Health and Wellness Resources

Find nutrition, exercise, mental health, and alternative medicine resources to help you meet your goals in the new year. Happy New Year! And happy self-improvement season. At least, that’s what the new year often feels like. If you’re setting a goal for the new year, one of the best things you can do to help…

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Five Tips for Enjoying Holiday Eating without Guilt or Stress

Turkeys for Friendsgiving and me with Shannon, my sous chef extraordinaire and creator of several recipes used on my meal guides and plans! Worried about how to avoid weight gain during the holidays? Try these 5 tips to survive Thanksgiving and Christmas without needing a post-holiday diet to lose weight. It probably comes as no…

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Rest

My life is beautiful chaos. I thrive on being busy, on making the most of my time, on being productive (possibly to a fault), and living life to the fullest. I do this at work, at home, and on the weekends. I strive to live each day like I’m squeezing all of the juice out of…

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Resolution Update: Failures, Freak-outs, and Fixes

I turned around this morning and realized that it’s February. It was like bumping into a friend at the grocery store – one whom I meant to call last week and just didn’t get around to it. February’s a good friend, but I just wasn’t thinking about her until I saw her standing there. Physical…

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Love Wins

November 3, 2020 Update It’s four years later. And oh, what a four years it has been. I wonder how many of you also feel a sort of existential dread gathering in the pit of your stomach, wondering if we can move on as a country after today. Wondering if our democracy will continue. Wondering…

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Rain or Shine

Finish line in the background! Well, I did it. I’m officially a finisher of the Colorado Half Marathon. What can I say about it? It was fun(?) It was hard. And really cold. For a May 1st race, I expected to be wearing a tank top and shorts. Mother Nature had other ideas. We ran the…

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I Just PR’d a Little

In case you didn’t know, “PR” stands for “Personal Record.” I took five minutes off last year’s half-marathon time and PR’d with my bestie. (Shirt & running skirt from Skirt Sports) Today (for the second time in my life) I did something I never-ever-ever thought I could do. Today I ran my second half marathon.…

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Balance

I don’t know if you know this, but 2017 is my year. I’m going places this year. I’m meeting new people. I’m taking chances with my career. I’m seizing opportunities as they place themselves in front of me. Snowshoeing with good people. Life doesn’t get any better than this. One of the things I’m pursuing…

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