I got exposed to ageism at a very early age in a very odd way: by getting told incessantly how much younger I looked than I actually was. Immediately followed by: YOU’LL LOVE IT WHEN YOU’RE OLDER. Every time I got praised for looking “so young,” I could...
FEARLESS = FEAR < FAITH (or, “Fearless” is when the fear is less than the faith) was an equation I stood behind long, long before this past year. But March 2020-March 2021 made me realize how vital it truly is to maintaining a sense of self-assuredness WITHOUT...
Jessica Rabbit once famously said, “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” Self-talk isn’t inherently good or bad, positive or negative – it’s all information. It’s how we view that self-talk that determines if...
Doesn’t it sound sexy to say what you’re “leaving behind” in the new year? To make a list of what you’re going to stop doing in 2020? I know it does. I’ve done that before: written down the things I’m leaving behind, burned them in a fireplace, the whole dramatic...
Q: Katie, how do I listen to my body? A: To listen to your body, you must get INTO your body.Like slipping on the noise-proof earbuds you got last Christmas.From the outside it’s wires and plastic – from the inside, a cacophony. Only you can hear the...
There aren’t many more powerful places to shift people’s perceptions of their physicality than in the gym. It’s part of the reason fitness was so appealing to me when I first got started. I could give a shit about how many lunges you can do or if you...
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