I’ve been thinking a lot lately about success, and more specifically, why we so often don’t allow ourselves to truly celebrate our successes. Sure, in the moment of our success, we’re proud, we’re happy – maybe even overjoyed! But then a little voice pipes up and says, “Okay, nice work, …
Hello from Saint Helena, California! It’s beautiful here in wine country, the weather is lovely (though it’s super chilly in the mornings and evenings – can some one send me a fleece?), and I’m learning a lot and meeting some great people at the writing conference. It’s the best of …
I’m hitting the highway – well, the skyway – tomorrow, to spend a week in California at the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference! I’ll be meeting all sorts of people, having my fiction workshopped, and exploring a whole new part of the country. Hopefully, I’ll make some good connections that will …
The other day I went to one of those big department stores in the mall to buy some pants. After about half an hour of frustrating time spent not fitting into the pants in the “regular” sizes, I wandered up to the plus-size department. Where the pants didn’t fit very …
You know what’s worse than having someone make assumptions about your heath and fitness based on your weight or BMI? Being told you can’t do something, achieve something, participate in something. You know what’s worse than that? Having that happen when you’re a kid. And yet that’s just what’s happened …
Do you ever look back on a choice you made and say to yourself, “Self, what were we thinking?!” Whether it was a pair of skin-tight acid-washed jeans, a giant poster of David Hasselhoff, the Cabbage Soup Diet, or a Mike Brady perm, we’ve all made some questionable decisions in …
It takes a whole lot of hard work to love your body as it is. Many of us spend our lives fighting our bodies, trying to mold them into what we think they should look like. We think that if we just try hard enough, we’ll eventually be able to …
I passed the test! I was completely and utterly shocked to get that passing score, let me tell you. The first five or six questions had me scratching my head, and I thought, this can’t be good. A few times there was a run of questions that I was very …
Tomorrow’s the big day… At one o’clock, I’ll be sitting down to take the ACE Certified Personal Trainer Certification Exam. As I fret and worry and spend these last few hours cramming, in the back of my brain I’ve been wondering, What was I thinking?! Here’s how I feel when …
Happy almost Fourth of July, America! As we get ready to celebrate with picnics, pool time, family, and fireworks, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of the things you should and shouldn’t count tomorrow – and even every day (although not every day includes parades …
