Lately, to most anyone who will listen, I've yammered about how anxious I feel. "I know why," I share to people who've most often already stopped listening. "It's because I'm living in the future. I have lots looming ahead and I'm continually trying to figure out how it will unfold while simultaneously trying to be PRESENT." I'm super-anxious and this is NOT a state I have familiarity ... Continue Reading
Speed round time: SLEEP or SWEAT?
My FAVE tank-top post shvitz'ing OK, People. It's a hectic time of year for most of us. Even if you don't have a child starting THIRD GRADE next week (!) summer is wrapping up in the Northern Hemisphere which means life can just feel jam packed and rushed. Around here the hectic manifests itself in choices. swimming or hiking? playground time or trampoline jumpage? kickball game or ... Continue Reading
IDEA? IDEA!
I work with EleVen by Venus. The zeal I am filled with about heading to L.A. today is all my own. Team EleVen by Venus at Fitbloggin! The title for this post fits because that's pretty much how last minute this is for me. My life is in flux these days so I'd been a firm No sorry. I wont see you at IDEA Blogfest riiiiight up until the moment I decided Yes. Yep. I'm attending for ... Continue Reading
The marriage of MIND and MUSCLE.
Trainer Carla I lifted weights for about six years before I opened my personal training studio. Yet, even with all those years behind me, I'd naively assumed none of it had become second nature. I prided myself on my ability to break resistance training down into its most basic form and convey that information to beginners. I *always* spent time with clients discussing body position, ... Continue Reading
Does closing comments turn blogging into lecturing?
If you've read me over the years you know I'm a fan of the closed comments. Ala the now ubiquitous *drops the mic* when employed infrequently it can be a powerful blogging tool. Are you asking your readers to participate in a hair-brained scheme which is, essentially, giving them an assignment? Close the comments! Are you sharing a post about the importance of choosing to get out and ... Continue Reading
The 5 stages of change (guest post).
I thought about starting off with some sappy homage to Carla about how much I’ve loved reading her blog over the years, and what an inspiration she has been to me, but she already knows that and if you are reading this today then you probably already know it as well. So, I’m going to introduce myself; I’m Erica. I’m a generally happy, healthy person who used to be very unhappy and ... Continue Reading
Can you go home again?
us. yesterday. home? Good gosh Ive dragged all of you through all of this with me. I've moved. I've whined. I'VE LOVED. I've achieved goals I never ever ever thought I could. And then I achieved some more! I've rambled about focusing forward and not rereading past chapters. And yet here I am back the beginning of my book again. Visiting (literally), ... Continue Reading
I exercise intuitively.
I instinctively crave play-filled fitness. I became an intuitive eater long before I tapped into the notion of intuitive exercise. For some reason I was able to trust my body's "knowing" with regards to food, yet was slow on the proverbial uptake with heeding its messaging about movement. I created a workout plan. I followed said plain. Period. I'd fallen in love. I never wanted to ... Continue Reading
Adjusting My Diet to My Location (guest post).
As a guy who has moved around a lot, one of the things I've had to continuously adjust is my food intake and diet. In the past 10 years I've moved from Canada to St. Kitts to Austin, Texas to Canada to Barbados to Belize to Austin to Grenada. Yeah, I get around. But one thing that might not be immediately apparent is the change in food availability and how it has affected my ... Continue Reading
Musings on enjoying the process.
I don't know what the blog version of FAKEBOOKING is---but, in rereading this post, I think I accidentally did it. It's not that I wasn't excited to get a book deal (those who know me well know this is a process I started back in 2000), I just knew--unlike my beloved fiction writing--getting a "deal" was merely a permission slip to do work. You see, in the world of non-fiction, an agent ... Continue Reading
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