MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
The Single State Of Mind.
For most of my partnered-up adult life, Valentine’s Day was a bit like prom: lots of hype, tons of expectation, and kind of a let down when it finally arrived. They felt extravagant or forced, like some sort of...
7 Programs + Courses To Do In 2020 For People Who Love Goals (But Hate Diet Culture + The Patriarchy)
Got "New Year, New You"-itis? The amount of course, programs, and 10-day-whatevers that launch in the new year are way too many to count - and, of course, because our culture is designed to make money off of diet...
Let It Go: The Most Productive Formula For Your New Year’s Resolutions.
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,...
Opportunity Seizing (or, Consistency Is A Trap.)
Are you sick of the end-of-year scare tactics yet? I sure am. You know the ones. Even if you don't KNOW you know the ones...you know them. "Make this last month of the DECADE count!" "Only a few more weeks left in the...
Gym Face: Skin Shame In The Fitness Industry
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...
How To Actually Apologize (from a Highly Sensitive Person + Chronic Over-Apologizer)
You’ve heard it thrice already before breakfast. In line for coffee. When you hold the door. An arm brushes against you unexpectedly at work. The yogi next to you scoots their mat a few inches to the right to make...
Embracing The Pre-Autumn Reset.
Last weekend, I made a rookie mistake of going to HomeGoods on the trifecta of the worst days to go to HomeGoods: the Sunday before school started and September began. As I rode the escalator down the narrow hallway...
Breaking Out Of Negative Cueing
I'VE BEEN teaching group fitness classes for over a decade - way before it was trendy and cool, and definitely way before "fitpros" were the new It celebrities they are right now. This was back when people thought...
Don’t Fuck With My Friends.
Don't fuck with my friends. Do not hurt them or tell them they are crazy. They are not. Don't fuck with my friends. Don't swindle, peddle, take, or steal. And don't you DARE break their hearts. Don't fuck with my...
Coming Home: On Making An Impact + Living Your Legacy
It's been three days since I've been back from Italy and I still haven't opened my computer. It's not because I don't have things I need to do (I do) or that I can accomplish everything I need to on my phone (I can't)....
Powerful Beyond Measure: Living Into Your Life’s Assignment
"Live Your Purpose." It's an easily digestible, hyper-tweetable ism you've probably heard or seen everywhere from social media to street art. But what does it actually mean to "live your purpose?" And if a purpose is...
A Small List Of Big Ways To Stretch Your Comfort Zone.
THERE ARE SO MANY write-ups out there about how to step outside your comfort zone in big ways. Try a new class! Go skydiving! Find an unexpected hobby! Turn your hobby into a career! In my own experience, the biggest...
