#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 7: I am grateful for being able to lead, guide, teach, and grow others I’ve been teaching group fitness for 3 ½ years. I have taught countless yoga and cycling classes, trained clients, and attended an innumerable amount of workshops and continuing education. And somehow in all this time not once […]
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#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 6: I am grateful for life’s indulgences You can’t get too caught up in what you can’t eat, should or shouldn’t do, or that one cocktail. While moderation is key; balance to life is essential too. I believe that sometimes we self-impose rigid boundaries and a set of parameters so stringent […]
#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 5: I am grateful for the Lessons My Father Bestowed Upon Me My father and I have a long history of not getting along. My father, a strong, loud and abrasive man is a Scorpio. Me, well I am a strong, loud, abrasive woman and I am a Gemini. Clearly, you […]
#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 4: I am grateful for my husband My husband Greg is my biggest fan. Every time I write a new blog post, he’s sure to be the first person to let me know how much he enjoyed what I wrote. Greg also is the only person who constantly asks when I […]
#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 3: I am grateful for new adventures in fitness People always ask me how I “do it all” from running, to indoor cycling, to yoga, to HIIT workouts, to surfing, to soccer, to Spartan Races, to Ragnar, and now a half marathon [that my husband I have not really started training […]
#30DaysofThankful with #TheGirlWithPurpleHair Day 2: I am grateful for coffee Every morning, the first thing I do before even going to the bathroom is turn on my Keurig coffee maker. I make precisely one large cup of coffee with 1 teaspoon of coconut sugar and almond milk. This simple pleasure is one that brings me […]
Now seems like as good as anytime to start chronicling my gratitude. No, I didn’t pick the month of November because it houses Thanksgiving and our obligatory time to give thanks. I picked November because right now in this moment and really for sometime, I have been feeling depleted, defeated, and frankly depressed [I think]. […]
Learning in any capacity is such a gift. So when I have the opportunity and the funds permit it, I soak up as much as I can so that I can continue to grow and evolve. This past weekend at my yoga studio One Down Dog we hosted Gaiam yoga instructor Clara Roberts-Oss. Currently based […]
While working in the professional world I’ve learned that as a woman with a well-developed derrière and what society likes to call “curves,” I must not wear any sort of form-fitting clothing to work. Society has conditioned others to view my body as sexy when in reality my physical-self is just that; a shell that […]
Today is the most holy of holy days in the Jewish religion: Yom Kippur. Many are familiar with it as the Day of Atonement where Jews repent their sins, recognize their sins, and ask God for forgiveness while fasting in an effort to keep Jews reflective and uncomfortable. At least up until last night, that’s […]