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Spirituality and Success: How to Not Worry
Worry can take away from your overall well-being, success, and performance. But how do you not worry when things stack up, you get behind, and overwhelmed? What does spirituality have to do with it? In this blog post, I'm simply sharing a very, very personal moment....
Mental Health Approach to Your Workouts
Fitness might look a little different this year. At least it does to me. While I have always been focused on weight training and minimal cardio in just three days a week to get optimal results, I've had my perspective shift. Not a complete shift, though. Lifting...
A Message of Hope When Things Suck
Dear Friend, I pray this brings you encouragement. Although this blog is for training, nutrition, and the 10 areas of performance, I had something else is mind. It's a 'I think I should just share what's on my heart and shoot from the hip' kind of post. The one that...
How to Live a Full Life Without Popping from Stress
She picked up the red balloon and we went outside to play. We laughed as we would hit the balloon as high as we could but tried to not let it hit the ground. Kind of felt like my old volleyball days, except much slower! We lunged closer to the grass as we chased the...
How to Get Rid of Toxins in Your Life
Last night I was cleaning out the bathtub and putting my two-year old’s bath toys in the basket. She came next to me, placed her hands on the side of the tub, and watched as I squeezed the extra water from floating around inside the toys. When we don’t do that, the...
Why You Really Need a Retreat Now More Than Ever
Since I have been a therapist now for 20 years, I can't help that I see people's pain and trauma. It's so much more difficult to hide as you age. That means, the sooner we just tackle it all, the easier each tackle becomes. The less intimidating it becomes. I can...
Three Things You Need for a Healthier and Happier You.
Do you stop to celebrate along the way? Even the little things? Because you need to. Especially when life can be difficult, be even more intentional to celebrate the little things. Like for me, getting this blog up. It's been almost six years in the making. SIX! It's...
Be the Reason People See Good Again
If there are a few things I've learned while being a newish mom, is that I can't mess around with lunch or nap time! Since we had about 30 minutes, it would be a close call, but I could take her on a quick bike ride. We put on our helmets, and I strapped my two year...