I’m still learning. After nearly 50 revolutions of the sun, 30 of which have been spent squeezing as much fitness and adventure out of my body as possible, I’m still learning and relearning lessons that can make me a better athlete and human. Many of the lessons I’ve been taught have come through mistakes. Bad […]
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I am sitting at my desk with Phantogram blasting into my ears. Email after email spills in and I accept them like the soft runoff of a waterfall. Sometimes I even get mad about things inside the emails. It’s such a sweet and sacred emotion. Because it keeps my mind off the fact that I
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The concept of spiritual wellness is a relatively new one for me. I’d certainly heard of “wellness” many times before and always thought that just included physical, mental, and emotional wellness. But I never even considered that wellness could also include the spiritual side of us, because quite frankly, what is spiritual wellness and how
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I write about my history with my body with the same edge that ex-lovers reluctantly speak about each other in hushed voices over strong drinks. My body and I, yeah, we have a history. It is not an obvious history in the sense that I have a history of living and breathing and waking up everyday.
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You’re on the verge of collapse – or is it a breakthrough? Whether you view a demanding class as a challenge or a punishment, there’s no doubt you’ve found yourself wondering between intervals… What the hell is my instructor thinking?! We want to know too – so we asked three beloved fitness gurus what’s really going
Are any of us really good at relationships? I think it is easier for some people to find a partner and even to be in a relationship, but “easier” is terribly relative. Even the best is still fumbling in the dark when it comes to navigating the needs and desires and reciprocal fumblings of another
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I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” by Brene Brown 2007, Avery The Idea Shame is harmful. And because it’s not as glamorous as something like failure (seriously), we don’t talk about it. In this book, Brene Brown tackles the tricky topic
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