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Lack Of Motivation Is Not What Is Holding You Back

December 12, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I want to talk to you about a word. It’s a word I hear a lot when asking women what it is that holds them back from living the life they envision for themselves. And in particular from taking care of their bodies. Especially in the form of exercising. You know what the word is? […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: can't hurt me, daily exercise, David Goggins, exercise, habits, motivation

A Little Reminder

May 27, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I’m not really sure what the actual order of events has been in this whole process, but I coached a little girl for about a year up until I quit a couple months ago and this little girl also happens to be in the same class as Number 6, and I think the mom may […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: complaining, gratitude, Hartford marathon, inspiration, macroburst, marathon, motivation, perspective

This Is Your Sign

January 15, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Since we had no school today I thought I was going to get a whole bunch of stuff done, but really all I did yesterday and today was drive kids to different play dates and swim practices. I got almost nothing done yesterday. Today was not looking much better, and at 9 a.m. I had […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: falling off the wagon, inspiration, long course, motivation, pool, sidelined, swim, workout, workout motivation

I Am Pretty Good With Kids, To Be Honest.

December 4, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Last Christmas one of the things Number 4 asked for was an iPod, but after seeing how the kids are often irresponsible with stuff that they don’t actually spend their own money on, I decided that if they wanted any electronics, they would have to buy them themselves. So Number 4 has been saving up […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: babysitting, mother's helpers, motivation, Number 4, perserverance, reminders

Sometimes you are the role model for your kids. Other times, they are the role model for you.

December 26, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I have spent the past few months feeling like this panda. I haven’t completely stopped exercising or anything, but I also haven’t been training for any marathons or races, I’m coming out of a fairly significant bout of depression, and I’ve dealt with that and the stress of other stuff by eating. And eating. And […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Christmas, December, depression, goals, inspiration, motivation, Number 4, panda, weight loss

This is what my depression looks like.

November 29, 2016 by not your average mom 13 Comments

I’m pretty deep into a case of the Blues. It’s been coming on gradually over the past couple weeks. But now the depression is back. That’s the thing with depression. That fucker. It never really leaves. It goes into hibernation. Sometimes it lies dormantĀ for years. Other times it’s a very light sleeper. Why it reappears […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depressed, depression, hibernation, motivation, sleep

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