My heart pounded and sweat dripped down my face. “I can’t go anymore,” I told myself, as I pressed my body closer to the wall, my fingers sliding off the slim hand holds. “I’ve got you!” Michael yelled 50 feet below. I looked down. Big mistake. I looked up, only [...]
Recently a friend and I were talking about the stress she was dealing with as a result of recent illness, stress at work, and various family obligations. I looked at her and asked, “How are you taking care of yourself?”
Post conversation I started thinking about my own self-care activities – are they enough? Too much? [...]
Not long ago I was presenting a stress management workshop and one of the participants wanted to fit a bit more “me time” into her day. As the mom of 2 young children and nursing student who also worked full-time, finding time was, no doubt, difficult. She expressed her desire to begin a meditation practice. [...]
I’m working my way through Natalie Goldberg’s new book Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir and many of the beginning exercises begin with “I remember…”. Below is an excerpt of what I remembered this weekend during one of these writing exercises:
I remember the promise I made to myself when I started [...]
After reading a blog post by Mark Salinas entitled “How About a Walk?” I found myself appreciating his post and wondering when fitness became so complicated. With so many diet and exercise books and programs available, how is it that so many people are still trying to find the magic pill, potion or program? [...]
“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Author, Critic and Naturalist
I can certainly relate to that. Lately I’ve been foregoing my morning jog for a nice morning walk. The world is still quiet, and the birds are alive. I am alive. The air is cool, and [...]
A simple equation, but not always a simple act. A friend of mine recently joined a gym and met with a personal trainer. During the first session the trainer explained that in order to lose weight she needed to do cardiovascular activity for 90 minutes on most days if not all days. My [...]
Every so often I get bored with my workout tunes and need to create a new playlist. It helps to motivate me. I just created a new playlist this week as part of my spring workout strategy.
Note: I admit up front to loving top 40 dance tunes. I grew up with [...]
I’ve written about motivation and my belief that it comes from within. A post I read recently over at the Fit Shack asks a similar question about what motivates people to exercise and so the topic finds it’s way to the front of my mind again. For the sake of this post, [...]
Rules, belief systems, choices. These can cause blockages for us in everything we do. Thinking things have to be a certain way, believing we have to look a certain way, thinking what society says goes and there are no other choices.
Couldn’t be more wrong. Was just reading blog updates from my friends [...]
