As a health and fitness coach, a common question I hear is, “What’s the best nutrition and fitness routine?” The answer is simple: The best plan is the one you can stick to! Tell me if you’ve been here before… You’re following someone who represents an ideal you aspire to. They seem to have it [...]
I am a person who likes her habits and while I appreciate many of them, I’m especially grateful for my exercise routine. The benefits are many. I’m strong and capable, able to lift my own suitcase into the overhead or carry a bag of mulch to the garden. The vigorous exercise wipes away my worries [...]
Even if you’re not the type to set resolutions, it’s hard not to feel reflective at the end of a year, not to envision what you’d like to accomplish or who you’d like to be at the start of another year. For many, new year’s resolutions revolve around health and fitness. Gyms are packed, friends [...]
Why do I say “surviving?” Because, the challenge of not knowing what’s next feels like it could actually be life-threatening. As human beings, we expect to have feelings of CERTAINTY about life changes and choices we make. A part of learning and growing is we accept some things as “truth” that keep us grounded. New [...]
In 2021, I discovered that I had an acoustic neuroma, a non-cancerous tumor, growing on my left-side hearing and balance nerves. The growth rate was alarming, and my doctors recommended removal. I had a successful surgery in January and gratefully, seem to be in the clear at this time. However, for someone who is normally [...]
How are you? I mean, really. How are you doing over there? None of us could have anticipated this pandemic and the abrupt transformation of our lives as a result. And none of us would have pictured it continuing for all of 2020, but that’s exactly what it’s doing. Perhaps most disconcerting is that none [...]
Movie character Austin Powers referred to his special energy, which enhanced his influence on others, as “mojo” in the movie trilogy, and it’s the term I use for my inspiration or motivation toward my work. How do you maintain your mojo – especially as we end the 7th week of the COVID-19 crisis? Many of us [...]
We often look forward to “CAMPING OUT” to free ourselves of urban clutter and noise, tiring and draining work assignments and forced contact with people we haven’t consciously chosen to interact with. Now, with this massive shelter in place, the shutdown of many businesses and life that we know has seemingly forced us to “CAMP [...]
Today we celebrate all of our friends who participated in the 2019 Holiday Exercise Streak! We had record-breaking participation this year, with over 200 registrants. Thank you for making this a truly special holiday tradition and we hope to see you all again next year!
