5 Ways to Preemptively De-Bloat for Halloween

I’ll never forget the first time I ate maltitol. For those of you who don’t know what maltitol is, it’s a sugar alcohol, a sweetener. And though it’s technically a “natural” sweetener, let’s just say that the gastrointestinal effects are, …

How to Know If You’re Addicted to Drama

About 10 months ago, I had an a-ha moment. I was out to lunch with a friend of mine, and the two of us were talking about someone we both knew, saying how we didn’t understand them or why they did what …

Do Only Certain People Have the Right to Body Esteem Struggles?

I’ve been wanting to write this piece for a while — ever since my birthday post last July when I revealed that I was the most content and most comfortable with my body than I’d ever been, despite also being …

“How Exercise Helped Me Get My Confidence Back”

There’s a psychological technique called “The 5 Whys” that is used in anything from business problem solving to interrogation to solutions for individuals to figure out the absolute core cause of something. You ask the question “Why?” 5 times to …

When Being Superwoman Turns into Being Super-Stressed Out: 4 Key Ways to Take Back Your Health

Something that comes up a lot with women is the concept of self-care and asking for help, understandably. I think so many of us women want to be able to do it all, have it all, and be it all, …

How to Get Your Ass Out Of Bed & Work Out in the Morning

From the ages of 22 to 27, I worked 70+ hours a week as a full-time fitness professional — personal training 12 clients/day, teaching 15 group fitness classes and managing a university fitness center. I loved it. But what I didn’t love …

3 Ways I Used Kettlebells to Improve My 5k Time

Ahhh running, you devil you! I love you, I hate you. I love to hate you. Back in 2004, I ran my first 5k. And I don’t know about you guys, but when I’m running, all I want is for the …

Should You Play to Your Strengths or Bring Up Your Weaknesses?

There are two schools of thought when it comes to time management, priorities and self-improvement. Some people say it’s wise to work to improve the ways in which you are not operating optimally in the world. In other words, spending …

5 Tools to Ensure You Actually Do the Exercise You Know You’re Supposed To

If you’re a personal trainer, or you are an exercise buff or if you’ve even taken a general health or exercise 101 class in college, you have probably heard of the F.I.T.T. Model for how to create workouts. F.I.T.T. stands …

Define Your “Healthy”

I’m not going to lie–up until a few years ago, I kind of sort of hated the term “healthy.” It felt so … blah. Like, vague and boring and like something your grandmother would care about. For me, throughout my …

5 Ways to Preemptively De-Bloat for Halloween

How to Know If You’re Addicted to Drama

Do Only Certain People Have the Right to Body Esteem Struggles?

“How Exercise Helped Me Get My Confidence Back”

When Being Superwoman Turns into Being Super-Stressed Out: 4 Key Ways to Take Back Your Health

How to Get Your Ass Out Of Bed & Work Out in the Morning

3 Ways I Used Kettlebells to Improve My 5k Time

Should You Play to Your Strengths or Bring Up Your Weaknesses?

5 Tools to Ensure You Actually Do the Exercise You Know You’re Supposed To

Define Your “Healthy”

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