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Girl on Fire

So I ran the Last Chance Half Marathon a week ago. It was cold and icy and the worst finish time I’ve had since my half marathon running debut. It was also the best race I think I have ever...

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Life with Liam

Took my 9-year-old to the dentist today. I swear they have put toy braces on the kid. I’m in the city for more 10 minute appointments than one should really be forced to do. Each appointment is fraught...

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WAIT! It’s important that I tell you that I love you!

How big are your feelings? Do you wear them so large that they push you out of your chair? Send you bounding up the stairs in order to proclaim them? Do they loom so magnificently HUGE that you’d run...

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Add a few….make it sizzle

I have been a runner for the last 8 years. Physical activity came banging on my door and brought with it my love for running and  pretty much anything that got me to move my body. Running has brought...

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Detour on the Nav

Enter the address. Calculating route. “Please proceed to the highlighted route.” That’s the message that the voice of “Mavis”(that’s what we call her) throws back at us as we back out of the parking...

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Two Reasons for Hitting Snooze

beep Beep BEEP The unwanted ring of my alarm clock goes off. I purchased an alarm clock that would gradually get louder and brighter so as  not to assault my senses. As it wakes me slowly and gently...

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Desire Mapping in Everything

Aspergers, Feelings, Desire Mapping, People, Connection I’m writing about how in the last 24 hours all of these things spiralled into one large looming realization. One large A-HA moment that you might...

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Getting out of my way

I need to get out of my way. You know that frustration that comes with needing to be somewhere and yet not being able to move forward because there are people, circumstances—-things in your path? Last...

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“You will KNOW at the finish line”-Spartan Race

So, our team Body Integral Spartan training yesterday was quite the adventure! What started out as a four mile hilly trail run, turned into a 7 mile lost in the wilderness run! It was fogggggyyyyy! And...

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It May Be Hard- Do It Anyway!

Big bruise on my butt. Several on the legs. Other sore spots today. But it makes me feel alive! I am not a narcissist by any stretch of the imagination. I don’t want to hurt myself, if it can be...

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This is NOT your Junior High Gym Class

     How many of us have those junior high gym class nightmares? Being picked last for teams. Coming up on a “new unit” of basketball, volleyball, floor hockey with tremors and dread? Or for those of...

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Adventure, it’s for EVERYONE!

I can’t believe I did that! Adventure. It makes you grow in ways you didn’t think you needed to grow. Kristen and I at the finish! Over the course of the last couple of months, I have become more...

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What a little Love Can Get YOU!

Life lessons with Liam. They are short. They are sweet. They are to the point. They are priceless. We all need to ask for something now and then. Hon, can you pick up some milk after work? Hey, would...

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Can I come outta here? I’m BORED!

Once again, the look of our summer family vacations have taken a change in looks.  In the last ten years of packing up and heading to our little oasis, we have gone from 5 to 3. Life…it changes. This...

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Just STOP it ALREADY!

WARNING!!! I’m going to pre-empt this blog with a warning. This may be controversial material and some nerves may be struck, and it could quite possibly be your last nerve that I hit, in which case, I...

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Measuring by Feelings-Not by Numbers Alone

The Fitness Industry will say things like: 20% Exercise/ 80% Food “Abs are made in the Kitchen” “You can’t out exercise a bad diet” “Cardio burns more calories” “Increasing lean muscle mass burns more...

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Perceptions on Motivation

Motivation. Do you have it? Do you have enough of it to see you through to your goals at any cost? Does it wax and wane with your lifestyle? Your obligations? Your sleep schedule? If we are honest,...

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Time to Get Naked

Don’t get too excited!! It’s not that kind of naked. Although if that’s what you want to do, feel free. It’s your home. Okay, only do it if you’re at home. No, the kind of naked I’m talking about is...

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Road Report

Vancouver…HERE WE COME! It’s our sisters get away weekend, and it feels like I have been waiting forever for this. The thing about heading out on a weekend adventure is that you can have a plan, you...

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Always Earned, Never Given.

I received an early Christmas present. And as I sit and look at it, I am filled with an onslaught of memories! I am filled with joy, pride, happiness, sadness, and I am even a bit overwhelmed. I began...

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