The importance of living with margins.

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Teaching the child about margins. circa 2013. Once upon a time, I was offered an amazing opportunity. I couldn't believe it. I was excited. I looked at my stacks of notes scrawled on scraps of paper hi-level, organized schedule and concluded I couldn't say yes. I was committed (child stuff). I was busy (work stuff). I simply could not fit in another thing. I clearly recall ... Continue Reading

4 finger gratitude

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I'd imagined this next post would be filled with snippets about our trip. Most likely not too many personal details, but a smattering of photos and surface-type stories about our time in Guatemala. This isn't that post. Less than 8 hours before we were to depart--we were faced with a decision which forced us to cancel our trip. For reasons I wont share, but for reasons which resulted ... Continue Reading

4 ways to build resilience.

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The ability to bounce back is a crucial life-skill. I've written about grit. I've yammered about being brazen. Lately, however, the focus here has veered away from both those things and careened toward the concept of resilience. Nothing exemplifies the tween years more than unexpected friendship breakups, misunderstandings, and unrequited affections. Un. Un. Un. And, whether you're ... Continue Reading

6 Lessons Dr. Seuss Teaches About Healthy Living.

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I'm asked all the time about my tattoos. Everything from Won't you regret them when your skin sags? (Nah, I await colorful-droopage) to May I touch them?? (typically asked by the under-5 crowd, it's not really a query & I kinda the exuberant leg rubs). Since Texas is often shorts weather my leg sleeve is the most visible. As a result, it's the art I'm most frequently asked ... Continue Reading

Poverty Porn: is voluntourism wrong?

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Lately Ive considered what's next for me career-wise. I don't know anything will change, but I feel a void. A sense of something missing and needing to be added to what I currently do. I approach all things (work, play, life) as I approach healthy living: Whenever possible, I add to. I add in. I love what I do. I don't want to "take away" as that feels punitive. Yet the nagging ... Continue Reading

3 ways to survive ghosting by a friend.

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For years I've remarked how all of life is like dating. Friendship, job interviews, networking, actual dating, making mom friends--they all depend on similar interactions in order to succeed. Do more listening than talking, watch body language, engage, court, follow up, note nonverbal cues… It's really all the same. This is why it should have come as no surprise what I experienced last ... Continue Reading

I never felt stoppable.

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When I launched my second blog, MizFit, it was "enough" to merely possess a passion for healthy living. It was 2006. I was just back from Guatemala. Gnarls Barkley was all the rage. Skinny jeans juusssst starting to emerge on the Austin hipster scene. And The Biggest Loser television show was born. Readers embraced my message, but because of the new focus on tremendous weight-loss ... Continue Reading

One year. 75 times.

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W for walking and for #wycwyc. I have this thing where once a year I meet up with my sister and a friend and we walk 13.1 miles. We could do coffee. We could float. We opt for a half-marathon. We crazy like that. My sister lives in Austin and I see her all the time. My friend is a different story. To my chagrin, we chit chat sporadically during the intervening 364 days, but don't have ... Continue Reading

Ditch the bio for a FUTURE-O.

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this incarnation of Carla possessed an entirely different bio Nothing strikes frazzle into the heart of a freelancer like the words: Send a bio and we're ready to publish! Challenging story assignment? We rise to the occasion. Full rewrite of what we'd thought was already amazing? No worries. Whatever it takes! New bio required in order to git paid? Complete and utter ... Continue Reading

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