When you don’t feel it…
Hello friends~ I’m just going to lay it out right here. The days you don’t feel like showing up are the days your program matters most. Today was one of those days for me. It’s a gloomy Monday morning, and I didn’t sleep well at all. Bad dreams, waking up repeatedly. I was gonna bail […]
Lindsey proved it!
YAY Lindsey! Women have to maintain a higher bar. Period. At work, relationships (personal, family, parenting), and in athleticism – especially at the professional level. We’ve just seen it in real time at the Olympics. When Lindsey Vonn announced her return to competitive skiing in late 2024 at age 40 she faced intense skepticism from […]
The mental load, and then the work.
Hey friends~ I’ll bet you’ll agree there’s a mental effort to deciding what to do about anything, and then there’s the work of actually doing it. Early this week I felt like I had run a mental marathon after a 20 minute phone call. It was a challenging interaction with someone which required every communication […]
When life gets heavy, stay strong.
Hi Friends~ Here’s something you might not know about me~ In addition to being a strength and fitness professional, and an advocate for women and kids (you might know that I created a Youth Indoor Rowing program at the Boys&Girls Club)… I’ve also spent the last decade as an activist for mobility equity. I founded a […]
A different kind of strength
Hello friends, This wasn’t a vacation experience I had expected to share, but it’s about bravery and resilience. A different kind of strength. It’s about things that happen in life and how we deal with them. On the 3rd day of a 6 day vacation, we packed lunch, gathered towels, reef-safe sunscreen, and snorkel gear, […]
Strong not skinny. Age with a strong body and brain.
Hello friends~ I’m clearing my mind this week on vacation on a gorgeous island, where the real world feels so far away. I drafted this blog post last week, pretty sure that all this serenity might make it hard to gather thoughts. I was right I hope it’s possible to maintain a bit of this […]
It’s Your House. Build A Good One.
Hello friends~ Are you feeling the pressure to adopt the “new year, new you” mentality? And on top of that, are you being told you should find joy in everything you do? You absolutely don’t need to reinvent yourself. And feeling joyful, motivated, or enthusiastic doesn’t have to be a part of working out or […]
Happy New Year with 3 recipes, including a viral cheese stuffed sweet potato!
Hellooo! Sending warm wishes for a happy, healthy new year, and hopes that you’re not feeling compelled to make or try to adhere to new years resolutions. We all hear a constant drumbeat from experts that consistency in workouts is critical, right? But if you’re beating yourself up for not being consistent you’ll just feel […]
The joy of being liberated
Hello my dear friends~ During holiday seasons past, Martha Stewart kept up a steady stream of creative ideas in women’s magazines, making us (me) feel compelled to do it all – and then add more each year, like baking shortbread in clay molds, printing my own wrapping paper, and creating themed trees with hand-painted ornaments… […]
The gift of presence.
Hello friends~ Last week I reminisced about the years with kids at home, and how my exercise plans often went straight out the window. Some of you might be living that right now with snow days. Kids at home can be a delightful diversion, but it’s also very likely to derail your plans. We can’t […]