Health & Wellness
The Myth of the ‘Right Time’—and the dreams it buries
Momentum rewards the bold, not perfect timing … which is why you need to stop mistaking silence for a red light and have the courage to be the director of …
Remember Young Padawan, Even Batman Fell Down
Like most lowly mortals, I’ve been dealt my fair share of gloom and had moments where I had to choose between dusting myself off, trying again, or accepting the agony of defeat …
If Speaking My Mind Makes Me Childish, Hand Me the Crayons?
Acted a little ‘foolish’ recently. Or maybe I just refused to lie about how I felt? Childish? Eh. Call me immature : ) …
Self-Care is NOT Optional
It had been over a week since I’d been to yoga, spent time in the sunshine, cooked, done any writing, or had human touch …
How Did I End Up at the Bottom of a Rabbit Hole?
Five years ago, I was good. I had the world by its horns, but then I stumbled across a rabbit hole, peered in, and eventually slid headfirst down, down, down …
Be Like Dorothy (stop worrying about failure)
What if you slapped on your ruby slippers and just enjoyed the walk (or the skip) and all the people you meet, the things you discover—and who you become along …
The Ultimate Promise, Fulfilled
No matter how far down the rabbit hole we fall, sunrises give us hope—there is still another day. Still an opportunity to begin again. Like when Hemingway wrote about spring’s …
Someone Should’ve Told Me the Stove Was Hot
Do I create a safe barrier with a “potholder” and touch it anyway? Soak my hand in cold water for a few minutes and then try and touch the stove …
When I Stopped Worshipping the Scale
I spent years letting a number dictate my worth. Letting go wasn’t easy, but it was the first real step toward building a life rooted in strength, trust, and the …
Why Successful People Crave Disorder
Without Chaos, there can be no growth. Without Chaos, there would be no resolve. Without Chaos, there would only be nothingness … with Chaos, also comes greatness …
Dear Thanksgiving Turkey, (I’m not scared of you)
An open letter to those worried about gaining weight over thanksgiving, be thankful God has blessed you with the wherewithal to gain a few pounds—relish your surroundings and stop fretting …
Dear Carl Junior’s Lady (yea, the one with the big burger)
An open letter to anyone embarrassed to eat something—a guilty pleasure, sometimes, is needed—especially if it empowers you … (secretly, I’d like to try out for the next Carl’s Junior …
Dear God, I Don’t Think You’re Funny
I’m not going to blab about all the crap that’s already happened today (at this ripe hour of 8:47 a.m.)—but, can someone would humor me (not you God, I’ve had …
Frowning Causes Wrinkles
I’m in a rut. I had knee surgery, not once, but twice in the last few months. Alas, my activity level went from off-the-charts insane to zilch so here I …
Odysseus and the Count of Monte Cristo
Sometimes people want money. Sometimes love. Sometimes revenge, justice, validity, forgiveness, to go home again. Or sometimes, something as simple as a solid eight-hours of sleep …
Rainbows and Unicorns
I try not to think about bad things. I for one still trust in good—rainbows and unicorns are everywhere, sometimes they’re just a little harder to find …
Yes, I did Flip-Off the Village Idiot
I don my workout attire, drive to the club, sign in my name on the sheet to prove that I’ve arrived, waltz my way back to the room and EGADS, …
I Really Need Some Airplane Intimacy
Right about now, I could use someone to talk to. Someone to listen. I someone to tell me what they think, but not really care too much one way or …
Make the Most out of Monday
Like New Year’s Day only smaller; significant enough that you can rewrite your check list, jump back on that bandwagon, start that whatchamacallit routine all over again. Because like a …
Can You Forgive Without Forgetting?
Most of us do not have the courage to forgive others their misgivings, especially when they’ve caused you to suffer. But that’s when we need to recognize the difference between …
Keeping the Peace is Overrated
Is it better to hide what you really think … what you want to feel, want to say … is it worth it to shut your mouth because of the …
Dear God, You’ve Finally Lost Me
Without going into details, just know I’ve been slammed into a situation I never could have imagined. And I don’t know what to do, or really, maybe it’s that I …
Anyone Want to Take a Bath in CBD Oil?
Why aren’t there CBD oil baths? The cost? What if there was a way to share the oil baths? There are communal baths all over the world where people share …
How to Never Be Bored
This morning, rather than play myself, I put my headphones on, climbed on my Peloton and donned the role of a world-class cyclist hot on the trail of a first-place …
Nanu Nanu—a Final Salute
I cannot even pretend to imagine what it would have been like … to be so young, and so scared, and so unprepared for the horrors of Vietnam. Nor can …
I Saw Right Through Her Yoga Pants (literally)
I had stopped trying to master Ujjayi breathing and was now contemplating whether or not I should say something to her after class. It’s like the spinach in the teeth …
Have You Ever Stopped Believing in Someone? Yourself?
I wish everyone had the wherewithal to go after their dreams, to live their purpose. Maybe if more people would fight for their dreams, maybe more people would be happy …
Heed What Mufasa Said
If we all tried a little bit more to understand how our behaviors affect one another—be those behaviors palpable or conceptual—maybe the connections we make throughout our lives would be …
What’s Best for the Siren is Best for Me
The night before a big race and I am not going to give myself a coffee enema, but, should I add butter to my morning cup of Joe? …
June Cleaver was My Yoga Instructor
You ever catch yourself looking around, knowing full and well that Ashton Kutcher and his buddies from MTV are lurking in the bushes waiting to spring out and inform you …
All Kids Should Play Sports
I love sports. No. I should clarify, because actually I’m not a big fan of baseball, car racing or hockey (and don’t get me started on softball, cycling, or speed …
Can Chaos and Order Co-Exist?
When the chaos monster arrives and refuses to leave, how do you stay calm? …
I Left a Toenail in the Yoga Studio
Somewhere between my forward fold and crescent warrior I lost a toenail. Yep. My big toenail. It’s probably still sitting somewhere on the studio’s hardwood floor. I looked for it …
I’ll Take a PowerBar Over a Frittata Any Day
Sometimes I drank too much, ate too much … and sometimes I even drank too little, ate too little … sometimes I obsessed over not doing as much as I did about over …
A Coffee Enema
That’s the advice she gave me the night before my first marathon. What’s the one piece of advice you wish someone had given you? Read more to find out if …
Repeat After Me: yoga is good for me
I went to my first hot yoga class about two years ago. I sauntered in, positioned my mat near the front (I mean how hard could yoga be? I could run …
Is Adversity Subjective?
I have some inherent drive to always better myself, but also partially because I’ve never been in a situation so discouraging, so bleak, that it makes the bottom of a …
I Wasn’t Going to Win Anyway
A hundred yards shy of crossing the finish line of a half marathon, I saw a man fall to the ground. His knees buckled, and he fell. And runners kept …
What Does Frankenstein and a Spool of Thread Have in Common
The thread is white, I think. The spool itself, I dunno, blue maybe. I have the loose end looped around my wrist like the way a balloon is attached to …
Ever See a Yogi Run Fast?
I can’t help but wonder the poor unfortunate souls unlucky enough to place their mats near me are a bit annoyed by the distraction I have provided …
Can You Decode the Literal from Fictional?
My daughter told me she wanted to be smaller—were my body-obsessed behaviors responsible for her thoughts? …