Mental Muscle Wellness

General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Creating New Habits

January 15, 2019
How many of you would be jazzed if I asked how your New Year’s diet and exercise goals were coming along at this point? How many of you would want to punch your computer? We hear the phrase, “new year, new beginning,” all the time. And so many of us, your truly included, use that
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Nutrition and Eats•Planning and Programming

Post Holiday Reset

January 8, 2019
Here we are a bit more than a week removed from the new year and the holiday season. Hopefully routines are returning to normal, or new normal as the case may be with workouts and eating habits. Sometimes the sluggishness that we acquire with all those heavy holiday meals and treats seems to stick around
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Cardio•Planning and Programming•Strength Training

Workout Frameworks

January 2, 2019
Happy New Year! If you are new to this little corner of the interwebs, welcome! If you are old hat, welcome back. I hope everybody had a safe and festive holiday season. And since it’s the New Year and I know you have resolutions, I’m here to help. Over the break, I put together the
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Links and Loves #2

December 12, 2018
This time of year is about giving. And, while this post is certainly not a gift guide, I thought I’d share another round of things that I am enjoying.
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Nutrition and Eats•Recipes

Wellness Cookies

December 5, 2018
As the holiday season swings into high gear, I am hoping that you guys are finding at least a bit of time for wellness and self care. It’s getting to be time, at least in my house, to think about holiday baking. For the record, this is not going to be a post about how
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Dimensions of Wellness

Do You Journal?

November 28, 2018
A question for you guys today… Do you journal? And if so, how? I am truly curious because, like so many other wellness practices, we are hearing more and more about the benefits that writing on the daily can bring. But if you Google it, there are about as many ways to go about journaling
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I Am Thankful

November 21, 2018
In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, and wellness, I wanted to take a minute and pause to reflect on the things I am grateful for this year.
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Body Positivity•General Fitness

Fitness Looks Different on Every Body – Training

November 14, 2018
Last week I mentioned that the folks at Fitness Blender had posted a motivational quote on their Instagram, “Fitness looks different on every body,” and talked about the body image and positivity undercurrents that it had for me. There were a few other significant thoughts I had about the quote and most of them fall
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Body Positivity•Dimensions of Wellness

Fitness Looks Different on Every Body – Body Positivity

November 7, 2018
A few weeks ago, Kelli and Daniel over at Fitness Blender posted a quote on their Instagram account. “Fitness looks different on every body.” Six words. I live and work in this crazy fitness and wellness world and that simple statement really got me thinking. There are lots of things you can take from that
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Dimensions of Wellness

Halloween for the Wellness Win!

October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween friends! It may seem strange that a wellness blogger is talking about Halloween, but I am about to make the case for why Halloween and wellness go together like ghosts and goblins.
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