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I always say humans are horrible at assessing risk. It takes statistics to move us as a population — think seatbelts, smoking, getting rid of transfats. All those things took monumental numbers of people being hurt to make shifts in our everyday lives.    In the...

How are you doing? I don’t know about you, but it’s hard not to soak up all the energy of this crazy stuff going on in our collective world. Sometimes I feel like an open wound and then I read the news and it’s like pouring salt on the pain.  Ouch. It {meaning...

I’ve decided I’m going to live every day as if it was my birthday! It was actually my birthday on March 5 and I was so nice to myself.  I gave myself permission to do some healing through a breathwork class. I left some things undone without berating myself. And...

To feel is a revolutionary act.  What does sentence mean to you?  For me it’s about giving me space for both joy and pain. I talk a lot about creating a joyful life –letting in those things in your life that make you happy even if it doesn’t make sense. I like to...

I was at the gym and I was having trouble figuring how to do this exercise. I had to lift up a weighted pole that was on a hinge and flip my grip from underhand to overhand and press upward.  Every time I got to that moment of the flip, fear would rush through me and...

Last Friday morning was a typical chilly and gray January day. I had just finished a strenuous but fun workout with my trainer at the gym. His next client was there and we were just chatting about the weekend and how they were doing a triathlon on Sunday.    “You...

There’s a lot of hubbub about goals and resolutions for a new year, but before the stroke of midnight tonight, can we take a moment celebrate what we’re proud of for this past year? This isn’t easy for me. I was having a conversation with my coach and she called me a...

When journaling earlier this week, I felt ready to give up on Christmas. How we are supposed to feel so joyful and excited around this time of year, but at the same time with all the shoulds and decisions and responsibilities, it’s virtually impossible to NOT feel...

Do you set intentions? I’ve found that if I spend 5 minutes thinking about what my intentions are, it’s eerily awesome how much they come to fruition.  I journal every morning and often I’ll set my intentions for the day based on what’s on my to do list or schedule. ...

I think our lives are really a series of habits. What do you think?  Is this true for you: "People do not decide their futures. They decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures.” - F.M. Alexander Habits are more than just teeth brushing. And cravings...