Oil Pulling – What It Is and Why I Decided To Give It A Go I had never heard of oil pulling before I started my education to become a Health Coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In one of the first course modules it was suggested that we get some coconut oil and […]
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What Is A Health Coach? And, What Do They Do?
What Is A Health Coach? And, What Do They Do? I have spent over 20 years in the health, fitness and wellness industry. I have been coaching clients in fitness, health and nutrition for over two decades. In that time I have taken countless courses, workshops and trainings in my field but nothing felt more […]
Getting In Shape SUCKS!!!
GETTING IN SHAPE SUCKS I did it AGAIN! I let myself get totally out of shape. Granted I have a good excuse, I gave birth, so I’m not being too hard on myself. But, this still sucks! I did, I got out of shape. And, while getting out of shape is truly super sucky getting […]
A Tingling Sensation and the Power of Prayer…
I just had the most amazing experience and I wanted to share it, so here I am, blogging about it. I recently (exactly 3 months ago today to be exact) had my second c-section. Along with beautiful children my c-sections also gave me a pretty gnarly scar. Every evening I massage my scar hoping to […]
Anyone can do a Burpee – 6 Levels of Burpees to Choose From
Anyone Can Do A Burpee 6 Levels of Burpees to Choose From The groan of dread and despair. The grunt. The eye roll. The whining “Nooooo.” And the ultimate exclamation, “I can’t do those!!!” These are the typical responses from clients and class participants when I announce that we will be doing BURPEES. Burpees, poor, […]
6 Reasons I say “MAKE A VISION BOARD!”
6 Reasons I say “MAKE A VISION BOARD!” To vision board or not to vision board. THAT is the question. No matter the topic there are always those in support and those in opposition. And, like all things in this world, that is true of vision boards. I’m not really sure why one would take […]
How To Get Ready For A ‘Kid Free’ Night Out in 3 Easy Steps
Tonight I have “PLANS.” Real, actual PLANS. With a girl friend. No kids. No husband. A girls night out to go and see the musical ‘Dirty Dancing.’ My daughter is 7 weeks old today. My son is 2. We just finished remodeling our new home and have been slowly moving in, with the BIG official […]
From GREAT to awful and now clawing my way back again…
I am 6-weeks post c-section. On the day of my daughter’s birth I lost 10 lb in one day. But that’s because my little girl was not so little at a whopping 9lb 10 oz. Surgery went great. A bazillion times better than my first c-section. With my first I could barely walk for weeks. […]
A Pregnant Fitness Healthy Role Model – NOT!!!!!
A friend sent me a link to an article today about a series of Prenatal Fitness videos with a popular athlete leading the exercises while she is pregnant. The article is the author’s feelings on how unrealistic the videos are for ‘regular’ people. The routine seems to be one that only a pregnant athlete can […]
Today Was a Breakfast BUST! (aka “What Wagon?”)
Some days I am a ‘Breakfast bad Ass.’ Today, however, I was not. Today was a breakfast BUST!!! With a 2 year old and a 4 week old sleep is hard to come by. This morning my husband got our 2 year old up and ready and took him to play group and our 4 […]