If we had coffee…

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  A little while ago I stumbled upon this blog post. It resonated with me because it's precisely how blog reading feels/is to me.  I read blogs in the morning with my coffee *before* the zaniness of my day begins. I also liked the concept because my favorite blogs to *read* are written in that manner.   As if we were just two friends getting together and chatting over coffee. Ive ... Continue Reading

We are storytellers.

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  Sometimes I forget who I am. It's not (fingerquote) a mom-thing (unFQ)  as I loathe when women denigrate other women by implying their lives are easy by virtue of the fact they have no children. It's a human thing. We're all so busy being super, nailing deadlines and crossing stuffs off our to-do lists who has time to focus on self-definitions? Until a few weeks ago Id have ... Continue Reading

RAOK: Take What You Need Day!

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  I stumbled upon this image right before our move to Oakland. Pre-great decluttering of 2012 and post-knowing where we'd soon reside. When I shared the with social media friends I found *great* solace in their sentiment of Your new hometown would totally embrace that!! Ive printed.  Ive copied.  Ive made nice, messy, cut-marks at the bottom of the papers. (And Ive ... Continue Reading

I got bored.

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  I was never, ever bored as a child---or so I told my parents. You see, we were raised on the belief only boring people get bored. Anytime I'd grow close to lamenting boredom to one parent or the other Id quickly remembered this fact. I imagined what their cure to my boredom might be. I feared what project or chore they'd offer to lessen my current state of ... Continue Reading

Fighting our happiness set point.

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Our 2013 gratitude jar commitment has gone better than I'd dared to hope. Quite frankly I'd envisioned the project as something Id have to nudge the Tornado to grow enthusiastic about. To my surprise, it's SHE who usually grabs our pretty pink papers & announces it's time to write down our thankful thoughts: She enjoys both the process of writing down her gratitude & the ... Continue Reading

In a food fantasy what would YOU eat?

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Before I start this post I need to state clearly and openly Im biased. I ADORE LINDSAY. I tell her frequently, and probably STILL NOT ENOUGH, how her blog is one of the first I read each morning because of its fitness by way of personal development twist.  She's pretty religious (spiritual?). Im pretty spiritual (religious?). And, even though we dont worship in the same fashion, many of ... Continue Reading

We *are* all SUPERWOMEN.

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  I love the blog Mommy Run Fast. Laura is talented, smart and consistently posts thought provoking content. A few weeks ago I read her musings on the pressure we women put on ourselves/each other to be SUPERWOMEN. I wholly agreed with her assertion we simply CAN NOT BE all things to all people. We can not have it all. Laura shared: Shouldn’t we focus on the stuff that ... Continue Reading

The power of MONOtasking.

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We've established Im a misfit. If theres a normal order to something---chances are I'll do it backwards.  My life just unravels unfolds that way. As a result, I was the Queen of Multitasking *before* we made our duo a trio. I was renown (not in a good way) for my ability to simultaneously talk on the phone, email, plan a client's workout, do my own workout, & edit an ... Continue Reading

4 tips for teaching little (& big) people body confidence.

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The older I become the more I realize life is cyclical. When I was younger I EXPECTED my body to perform on command---and usually it did. These days when my bod complies I stop, take note and appreciate. I *long* to pass this body confidence on to the Tornado and yet---while it's a huge priority---I pretty much fly by the seat pants fancy tights. I strive each day to beat back ... Continue Reading

BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP!

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 click for a free sample chapter!   Yes, People, it's the last day of the first month of the New Year. Or, translated, almost the month where most of us realize we've dropped our goals & it's time to get back on track. Dropped, changed, tweaked, revamped---anything but failed because failure isnt an option with ELEVEN months left to git back to our healthy living ... Continue Reading

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