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I forgot to clean my cats’ litter box for a few days. Typically, I clean it in the mornings when I feed them. My routine; wake up, start the Nespresso machine, feed the cats, clean their box, journal and start the day. However, I’ve been going to bed later, waking later and Hubs has been feeding them. The litter box is upstairs in the back corner where I have no reason to go, except to clean the box. So it didn’t get done. Yesterday afternoon I went ‘ahh fuck’, ran up there

I think I skipped a spring update, so there’s much to talk about. The biggest news to share is that Ben and I eloped to NOLA! If you missed this post, we snuck off the first weekend of spring and got hitched.It’s been a very rainy spring and summer, so staying caught up on mowing, weeding, and general yard work has been an adventure in itself. I bought a small battery-powered lawn mower a few years back when I purchased the house, and she’s put up a good fight, but we finally

Like most people, I enjoy chocolate. One of my favorite college snacks was those chocolate chip Atkins bars. Minimal aftertaste. Maximum flavor. I tried to google the ones I used to get, but it looks like they may have phased them out in favor of a HIGH-PROTEIN VERSION (shocking, I know). Regardless, in the early 2000s almost everyone seemed to have tried the Atkins Diet or knew someone who did. It is estimated that in the US, 1 in 11 people were on the Atkins Diet or some ot

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. As someone who paid for high res photos of their insides, it's more than just the gnarly looking cysts that come and go. It's more than abdominal pain and tough menses. It's fatigue and sweating. It's nausea and skipped plans. It's burning through personal time every month because work is impossible. It's gaslighting yourself into going to work because surely you're just being dramatic. To be offici

I spend a lot of time talking about sleep, stress and schedule fixes (subscribe to my newsletter if you want this content delivered directly to your inbox first thing Sunday mornings). But sometimes, I find myself struggling. It's a fact of life, something about the shoemaker's kids going barefoot I think. So in the spirit of sleep, stress and schedule fixes, here are my top sleep, stress and schedule struggles. My biggest sleep struggle: Marie hasn't slept through the night

There's so much noise about what helps with sleep and what doesn't. I've tried like a wide variety of them, some of them are more useful than others. Some didn't work for me but I can see how they could be useful for other people. Here's a non-exhaustive list of products and supplements I've tried, tested and my honest review. I haven't mastered the art of sleeping through the night, but I do give it a good try. Sleep is so vitally important. I spent years working night shift

One of the things I hear often when I talk about journaling is that people don't know where to start or what to write about. My answers range from 'just what write what's on your mind' to 'try workshopping the pitch to your boss for a raise!" Maybe you feel uncomfortable putting a solid voice to your deepest fears. Maybe you struggle with where to begin because there's just so many things that need to come out. As a health and wellness coach, I believe in your intelligence; y

We eloped, because we're the Worst(s)! About two weeks ago, Ben and I loaded up the car, found the most intriguing season of Counter Clock (imo) to listen to and took a little (long) road trip to NOLA. Neither one of us had been there before and neither one of us have been married before so it seemed fitting. The event: We chose to get married in Audubon Park, under the Tree of Life, also known as Étienne de Boré Oak. The French is really lovely. It is believed to have been p

I often return to the concept of Phase 2 Fitness (you can read more abut it here ). Movement is such a key part of life. Last month I spent some time in Mexico, and while I was there I took a few yoga classes, and walked several miles a day, comfortably (well, not my feet, but the rest of my body. A lesson in packing that I won't forget any time soon). Phase 2 fitness is a level of consistency most people give up on before they settle into a routine. It involves a lot of tria

Thursday: Sometimes the best days are the unexpected adventures. With wrapping up my Pilates program, one of the ways I keep consistent with my self-practice hours and training hours is to take Private lessons at Lifted Studio in Columbus with Jordan Sugarman. My goal is to make it out twice a month, but with LIFE I make it about once a month. Ben had an unexpected day off so he decided to come with me; he was my victim for apprenticeship hours. I spent an hour in a private s

