Always evolving, Never Average
Last week a polar vortex made its way down to CT and for a couple days it was super cold. Like zero degrees. Literally. -17°F with the wind chill. That’s not as cold as it was in Canada or Chicago or Minnesota, but it was still pretty cold. Then today it was 61°F. There was …Read More
When Number 3 was seven and Number 4 was five and just a few months away from her sixth birthday, they both joined the swim team. It was a little rinky-dink town summer team. As a former high school and Division I college swimmer, this was something I had hoped they’d want to do one …Read More
Just in case you were feeling like you didn’t have your shit together, let me take this opportunity to make you feel not so alone. Every year I have a hard time taking the Christmas tree down and putting the decorations away. I just love my house when it’s decorated for the holidays, and I basically …Read More
Sometimes I think when our kids’ behavior is worse than usual or really out of control, for many of us our first instinct is to yell, threaten and ultimately punish. You know, so we can make sure they understand just how horribly they are acting. We do our best to make them feel really, really …Read More
It’s no secret that many (most?… ALL???) successful people plan. Whether you are a teacher planning your lessons, a coach planning a workout, a manager planning an agenda or a mom planning meals, a plan helps you operate with intention and efficiency, and in the instance where stressful situations or unplanned bumps in the road …Read More
Have you heard the term leveling up? If you’ve ever played a video game, especially back in the seventies and eighties, you understand the significance of moving up to the next level. I don’t know how many hours of my childhood were spent trying to get to the next level of Space Invaders and Donkey …Read More
We live in a time when kids are more overweight than ever, more disconnected than ever, more immobile than ever, and more depressed than ever. This problem isn’t coming from the public schools. It’s not the teachers’ fault, it’s not the school administration’s fault, and it’s not the board of ed’s fault. It’s not the …Read More
Every Sunday is self-reflection day for me. And I’ve also started implementing this practice with all my NYAFC clients. But in order to really think about how the past week has been going for all of us, I have started employing the Keep, Start, Stop approach to this practice. It’s also called the Stop, Keep, …Read More
How many of you vowed to declutter your house and get your sh*t organized on January 1st, only to find yourself too overwhelmed to begin? Or you had one bad day and a temporary derailment turned into a permanent one? How many of you have watched that Marie Kondo show on Netflix and say to …Read More
In my fitness course, I have a closed Facebook group. Every day I encourage my badass clients to post in the group. I don’t have any scientific data, but I would wager a bazillion dollars that the women who post, comment and interact on a consistent basis have more success than the women who rarely …Read More
