Always evolving, Never Average
The first time I heard the term “sleep hygiene” was about 20 years ago. I was sitting in a therapist’s office after having been released from Silver Hill, a psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut where I had been for a week. I had just been diagnosed with major depressive disorder — major depression — …Read More
In my experience, we are at the point where many people completely fall off the wagon as far as resolutions are concerned. I’m not a fan of resolutions — because they rarely result in true change — but I am a fan of evolution. I believe in always trying to be a better mother, a …Read More
Sometimes your kids annoy each other on purpose and do shit over and over and over again and it’s infuriating because you know you have taught them right from wrong and they behave at school and are respectful to other adults and your friends will drive them home from practice or something and tell you …Read More
I offered my first e-course about five years ago. I called it Not Your Average Fitness Course, and I had just come off of a big weight loss competition at my gym and I was a little bit out of control and A LOT unrealistic with my expectations. Back then, I did not know what …Read More
If you missed Part I of The Getting Your Sh*t Together Blog Series, you can read that here. Okay. Now onto Part II. Making yourself a priority means taking care of yourself. Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean going away for the weekend because you are hours away from a nervous breakdown. Think about, for …Read More
Okay Ladies. Enough is enough. It’s time for you to make yourselves a priority. I know how hard it is when you first become a mother. And I fully understand there is a period of time when all you might be able to manage is taking care of a newborn. But that phase should not …Read More
I gave birth for the last time in October 2011. I was 42 years old. A little less than three months later, on New Year’s Day, I ran a four mile race in town. It’s a race that’s held every year. Since I had just given birth a couple months ago and hadn’t run while …Read More
1. Get more sleep. You know your kids are a disaster when they are overtired. That doesn’t disappear when you get older. When you are not getting enough sleep you are cranky, short tempered, less able to focus, inefficient, less productive, and you are making it way harder for yourself to lose weight. Plus, the …Read More
A couple days ago I tried an experiment, and I went live on Facebook while the kids took care of their “contributions.” That’s what I try to call them rather than calling them chores. Because it sounds a little bit less negative or like a punishment that way. Plus, I am trying to teach the …Read More
I think I may have told this story before, but back in high school, I went to an epic New Year’s Eve party. It was at a girl’s house who was a year older than me. I was a junior, and she was a senior. I don’t know where her parents were, but they were …Read More
