When I traded my boxed macaroni and cheese dinners for broccoli and brown rice and began my journey toward a healthier, whole foods way of eating, somewhere along the line I got confused. I started to equate eating a perfect diet with being perfect. Being virtuous meant eating grilled fish and steamed vegetables all day, everyday. Straying from clean food brought an… Read More
Letting Go … After the most magical bridal weekend in Louisville where I celebrated my upcoming nuptials with my family and closest friends, my travel back to New York City has been anything but. A true practice in letting go. Two cancelled flights, a 4 a.m. wake-up for the first flight out and now a five-hour delay because of mechanical issues… Read More
I try a lot of workouts and take a lot of classes, but with very few do I fall in love. Body Conceptions by Mahri is one of those classes I just love to take. Mahri is a personal friend of mine and also formerly a professional dancer, trainer at the Tracy Anderson method and Creative Director at FlyBarre. Her signature… Read More
Valentine’s Day might be over but February is the month of love and whether you’re in love with another human being or not, you must love yourself first. What better time of your to show yourself some love than on Valentine’s Day. Diane Von Furstenberg said, “The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.” Yet this relationship can often… Read More
Exercise is healthy. There’s no doubt about it. But as fitness gains momentum with trendy workouts and inspirational messages, is it possible that we’re overdoing it? Could less be more? Should you exercise less? In most big cities across the country, there’s certainly no dearth of high intensity classes and trendy fitness studios challenging us with heavier weights and faster sprints. I love… Read More
When I became a health coach almost six years ago, the term – and idea of health coaching as a career – was fairly new. Now that wellness is becoming top of mind in a more mainstream way (a very good thing), the term “health coach” has become more prevalent and a little more loose. Because of this, you’ll see… Read More
Yes, I did use the words “favorite” and “treadmill” in the same sentence, but these days I relish my treadmill workouts. I read a New York Times article recently about treadmill workouts (The Drudgery of Treadmills). It explored why most people find the treadmill, often called the “dread mill,” more difficult compared to outdoor workouts. The study it referenced found that the treadmill… Read More
Many would-be coaching clients come to me becausd they want to lose weight – the last five or ten pounds to be exact. I often get emails from women desperate to “lean out,” counting macros down to the milligram and “eating clean” to exhaustion, frustrated that nothing has happened. I totally know the feeling. For most of my 20’s I felt… Read More
“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. I received a stipend to facilitate my purchase for my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.” At the beginning of this month, I posted this on my Facebook Page : Making any kind of change in… Read More
