Mental Muscle Wellness

General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Build a Useful Home Gym on a Budget

January 28, 2025
Hello, hello! Recently I talked about consistency being an unsexy practice that can really make a huge difference in a fitness journey. One part of consistency is being able to access your exercise practice from multiple different places. And let’s be fair, one of the easiest places to make this happen is right at home.
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Introducing… Melissa Moves Well

January 14, 2025
Hello friends and fellow Wellness Warriors! Now that everyone is settling into their 2025 routine, I want to address some changes around these here parts. My returning readers will have already noticed some things and if you are new here, feel free to skip this post and check back next week for the regularly scheduled
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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Unsexy Practices To Be Sexy: Fitness Edition

January 7, 2025
Happy New Year, friends! I hope that your festive season was what you wanted and hoped. If you are returning, thank you for giving me some of your precious time. I’m sure you see a few changes and I’ll address those in another post. And if you are new here, thanks for checking out this
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Dimensions of Wellness

Wellness Gift Baskets

December 10, 2024
Happy Holiday Season, Warrior! Last year I published a pretty extensive list of gifts for different goals. There are many seasons of life that warrant wellness related gifts, though, and even though it isn’t specific to the holidays, I thought I’d talk a bit about how I roll with those and give you some ideas.
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Dimensions of Wellness•General Fitness

Value Add Part 5: Physical Health

November 19, 2024
Nice to see you, Warrior. Today I’ve got the final installment in my Value Add Series. You can check out last month’s post here. This should have been the easiest of the series to write as we can all probably list five things that movement adds to our Physical Health. But it was actually difficult
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General Fitness•Mental Health

Movement as Gratitude

November 12, 2024
Trigger Warning: Discussions of trauma and disordered eating. Hello Warriors! In North America, it’s Thanksgiving season. In the US we will celebrate in a few weeks and our friends in Canada had their festivities in mid-October. I’m a big fan of gratitude practices as tools for Mental and Emotional Health. And I strongly believe that
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General Fitness•Mental Health

Value Add Part 4: Mental and Emotional Health

October 22, 2024
Hello Warriors! I’m coming at you today with the fourth installment of my Value Add Series. Throughout this series, I am trying to highlight how exercise and movement positively impact other areas of wellness. Other than Physical Health benefits, regular movement can play a huge part in Mental and Emotional Health. So let’s dive right
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Body Positivity•General Fitness

The Importance of Body Diversity in Movement Spaces

October 8, 2024
Welcome back, Warrior! Awhile back I touched on Focal Points, how our body looks, and how that plays into our overall wellness. Body size is actually paramount, but not in the way we have been taught to believe. And I want to take a bit of time today to talk about why seeing diverse bodies
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Dimensions of Wellness•Exercise

Value Add Part 3: Social Health

September 24, 2024
Hi Warriors, I’m back with the third installment in my Value Add Series. You can check out the intro here and last month’s post here. Exercise and movement can add much to our lives outside of just our Physical Health. One of the areas that can benefit the most is actually our Social Health.
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Planning and Programming•Strength Training

Simple Mobility Work for Warm Ups

September 10, 2024
Warriors, how many of you are confused by mobility work? This seems to be a bit of a hot topic in fitness lately. Mobility is important, but as most things fitness can get overly complicated really quickly. So, let’s chat about it today!
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