questions over the past few weeks like this "Mom, when the virus is over can we.....?"...

4 down 7 to go. Talking all of the things: life, stress, health, COVID, silver linings, isolation, slowing down, wanting more, needing...

Remember to clean your hands and your mind. This time is both about understanding and leaning into warnings, precautions, and anxieties...

Excited to speak to practitioners at the European Congress on Obesity and Eating Disorders on what they can do to improve patient outcomes!

From finding your healthy tribe to taking a chance on yourself, check out the SparkPeople article for some of my thoughts on how to set...

Education about all aspects of health should start young and never cease. Education leads to empowerment and ability to feel in control...

Jack and Eleanor started bickering about who got to follow directly behind Wes and I and who had to be at the end of the Fairbanks’ bike...

I recently realized I wasn't taking good care of myself because I was exhausted. I was exhausted not in a "Look at me and all that I do...

On this Mother’s day weekend my husband took my three kids and left. It’s been an amazing 24 hours. I watched two movies completely...

I asked my daughter, out of the three water bottles I found in her bed, which one she would like to keep in her room. She responded...

Sometimes feeling tired isn't about how much or how little sleep you are getting. Sometimes it's about being stretched too thin, not...

We have about 60,000 thoughts each day. We are not aware of many of them because they happen automatically, somewhat unconsciously. When...

Kudos to the Obesity Medicine Association for realizing medical providers are hungry to learn Motivational Interviewing, which not only...

I was honored to spend an amazing hour spent with 500 medical providers at the Obesity Medicine Association conference discussing what...

We often have multiple voices guiding us. Often times we choose to listen to the negative ones. What we hear over and over becomes our...

October 10th is Mental Health Awareness Day. As with a lot of awareness days I often wonder how people mark the occasion, but my...

"I really want to be able to schedule my time better." "I really want to be able to meal plan and prep on the weekends so that week...

In discussions of motherhood, I'm often asked if I ever feel like a mamma duck with ducklings tagging closely behind. What a sweet and...