letters encouraging you to release perfectionism, embrace your humanness, and live more intuitively
Headed to the beach in 3 days and NOT dieting
I hope your week is off to a good start! I am in full on vacation countdown mode… only 3 days until my family heads to the beach for two weeks! We will be celebrating Christmas and ringing in the new year together in the sun. I can’t wait! The weight loss noise is raging…
Why gratitude isn’t always as easy as it sounds (& what can help)
I can remember a time when hearing people share about good things happening in their lives or sharing gratitude for what was going well made me think thoughts like: “EW! I can’t believe how much she brags about her life!” “Must be nice to be so happy all the time, but some of us have…
Apparantly, I Need Plastic Surgery.
A few weeks ago I was driving in my car and the radio station brought on a morning guest. The guest was a plastic surgeon and she was on to talk about boobs. She informed all of us listeners that there were a few easy at home analyses that we could do to determine if we needed (1) a breast lift or…
How I Practice “Health” In My Life + The Simple Question I Ask Myself
Dieting didn’t work for me but I’m also at a place in my relationship with food where I feel grateful for my years of dieting. Why? Because I learned so much about myself. I needed to go through those years to get to a place where I was ready to define “health” in my own…
First Run In A While + A Note On Loving Discipline
Last week, I heard my body asking for something she hadn’t asked for in a long time: to go for a run. I legitimately thought the signals were getting crossed somewhere. I haven’t wanted to run in a reallllly long time. I think on some level I assumed I probably never would again. You know…
Full v. Satisfied (aka why you might be walking back into the kitchen 100 times even when you’re full)
Earlier today I went to a Father’s Day lunch to celebrate Tim and my dad. I ordered an awesome salad (it had potato croutons and bacon… magical) and then split a filet with my dad, too. It was decadent and delicious. And, while I felt comfortably full when we left the restaurant, I just didn’t feel…
From Fixing To Feeling
Yesterday morning, Osh and I were hanging before I started work. I was drinking coffee, he was playing with blocks and we were reading out loud from Kelly Oxford’s When You Find Out The World Is Against You (don’t judge… Osh loves it. He is on the “advanced” reading plan). At some point, he got really fussy….
Postpartum Self-Care
Alyosha turns three months old next week & I can hardly believe the way time is flying. Thank you all for celebrating this season in my life with your kind comments, emails, words, support, love, & prayers – they all mean the world to me! I also love getting your questions about my experience so far. So,…
Intuitive Eating Is A Shitty Diet
Confession time: years ago when I first started “intuitive eating,” I did it with a deep down intention to lose weight. I initially tried to use intuitive eating as a diet. But, like a super “natural” diet, that would finally allow me to lose the weight in a relaxed, FREE way… ya know what I mean? 😉…
How I Prepared for Maternity Leave As An Entrepreneur
It was so fun to get your emails & messages asking me to write about how I prepared for maternity leave. This is a post that I am SO excited to write — glad to know it will be fun for you all to read, too! The big reason that I wanted to write this post…