Go to Sleep!
FOR GOD’S SAKE, GO TO SLEEP. If it’s daylight, feel free to ignore this until the 10 to 9 hours before you need to be at work. Okay, now, I repeat: GO TO SLEEP. Turn off the screens, put the phone...
View ArticleEmbrace the Fidget
We are not meant to be still beings. For most of our evolutionary history, we had to move. Hunt, gather, stay safe, fight, farm, herd, mate, raise kids, build homes, migrate, fish, climb, escape. At...
View ArticleThoughts on Change
Change is hard. I didn’t truly realize that until I was (am) well (barely) into adulthood. Or whatever neighborhood you would say I’m in. I have a cat and a dog, not a husband*, no kids**, but a car,...
View ArticleAiming for 125 – For Everyone
I shouldn’t need to preface this post, but I think I do. What happened in Paris is terrible. People killing people is an awful, awful thing. No matter the circumstances a person is pushed to, I wish...
View ArticleMy Walk Today
I work an office job. I am billed hourly. It’s hard to feel like I have the freedom to move. But, I am a human, I am an adult, and I will walk when (and how) I want to. Here was my 15 minute walk...
View ArticleBack to Basics
I’ve been so concerned about gaining all these other flashy skills that I have completely ignored the basics. Last night at the gym, we were doing push-ups for warm-ups and I couldn’t do more than...
View ArticleI did a thing!
You know that thing where you can save electricity by unplugging things? And you know that other thing where you don’t like having to take out and put away appliances? I finally did a thing that will...
View ArticleBack to Basics – Squat
I caught myself doing an air squat the other day and …well let’s just say my butt was flirting with something. [Butt wink. That’s a butt wink joke.] I made a resolution to work on some basics....
View ArticleStress and Perception
Stress is an adaptive response that kept us alive by helping us to respond to threats like tigers. In modern society, we are constantly surrounded by tigers and that’s why we are all so stressed....
View ArticleYou Have to Be a Little Strange
You are going to have to embrace being a little strange if you want to be healthy. You are going to have to learn to eat weird foods, like not pasta, sandwiches, donuts, or pop. You are going to have...
View ArticleJust for today
I’m in the beginning of a nutrition challenge that I didn’t really prepare for, I’m at the end of an abrupt and unsure job transition, and I’m coming off of a week and junky-but easy!-food. Instead of...
View ArticleThe Time Will Pass Anyway
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. – Earl Nightingale I have dreams of being a health and wellness coach, an organic farmer, a...
View ArticleKeeping up that Minimal Lifestyle
Generically, a minimal lifestyle is getting rid of what you don’t need. I’ve gotten rid of clothes, dishes, knick-knacks, books I’ve read, books I haven’t read, toys, furniture, square footage,...
View ArticleThe More You Move…
…then the more you can move. By moving in more different ways, the more different ways that you can move. Visualize your current movement capacity Imagine your existing movement capacity is contained...
View ArticleStart. Now.
You can live the life you want right now. You don’t have to wait for the promotion. You don’t have to wait until you lose 5 more pounds. You don’t have to wait until you have the house. You don’t have...
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It’s not about a judgement, it’s just about having all the information so we can make the choices that work for us. Katy Bowman on Katy Says, Episode 51 Tagged: choices, judgement, Katy Bowman, Katy...
View ArticleI Forgot to Sleep
Remember when I wrote this: Go to Sleep! I do. I wrote it because I can sleep. It’s the one thing in this health and wellness space that I can naturally do really well. It’s like my super power. I can...
View ArticleYou Have to Be a Little Strange
You are going to have to embrace being a little strange if you want to be healthy. You are going to have to learn to eat weird foods, like not pasta, sandwiches, donuts, or pop. You are going to have...
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