When I think about what my workout routine used to be, I’m floored! In my single days, I’d workout for two hours a day. My workouts and my eating plan were in sync. Getting out of bed at 6am to go to the gym was the hard part. Once my feet hit the floor though, […] Read more…
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When I Learned Dreaming isn’t Enough
Every year on this day my friend and I send each other a simple text. It’s usually just a heart emoji. It’s our way of acknowledging the significance of this day and how we’re connected by it. No matter what, we always think of each other on this day. It’s also the day that I […] Read more…
Back to School aka Reclaiming my Time
Summer time fun is officially over around here. And man, was it a Summer. We celebrated my daughter’s 6th birthday with a fun party and our 11th wedding anniversary. In both cases, I’m blown away at how quickly time flies! In between that, we did some house hunting and moved into a new place. Moving […] Read more…
Get it Mama: the fitness struggle
Over the last few months I have been recommitting myself to the fitness struggle. I am tired of starting over, if I’m being honest. I used to be all over it when it comes to my fitness. Pre-marriage, I was a beast! Of course it was so much easier then. I’d hit the gym before […] Read more…
The Dream, Motivation + the Remote
What is your big, outrageous dream? Have you told anyone about it? Is it something you work on at all? Do you think about it constantly but you’re too nervous to make a move on it? I have a big dream that keeps playing in my brain. There are times that I’m all in on […] Read more…
Going Grey, Grey, Go Away
Skunk streak. That’s what I’ve been calling the white hairs that appear in the front of my head – right in the middle. At first, I was taking my grey hairs in stride. I definitely thought it was a little early for me have them. I talked to my dad about my new hair and […] Read more…
Are you living your dream or someone else’s
I can’t help but feel like a failure sometimes. I feel like I should be further along. Sometimes it seems like I’m just stuck and life is passing me by. Have you ever had these thoughts? It’s easy to get caught on this hamster wheel of feeling less than. We live in the social media […] Read more…
4 Easy Ways to Glow Up
Trying new things rarely gets a “no” from me. I’m usually up for the challenge, whatever it is. Usually. Some stuff is just an automatic no though. Like, I don’t know – things that might kill me, things that are disgusting, and things that I’d never want to admit to now or in the future. […] Read more…
Lesson: Sharing your dream with the wrong people
I was talking to someone recently who has dreams of being a successful artist. This is a big dream, for sure, but it’s not impossible. They had created some pieces that had been fairly well received. Obviously they were feeling good about their accomplishments and looking to grow further. That’s when they began sharing more […] Read more…
Easy Fixes to Crush Mom Guilt
Here’s the thing… when it comes to motherhood, we’re all in the same boat. All of us seem to feel that no matter what we do, it’s not enough. We all seem to wish we could be there more. Nobody seems to feel like they have it all together. It’s called mom guilt. Mom guilt. […] Read more…
