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New to this series? Read Part I and Part II of Elise’s jogging journey first! Two Words: I Can’t I’ve spent years telling myself and others that I can’t do things: I can’t run. I can’t ski. No, I can’t actually lift my leg that […]

Missed the first part of Elise’s jogging journey? Catch up here. Whenever I begin a new endeavor, I always start with the gear. Planning to get serious about writing my novel? That calls for new notebooks and pens, whatever writing software or app I’ve decided […]

I think the first time I ever considered running as something other than a gym activity designed by Satan himself to torture me was in 2005 when I was watching a teenaged Blake Lively joyously sprint down a beach in Baja in Sisterhood of the […]

“The truth about childhood is stored up in our bodies and lives in the depths of our souls. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings can be numbed and manipulated, our perceptions shamed and confused, our bodies tricked with medication, but our soul never forgets. […]

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Last fall, when my husband and I were in the middle of our big move to Dallas, my exercise routine was the first thing to fall through the cracks. I knew I’d soon have to forego my beloved (but expensive!) yoga membership in lieu of a more flexible fitness regimen, so […]

Every once in a while, life gets hectic. We’re talking about attending-a-weeklong-work-conference while planning-a-wedding-AND-preparing-for-the-arrival-of-a-new-baby-nephew hectic. Or, you know, traveling-to-a-foreign-country-right-before-the-start-of-a-new-job hectic. (True stories.) While there’s something to be said about juggling a lot at once and managing to stay on top of it all, there’s also no better […]

The first time I took a yoga class, I was in high school. The local college offered a few different fitness classes, and being the brave soul that I am, I ventured out of my comfort zone on a slow Saturday morning to try the 60-minute […]

On April 20th, I blogged about my love/hate relationship with the Whole30. I had barely made it to Day 10 of my second attempt at the thirty-day elimination diet, and I was struggling, to say the least. Within a few hours of posting my concerns, the encouraging comments came rolling […]