When I was little, I used to hug and not let go. I know, it sounds so precious in the retelling. I’d hug my teachers, my friends, strangers, and of course, the characters at Disneyland. I am in family photos around the world. I don’t have to see them to know...
Making friends as an adult is hard. And keeping those friendships strong when life gets in the way? Even harder. It can feel like the companionship cards are stacked against us – but we actually have more in our favor than not. We’ve grown into ourselves....
The guilt hit me before bed, as most guilty moments do. Oh my god. I forgot WANT’s four-year anniversary. My heart sank as I counted back since WANT’s big day had arrived and departed like nothing. One, two, three, four…ten days. TEN. DAYS. I felt...
“Fail,” in all its incarnations, wasn’t a word used often in my house growing up. I’d love to attribute 100% of this to my parents and their excellent leadership skills, but I think a big reason we didn’t use the word because we...
Let this serve as your reminder that #wellness and #weightloss have nothing to do with each other. You can want (or in some doctor-advised cases, need) to lose weight, but weight is not an indication of overall WELLNESS. Good news! Talking about diets is going out of...
I BLINK AWAKE and I’m surrounded. I open my door and walk out into the still-sleeping streets and they close in. The busses plow by and I’m hit with their force. Signing onto Facebook, tweeted out on Twitter. On fitness product placards and grocery story windows...
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