Inspiration.

September 8, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’ve been following a lot of fitness pros and up-and-coming pros through magazines and social media for years. Over those years, I have learned a lot from their stories and tips that they have shared. I have found inspiration to dig deep within myself and push myself beyond the limits I thought I had. Meeting […]

Voicing “passion” for that which you love.

September 3, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve been told on many occasions, I’m a very passionate person. Everything I like, I go in full bore. The proof is there in my stack of books all over my house (and the amount of them I have downloaded on my iPad), the stacks of CDs I have or the amount of songs on […]

The chaos of a writer’s mind.

August 21, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

Inside a writer’s mind is pure, unfiltered chaos. Or at least, that’s what my mind is like 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There’s always something constantly churning there, and often times there’s a small part of my brain saying “Get out!” because I just need to turn off for a few minutes […]

Turning 30.

August 2, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m about two and a half months shy of that horrible, wretched age hurdle known as 30. I’ve been watching friends and family members hit the digits for a few years now and I won’t lie, seeing how they reacted, freaked me out. Now, here I am, 29, very quickly nearing 30 and I feel…….. […]

The Body War.

July 27, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

I thought of a way to title this blog for the entire day, and kept coming back to The Body War. Why war? Because that is exactly what is going on. A war. It’s not a discussion or a conversation, it is an all out war. And the media is fueling it. This won’t be […]

The 4th in a small town.

July 6, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Independence Day in Smalltown U.S.A. is pretty amazing. I could be saying that because I’m a bit biased. I grew up in a town that didn’t have a “down town” but a village. I now live in a small mid coastal town about 15-20 minutes away from there. Between my hometown and my new town, […]

Clean eating: It isn’t new, and it’s worth it.

July 3, 2013.Reading time 8 minutes.

The thing about the technology age is…. it’s easier to get information. Easier to “research” and easier to self-educate. It’s also what’s wrong with the technology age. It’s easier to find misinformation, because well… everyone thinks they know more than Joe Schmoe over there and vice versa. At the same time, it also gives new […]

Don’t mess with a girl’s shoes.

June 12, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

I may know how to change a tire, do my own oil change, know what DHOC means or even be able to tear down, then rebuild a motor… but my nails (at the moment) are hot pink. That’s right, I am a woman and I still have to remind people of that — often. People […]

Chicks don’t lift.

May 2, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

I hear a lot of things in the gym. A lot of it I expect. I live in a pretty small area. A county with 17 towns has a population of 35K people in it. Doesn’t get a heck of a lot smaller than that. Stereotypes are huge here, but the minds are small. A […]

You know, that OTHER gym.

April 30, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

I don’t know about everywhere else, but Spring finally decided to spring into action here on the coast in Maine at about 5:02 p.m. last Thursday. It’s decided to stick around, and now the weathermen are crying that we NEED rain. Please, after an entire month of it and a good snowfall winter? My quarry […]