Tag: #fitness
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The Process of Healing and the Beauty of The 61 Exchange
Making a beeline off the stage towards a quiet room to take a few breaths, then back into the auditorium pressing my face into Jon’s chest and letting myself weep… They never said vulnerability was comfortable and they never said you wouldn’t have every feeling under the sun once you brought darkness into light, but…
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The World Needs More Parks
Isolation. The enemy lives there. He yearns for you to meet him there, to be anxious with your own thoughts, to fear the outside and the attacks it may bring. On the brink of training for my first pro race and a few speaking engagements he whispers those lies into my head that I’m better…
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A Thought in the Life.. A Peek Into a Day of Thoughts for Those with an Unhealthy Relationship with Food & Fitness
*trigger warning It’s a daily battle with the very thing that keeps us alive: FOOD. The way we take care of our bodies isn’t rational any longer and a paralyzing fear and anxiety takes grip. Much of the following is probably hard to hear and grasp for those that face different battles, yet I think…
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Finding the Like-Minded, In the Large Groups
Icebreakers can be a worst nightmare while simultaneously the greatest joy. That might sound odd, and quite an over exaggeration to say that life change can happen through those 30 second round robin questions. But that is where this is headed, so hang on… In a culture plagued by distraction and commitments that honestly don’t…
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Getting to Healthy & the Hands that Help
You are not alone. Maybe you need to read that 100 times to even start believing it, and if thats what it takes the rest of this blog post can wait, it’s on the internet it’s here forever. Jon and I were sitting out on the porch outside our apartment when my phone rang, it…
Fueling Her Forward 