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Seven Days Down and Out
Seven days. That’s how long it has taken me to even feel close to myself again after getting hit with the flu last week. I don’t really remember the past week in any great detail and every time I thought I was OK and started to resume ‘life’, I was swiftly reminded that well, no…
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Demand Excellence
When you surround yourself with garbage, you start to stink! Change is hard. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am focusing on changing some of the ways I react to change and situations in my life and let me tell you — it’s way harder than I thought. There have been times…
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Do you have a partner in Clean?
Wonder Twins Powers Activate! I have been feeling uninspired by my overall nutrition and have been working through some things that are out of balance and all of that combined has led me to not be on point with what I am putting in my body. During my 5 mile run with my friend on…
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Don’t let fear define you
I was looking around the gym this AM while we were doing some practicing on the rings and thought to myself –how freakin’ fun is this? We are playing like we were kids on a playground. How many of us adults can remember the last time we did something so carefree and challenging? I can…
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Coming Clean About Eating Clean
I had seriously the best weekend – I had a super great Thanksgiving day filled with fitness and family and food. I had a date with my silver fox husband. I worked out to raise money for Wounded Warriors Project with a super fun partner, and had a fun, laugh filled lunch with the ladies…
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Fake it Until You Become It
Fake it till you make it is a phrase all of us have heard before. But what if that’s not enough — What about Fake it until you BECOME it? This Tedtalk from Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy talks about power positions and Body Language. It’s a really interesting look into the science behind…
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Earning Thanksgiving
Lots going on this week –the obvious, Turkey Day! I hope you all have great plans filled with great company and even better food. Life is about living and deciding when it’s a good time to indulge. I firmly believe for me, Thanksgiving is the right day to have good food — Paleo or not.…
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Trading Halloween Candy for A Good Cause
HALLOWEEN IS FOR SUCKERS and SKITTLES and M&Ms Last night was so fun — there is nothing like the sound of kids running around the neighborhood. It is the sound of the pure joy of childhood. Scott went around with Hannah, while Nate decided to hang out with his neighborhood friends and I passed out…
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It’s not the size that matters.
Love this article I came across – it says all the things I talk about all the time and try to believe all the time. What you can’t tell about a woman from her body shape This is a lesson that applies outside of the dance world. To a look at a woman like Rebel…
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Encouraging Young Girls to Be Themselves
Encouraging Young Girls to Be Themselves and that It’s OK If you don’t already know this by reading my blog regularly, I love my kids. They bring me such joy and clear perspective on all things in life and for the most part, they just think I’m the cat’s meow. I am preparing myself for…