“The soul is healed by being with children.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky My daughters are remarkable. There are so many reasons for my saying that… After my run tonight, my daughter Caitlyn told me, “Mom, you run super duper fast… that’s so awesome. Let’s eat popcorn, and tacos, and drink chocolate milk.” Of course. She keeps…
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To be…
It always comes down to a moment. A choice. Choose or be chosen. It’s in that moment, that space just before the choice that you are the clearest, most authentic form of yourself. You are in your own state of being. It’s in that flash, whether it be a retraction, a breath, a surge, a…
You’ll Wait for Me…
“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s strength.” I turn 30 in three months… almost to the day actually. I’ve learned a few things in my last three decades of life. I generally make…
Fall… Then Rise.
I needed this reminder today. There comes a time in your life when you have what you want or you have excuses and reasons why you don’t. No day but today. Rise.
My Children
“The soul is healed by being with children.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky This post is a love letter to my daughters Taylor and Caitlyn… I have spent the last six days surrounded in almost every moment of the day and night by them both. From the blurring moments of waking and getting out the door a…
Break
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. –Socrates Muscles grow stronger by breaking down the fibrous tissue and, in the methodical breakdown and body’s healing process the muscles emerge stronger. You give your muscles time off to heal so that when you lift again you lift heavier and start the breakdown over again….
Speed
“In skating over thin ice our safety is our speed” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I have always been that girl who closes her eyes and turns into the wind to feel it on my face. The kid who loved math timed tests, thrived on the pressure, lived for the last two minutes of the game down by one…The…
The Brick
Saturday is always long run day. You’ve all heard me talk about the half marathons, the Zen runs, the hours I spend just enjoying my workouts. Saturday I did a brick. Yes, a brick. What the heck is a brick? Well, it’s putting workouts back to back so your workouts tend to be longer and more…
J&J Protein Bars
In honor of my good friends, Jamie and Jim, and their combined sweet tooth, I have put together a fantastic recipe for homemade protein bars that are more like brownies than bars. Believe me when I tell you that at 200 calories for two large bars you’ll satisfy your sweet tooth, keep it clean, and…
Leaving a Path 