A Journey to Fit & Fast

Much as in our  life together  in general, Eli and I kind of have been following the mantra of 'go big or go home' lately. In the last month, we have gotten engaged, welcomed a new puppy and have begun the tedious process of training her, and taken control of our finances by committing to be consumer debt free within the next few years. Lots of huge things there. It's been a little overwhelming, because in the midst of all of those things is regular life for 6 humans: laundry, home upkeep, kid activities and this little thing I call a full time job. It's enough to make a person insane sometimes. But it's also super fun often (which probably means I'm completely insane).  In the midst of all the crazy, it can be hard to remember one thing (something I have struggled with lately in the midst of the crazy): you get to choose Joy each day. And you get to interpret life events as joyful or stressful or awful, but it is a choice. I am reminded of a talk I saw in S...

I'm sitting here today, and contemplating some things. I haven't blogged a whole lot lately and decided I should change that. Last year was a huge year for me as far as health and wellness. I decided to start a program that I have been very transparent about, Yoli. It was and continues to be a health game changer for me. It is a program that I know my body loves, and as far as I'm concerned it turned my hip pain around and has helped me gain a ton of health that I had let escape me. Following surgery in August, I have struggled to focus on my nutrition. Don't get me wrong, I am not where I once was and continue to do 'pretty good', but I know I could do better. I decided this spring to mentor a half marathon running group, by in large getting back to half marathon running shape myself.  I hadn't really considered what this meant in terms of my diet, or how that might affect my overall wellness in general. I have run a handful of them, and thought f...

I have talked a lot in previous blogs about the parallels of our lives. You can't know sadness without happiness, you can't know strength without having experienced weakness. It didn't occur to me until just now how this was true for me this day. Today I celebrate my sister in law and soon to make her appearance niece. I also mourn the loss of a friend two years ago. Life only occurs because of death, it's the dichotomy that makes space for new. And sometimes that sucks. And sometimes it's beautiful, but often it's both. This cat lived one hell of a life. He lived an all in, in the moment, balls to the wall at 100 miles per hour kind of life. He had a smile that can't even fit into words. He touched everyone he met. Along with a good friend of mine, he built an amazing existence and life. He did so much while he was here.   He inspired me to live all in, and to do so with passion and vigor. So, on this day-do me a favor and commit to living a cra...

Last night I had the supreme blessing of being at a sold out viewing of the movie the 'Goddess Project.' My soul sister invited me, and as all things she invites me to, it enriched my soul so so much! The premise of the movie, that I took away at any rate, is that all women are goddesses. We are Divine. We are taught through society to essentially quell the one thing that we have that others do not: femininity and feminine energy. Within us, we have the power of creation, we have this divine nurturing and growth. And yet, we live in a culture that quells that. That makes us compare ourselves to others, that makes us envy other women and use that against them rather than lifting them up. What?!? I can say wholeheartedly that this movie enforced what I already know: life is short, and you have to live it doing passionately what you're put here to do. You have a special talent, a special life force that you were meant to share with other people. You have to find that, or q...