A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about motivation. Motivation and self-care are really popular topics at the moment. So popular they run the risk of any buzzword—meaninglessness through overuse and overextension. Aside from becoming a word everyone uses and no one understands, there's another serious risk lurking in both of those terms I was … Continue reading Real Talk About Rest
The Seven Buts of Motivation
When the blog was starting out, one of the repeated requests I received was a post about motivation. Specifically, including motivation when "not training for some particular event but just trying to live life and feel fit / strong / healthy / awesome." Like life balance, motivation is an enormous topic, but I will do … Continue reading The Seven Buts of Motivation
Focus on Food: Pumpkin
It's that time of year. Farm stands and grocery stores are downsizing their piles of pumpkins to make way for cranberry and turkey displays. Perhaps you bought a pumpkin or two to deck your place out for fall. Maybe you even carved something spooky into it for Halloween. Once you're done decorating with them, don't … Continue reading Focus on Food: Pumpkin
Cooking as a Self-Care Practice
I was not the kid my mom would have pegged as the one who'd enjoy cooking. I hated touching raw meat. I had zero patience for the exactitude or step-by-step process required by most recipes and all baking. I even infamously nearly burned the house down trying to boil hot dogs once. (PSA: burner covers … Continue reading Cooking as a Self-Care Practice
Advice for New Swimmers
Back in 2013, I started a section of my personal blog I called "The Advice Column." I was still in the beginnings on my own fitness journey and I was getting a lot of questions from others who wanted to start. Those who've met me in the last five years might have a tough time … Continue reading Advice for New Swimmers
Focus on Food: Purslane
Opting in to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), has had a huge impact on the way we eat in a number of ways. One of those ways is encouraging us to try new foods or familiar foods in new ways. Kicking off our food posts on this blog, we're starting with a new-to-us vegetable that showed … Continue reading Focus on Food: Purslane
The Balancing Act
When my wife Beth and I conceived of the idea of starting a wellness blog that would share a bit of our journey and maybe help a few people along theirs, we reached out to our friends to see what they might be interested in reading about. From their ideas emerged the three things we … Continue reading The Balancing Act
The Long Walk of Recovery
Recovery (etymology): to come back or return Today was supposed to be it: my return, however humble to the world of training and fundraising for good causes. For those not in the loop, I had debilitating knee pain that stopped me cold after my last triathlon. That led to knee surgery last July (refurbished, not … Continue reading The Long Walk of Recovery
Advice for New Yogis
On my yoga mat Friday morning, I had a startling realization. As I moved through the poses with very little correction from the instructor, I thought: I feel like I know what I'm doing. I've learned a ton in the past few weeks. Those of you who know me know how much I struggle with stepping into new labels. … Continue reading Advice for New Yogis
Why are habits hard to break?
Generally, around this time in January, I have a pretty clear idea of which of my new year's goals I'm likely to pull off and which I'm going to have to table. In reflecting on that list this past week and thinking about the lists I've made in past years, I noticed a pattern: I'm … Continue reading Why are habits hard to break?
