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    Take Exercise Off Your To-Do List

    July 3, 2015

     

    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,...

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    The Little Secret About Staying Consistent

    March 6, 2015

    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...

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    The #1 Thing My Yoga Teacher Training Gave Me

    February 27, 2015

     

    When I started my 200-hour Yoga certification course back in October last year, I had one goal in mind.  Nope, it wasn’t to complete it and pass the exam.  My goal was to do a handstand just like my amazing Yogi friends on Instagram and all the Yogi celebs in the maga...

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    Let's Find Some Moderation

    January 22, 2015

    “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...

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    The Most Harmful Fitness Myth You Still Believe

    December 5, 2014

     

    “I don’t do (insert workout name here) because I don’t like the way their body looks.”

     

    There are numerous exercise myths that I really wish would just stop already.  But the one myth that frustrates me more than the rest is the belief and that if you engage in...

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    Fittest VS Healthiest

    November 21, 2014

     

    “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” – James Baldwin

     

    It is a sad but true fact that we don’t feel very awesome about ourselves most of the time.  In fact, most of the time we are trying to fix something about ours...

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    Are You Tired of Messing Up?

    October 17, 2014

    Have you ever gotten so close to your health and fitness goals only to mess them all up?  You know what I’m talking about.  You’re working out consistently, taking care of yourself and then all of a sudden boom!  Things just seem to fall apart?  OK may be YOU don’t mes...

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    What's Your Addiction?

    October 10, 2014

     

    A few months ago, I was lucky enough to listen to the amazing Tommy Rosen speak about his past experience with substance abuse and addiction.  Tommy is an incredibly inspiring guy that started a program called Recovery 2.0 to not only help end the stigma surroundin...

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    How to Workout Effortlessly

    October 3, 2014

    So often clients ask me what I do for my workout and most of the time I feel a bit embarrassed sharing it with them.  With a plethora of fitness training regimens out there and every fitness magazine promising you the best body ever if you just follow their set traini...

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    Creating a Masterpiece

    August 8, 2014

    A few days ago I came across this quote and had to share it:

     

    “Your body is not your masterpiece -- your life is.

     

    We are encouraged to obsess over our instrument's SHAPE -- but our body's shape has no effect on it's ability to accept and offer love for us. Just none. Ma...

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    Trusting My Body and Uncovering My Truth - Part 3

    November 7, 2018

    Trusting My Body and Uncovering My Truth - Part 2

    November 6, 2018

    Trusting My Body and Uncovering My Truth - Part 1

    November 5, 2018

    "Just Want to Make Sure I'm OK"

    November 29, 2017

    Navigating the Murky Waters of Body Positivity, Thin-Privilege and Eating Disorder Recovery: Part Two

    October 27, 2017

    Navigating the Murky Waters of Body Positivity, Thin-Privilege and Eating Disorder Recovery: Part One

    August 23, 2017

    Don't Believe Everything You See (Just Everything You Feel)

    August 3, 2017

    A premature reflection on the movie, “To The Bone” (from someone that's been there)

    July 14, 2017

    Are You Waiting to be Fearless in Your ED Recovery?

    June 25, 2016

    "I Know Diets Don't Work But..."

    June 25, 2016

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