We’ve been taught since day one that setting goals is important.

 We’re assigned to write about what we want to be when we grow up in grade school, elaborate on our lofty dreams for the future on college applications and create vision boards to keep our goals in the f...

Over the past few years, the body positive movement has been slowly but surely infiltrating the media, pop culture and, dare I say, retailers and marketing. And I LOVE it! Seeing more diversity of sizes and shapes of woman in the public eye is a hopeful sign that thin...

When I was in fourth grade I got a horrible bee sting on my hand during recess. My hand puffed up and I was in a ton of pain.  But regardless of the condition of my hand, I still played in a basketball game later that night.  Why?  My Dad. 

“Walk it of...

I have a love affair with my to-do list. 

There’s something about checking items off this all-powerful list that feels so incredibly good, so accomplished and so purposeful. But as much as a to-do list helps organize and remind me of all my so-called important stuff,...

If you asked me 3 yeas ago what I thought about the Fitbit, I would have said it was ingenious.  Ask me now and I’d give you a completely different adjective…

When I first heard of the FitBit three years ago, my reaction was, “OK, it’s a pedometer for the 21st century...

A few days ago, I was talking to a guy in the check out line at the grocery store. After discovering I worked in the fitness world, he asked about my favorite form of exercise.  I shared with him my love of Yoga and how I think it’s one of the best things in the world...

I have a question for you.

What’s the hardest part about exercise? 

Is it remembering your workout routine? Is it stretching without making faces or crazy noises? Or is it dealing with the smelly guy on the treadmill next to you who apparently doesn’t believe in show...

When I was a little girl one of the biggest fears I had was the fear that I would end up being normal. I was scared I would blend in and I would be nothing special or significant.  So I became an over achiever and eventually a perfectionist.

Fast-forward to my twenties...

“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”

-Epicurus

So you want to get off that pendulum and into some moderation? 

Last week I told you:

• The definition of moderation

• Why it is so difficult to practice moderation

• Why it is so important...

Have you ever been told to eat and exercise in moderation?

Have you ever actually eaten and exercised in moderation for any extensive amount of time?

For most of us, we can answer a solid yes to that first question.  But when it comes to the second question, not so muc...