A couple years ago, I did a 30 days of gratitude post, and it’s a post I still enjoy reading. I wanted to do it again this year—maybe especially this year, which seems to deliver one blow after another. There still a lot of good, and I’m feeling as thankful in 2020 as ever. However, […]
Category: Life, Emotions, Discoveries, Insights
2020 Gift Recommendations
In years past, I’ve created lists of fitness gift recommendations, based on products I’ve known and loved or really wanted to try. This year, I decided to do things a little differently. I have a lot of friends and acquaintances who have great stuff to offer! Coaching programs, handmade items, and great products from their […]
Disenfranchised Grief: What It Is and Why It Matters Now
Disenfranchised grief has been on my mind a lot lately, both because of my own recent experience with it and because I believe a lot of people are going through it right now. I talk about it in this video on Instagram. If you’d rather read, scroll on. I go into a little more detail […]
On Mourning, By Surprise
A couple of weeks ago, within minutes of lying down to go to sleep one night, I broke into big mourning tears. Wet, heavy tears that lasted nearly an hour, accompanied by silent sobs so I wouldn’t wake Brent. I had to get up twice to read coronavirus news to stop crying (which seems pretty […]
What Happens When I Work Out at Night: A Timeline
Look, I know what happens when I work out at night: I can’t sleep. Still, yesterday, 7:00pm was the most convenient time for me to do it, since there was space for me in the class at OTF Boulder and I was coaching a class immediately afterward. And it’s been awhile since I did a […]
2018 Year in Review
I did a post like this last year, except I actually managed to get it done when 2017 was still a thing, before the calendar turned over. But here we are, January 2, and I’m doing a 2018 year in review — looking back when I’m supposed to be looking forward. Oh, well. I’ll get […]
35 Books in 52 Weeks: My 2018 Report
At the end of 2017, I set the intention to read 52 books in 52 weeks in 2018. If you were following/reading along, you may remember that I got off to a strong start: five to six months worth of a strong start. Not bad! Some people asked me if reading that quickly was worth […]
You Mean I Don’t Have to DO Something All the Time?
When we moved to South America, my work life was uncertain. I was freelancing, so I started accepting basically everything that came up, because you never know when something will come up again. When I started this blog, there was so much I knew I was “supposed” to do to earn readership, and I really […]
This Body is Best
In February, I did a little Instagram challenge for myself and anyone who wanted to play along. Classy McGraceful was with me the entire time, and some other friends joined in, as well. My Instagram Challenge The challenge was to find something to love about your body every single day to celebrate how this body […]
Through the Winter: A Word About Seasons
A few weeks ago, my beautiful friend shared this post from a page called Wilder Child: It stuck with me. I’m no fan of the cold weather, which is why I’m happy to be living in Las Vegas rather than my native South Dakota. I visited late last year and left during a snowstorm. That […]