Punta Sur, Isla Mujeres, Fab 2026 I’ll never complain about a week in the sun. I’ll never complain about a week with family. I’ll never complain about an uninterrupted week with my fiancé. In a plave where the water is so clear it looks fake. But I’ll damn sure complain about shitty sheets, raw burgers and the most inattentive staff I’ve ever encountered. Call me spoiled but when you go to guest services and show them a picture of a raw burger you expect…. Something to happen

It's so cold. The kind of cold where you think it will never thaw out and we're just going to be in permanent winter; however, Winter's really used to just be like this. They used to be pretty cold and shitty. I remember years in college where it snowed, every day. I remember walking to class in the snow, for weeks. So, while we may not be acclimated to it, it's not entirely unusual. The arctic blasts are a bit much though.... I'm enjoying having to be stuck in the house a bi

I've somehow drifted into Phase 3 fitness. I wasn't really trying to, it just sorta... happened. (If you're like what is Phase 3 fitness, check out this post here ) It's that if you don't change where you are going, you might end up where you have always been philosophy. I tend to drift into Phase 3 fitness. I've been working on consciously not doing it but alas, something about mice and men. I tend to overextend, I have a hard time saying no. A few weeks ago I decided I was

While many people think of redundancies as something that's not useful, just because it's not useful in the moment. Just because it's not currently in use doesn't mean it's not serving a purpose. The E brake in your car. Having multiple smoke detectors in your home. Multiple methods of contact in your resume for potential employers. Why wouldn't you build reducancies into the health systems you're building? You wouldn't wait until it's needed to give an emergency contact to t

Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! if you celebrate such things. This time of year can be great, terrible, stressful and rejuventating. I hope this month has been treating you kindly. This year I really leaned into The Solstice and Yule . Our family has been releasing manifestations to the universe each night and it feels so magical. I didn't do any decorating this year and that too feels so magical (because I hate putting stuff away tbh). Oh lawd. Another year end review

I've always said moderation is a mid-point in your health journey. Not because I don't believe in moderation, per se. But because no one knows what moderation. Or what things are. WTF does that even mean. Moderation is the avoidance of extremes or excess. We as a society have lost all grounding in reality when it comes to what those words mean. Moderation isn't something that you decide for yourself. It has a defiinition and words have meaning. In college, I could drink a bot

Getting in shape sucks. Hard stop. Being in shape, pretty cool, effortless almost. You see people on the internet just doing a workout, and going about their day. But for you, it feels like the whole day. Because you're stuck in Phase 1 fitness, and you can't seem to get to Phase 2. One of my favorite authors is Jodi Piccoult (because I like to lie awake at night contemplating morality), and she has this super tragic book called Nineteen Minutes and in it the dad swims laps

The last few days have been pretty cold here in the Ohio Valley. Yesterday the wind chill was about 14 degrees. It's not supposed to last but it's a good reminder of what is coming. In 12 weeks the sunset will be back to 6pm. It's not about where you are now. It's about where you could be if you started today. 12 weeks is enough time to train for a 10K. 12 weeks is enough time to lose 12-24 lbs sustainably. 12 weeks is enough time to master the Boomerang, a Pilates move that

... That's what I always thought. Then I tried it. In March I was getting... hangry... I had been in a calorie deficit for a while and was holding tight to those last 10 lbs or so. So after some research, I decided I would do keto for 30 days. I had read Maria Emmerich's book before and been unimpressed, tbh. She said that I couldn't eat bread and that I needed to bathe in the rivers (she swims in the mornings) and I wan't about it. This time when I read her book, Keto . It

Ahhhhh, Fall. The season that seems to bring about the most change, in my opinion. Watching the leaves fall off the trees seems so much more abrupt that watching them bloom. Harvest has a sense of finality, while sowing seeds seems full of promise and hope. With that slightly ominous line, here's a few things I have going on: Pilates! I am working on a 500 hr Pilates training program through the Lab. I'm working with the lovely Jordan Sugarman out of Columbus, Ohio. The in-pe