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A little while ago The Eagles song “Hotel California” came on while I was running (I have a very random playlist).  I don’t think I’ve really listened to that song in a long time – it’s one of those that you’ve just heard so many times that you don’t think much about it anymore but […]

I am a huge fan of Mark Manson; if you aren’t familiar with him he writes a brilliant blog (markmanson.net) and is the author of ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*$k’ and ‘Everything is F*$&#d: A Book About Hope’.  As a chronic people pleaser and worrier, he is a great read, (my personal [...]

I spent two days of this long weekend at the cottage with my Mama, one of my sisters and, of course, my dogs.  The weather was crummy and I couldn’t get reception to do the Saturday morning virtual Tabata class I normally would do, so other than walking the dogs and some stretching I mostly […]

As someone who has been managing mental health issues for all of my adult life, I’ve received a LOT of, generally, well-meaning advice.  Some of it has been from family.  Some from friends.  Some from professionals who I sought out specifically FOR solutions.  And sometimes, it’s from people I either don’t know, or barely know.  […]

So here I am, a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor and Weight Loss Coach, blogging away for over four months now without really talking about any specific “how to’s” of weight loss or fitness. Not saying that today is much different, but just clarifying that I’m aware some of you may be confused. 😉 haha […]

I have spent all of my adult life as someone who drinks.  In fact I prided myself on being able to hold my own, be one of the guys and, often, drink guys twice my size under the table.  I was absolutely the cool chick who never got emotional or hysterical – just happy and […]

I think it’s pretty common that we misconstrue being leaner with being healthier.  That’s the message that has been seared into our brains. Bigger = Unhealthy Smaller = Healthy And I want to be very clear and careful to note here that while, yes, I got healthier when I lost some weight, not everyone who [...]

It seems to me that parents have to impart a lot of wisdom about a lot of things but it always seems to be that there are one or two lessons that really resonate.  Like even if they only said them one time ever and it wasn’t something they really thought much about, something about […]

There are a lot of things we can hate on about the internet and social media.  It can be frustrating, and even downright dangerous, what it allows people to just share with the world.  Unsolicited opinions on our life choices and bodies.  Completely false health or fitness recommendations.  Out-and-out scary political and socio-economic views.  And, […]

These past couple weeks have been, shall we say, challenging for me.  Not bad per say, just a much higher rating on the causing anxiety scale - pulled in a few different directions, worried about some things and some tasks that I’d been putting off suddenly needed to be dealt with - like now; all [...]