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Honoring Our Herstory

March is Women’s History Month and I love the idea of acknowledging how far we’ve come, celebrating where we are, and looking forward to what’s ahead! We are all descendants of Sacagawea, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott, Amelia Earhardt, Rosa…

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Self-love vs. Selfishness

It’s mind-blowing to me that we often associate self-love with selfishness. That could not be further from the truth! One online thesaurus I accessed equated it with conceit, narcissism, and vanity. WTF?!? And get this… it suggested “modesty” as the antonym! Who knew self-love was such a contentious topic? I…

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Tips for Mindful Mondays

I am obviously a huge believer in the importance of health and fitness. But one thing I know for sure is that achieving those goals isn’t just about eating right and exercising our booties off. The real journey begins in our mind. It starts with believing that how we treat…

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Tasty Temptations

Let’s talk about the relationship between food and sex! Both can stimulate our senses, satiate physical needs, and involve powerful emotional connections. Often, one can even elicit a desire for the other. So let’s take the passion and spice from the bedroom to the kitchen and show our tummies some…

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Crushing On Yourself

As part of my commitment to radical self-love this month, I want to encourage all of you to focus on yourself first. That may sound selfish, but it’s actually a powerful principle that strengthens your core and replenishes your reserves so that you are able to give more to yourself…

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Fresh Starts

A New Year is a great opportunity for us to reset and start fresh. I suspect more diets and gym memberships are started on January 1st than any other time of the year. There’s just something powerful about the idea of a hard stop, a meaningful pause, and a new…

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Maintain Your Winter Chill

Even under ordinary circumstances, staying centered can sometimes be a challenge. It’s easy to get so caught up in our to-do lists that we forget to take care of ourselves – the very thing that makes everything else possible! Obviously, the holiday season can be especially busy and demanding, which…

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Patience, A Practice Worth Pursuing

  With election week on the world’s center stage, we can’t shelter ourselves from feelings of anxiety.  Beyond winning or losing, this week has conjured up so many different emotions. What have we learned from this week and how can we apply it to our own journey? Fitness is NOT…

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5 Reasons to Start Meatless Mondays

  The idea of going vegan or even vegetarian can be scary to some, or even unfathomable. Meat is such a large part of most people’s diet and culture that the idea of giving it up altogether is too frightening to even take the first step. While we know there…

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