Halloween is over and we are officially at the beginning of the holiday season. Well, in my mind we are. I kind of look at it like this photo a friend shared on his Facebook timeline: As soon as Halloween is over, I go into Christmas mode. Well, I guess that’s not totally true. I […]
Exercise
A Really Nice Saturday
After a bunch of gross, rainy days, the weather in CT today was beautiful. It was 34° (F) when I woke up. Perfect running weather. I went for a (not fast) run. I love going for a run first thing on the weekends because the roads are so quiet. Then we headed to Wickam Park […]
Perfection And Success Are Not The Same Thing
About six weeks ago I purchased a 12-week online strength training program. I bought it for a couple of different reasons. The first is that I continue to struggle with strength training consistently. At fifty years old, I am fifteen years into the stage of life where I am losing muscle unless I do something […]
An October Self-Care Challenge
We are almost into a new month! I am giving my fitness course and tribe members a one-minute habit challenge, and I thought I’d share it with you, too. One of the things we work on A LOT is developing very small manageable habits that are very easy to sustain. Once those very small habits […]
Can’t Vs. Won’t
I never really shared too much about Marie Forleo’s book experience. There is something she said that I wanted to share with you. She talked about the difference between using the word can’t and won’t. We use the word can’t all the time. I can’t get up that early to workout. I can’t run. I […]
Three Things I Learned This Morning
Last week I wrote this post proposing that women shift their thinking around Mom’s Nights Out. Meeting regularly with women to talk and vent and just hang out without kids around is one form of self-care. I challenged women to plan a weekly meeting with other women that involved another form of self-care. Exercise. Today […]