Kindness breeds kindness (guest post).

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I have learned so much about patience, attitude, faith and fearlessness from Krysten.Ā  I've invited her over today to share her musings on the notion of kindness. I readĀ this article - 15 things Incredibly Happy People Do - last week. And I loved the principles! A lot of the things listed are things I try to do in my everyday. But I admit there are times, where the wear of the ... Continue Reading

Can kindness encourage a healthy lifestyle (guest post)?

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Kids watch. Kids become what we tell them they are. Please to welcome Tara.Ā  I invited her here today to share a story about her child and about kindness.Ā  It's a reminder we big people types always need... I'm not one to say "Hey, Look what my kid did", but I saw someone's request about kindness stories and got to thinking, can Acts of Kindness promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle? So ... Continue Reading

When good habits go rogue (guest post).

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Hi! Ashleigh here! In November, Carla wrote this really thought-provoking post on shedding good habits. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend you do. Go on...I'll still be here when you get back! When I read that post, I pretty much immediately knew what "good" habit I was needing to shed: nap taking. See, power naps can be helpful. I'm sure many of us have heard how 20-30 minute ... Continue Reading

A gift to me (guest post).

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Please to enjoy Jennifer's post-response to my musings on gifting myself a DO NOTHING holiday season. A couple of weeks agoĀ I walked intoĀ an electronics storeĀ and a friendly salesperson came right over to me. ā€œCan I help you?ā€ I stared blankly at him, tempted to walk away. Poor guy. Let me start in the beginning. I went to the store to get a Garmin GPS watch to use for running, an early ... Continue Reading

Happiness is the path (guest post)

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Not only am I super honored Krysten has written us a guest post---she's spending her *birthday* with us on top of it all.Ā  Join me in thanking her for her musings and wishing her a happy and HEALTHY year to come. A little while ago Carla wrote a post titled "the way you do one thing is the way you do EVERYTHING". I thought it was it was an interesting idea, but the notion didn't really ... Continue Reading

Adoption: The Ultimate Gift (guest post).

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Carla note: Id say, given the fantastic post below, Brandy IS a writer.Ā  I'm so grateful to her for chiming in here during National Adoption Month.Ā  You can connect with her and her husband on their Facebook page as well. Wow, what did I just do. Iā€™m not a writer! In fact, Iā€™m the furthest thing from it; Iā€™m a banker. So what am I doing writing a blog about the most intense, emotional, ... Continue Reading

Walking a half-marathon (guest post).

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I have run over a dozen half marathons in the last 5 years. Iā€™ve written about a lot of them in my blog,Ā  Running For My Life, and annoyed my friends with the constant tales from my training and from the races themselves. Iā€™ve encouraged many to become runners and by others been told that if I bring up the running thing one more time theyā€™re disowning me. But one time, I did something in ... Continue Reading

Don’t push yourself! (guest post)

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Push past your limits. Don't quit. You can do more than you think you can. When you want to stop, that's when you work harder. Keep going no matter what. Do more than you did yesterday. Pretty common mantras floating around the fitness world, eh? You can't go on Pinterest, browse through Instagram, or follow a fitness associated Twitter account without seeing things like this on a daily ... Continue Reading

There’s NOTHING wrong with FITSPO! (counterpoint guest post)

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Thanks so much to David for making the time to share his differing viewpoint. While I still firmly believe FITSPO is harmful to our girls---I will concede to almostkindasorta being swayed to his perspective. When I first read Carlaā€™s two headlines about how she hates fitspo, I couldnā€™t think of a reason why. I donā€™t particularly care for or seek out the images myself, but I understand the ... Continue Reading

Are you *emotionally* overweight? (guest post)

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When was the last time someone said something to you that Totally. Blew. Your Mind? It happened to me this summer. Hereā€™s the story. I was sitting next to a woman at a meeting, and we begin chatting about our children (of course). She shared that her 14 year-old daughter had recently met her long-lost father who, after more than a decade of being ghost, resurfaced with a burning desire to ... Continue Reading

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