3 Things for a Better Day: a Sneaky Mindfulness Experiment

It’s no secret that I have struggled with mindfulness and meditation. #SameOldStoryAnotherDay This week’s episode of the podcast is with Josh Mathe (who was also on Episode 25). We talk about all sorts of things…BUT we also decided to do a 30-day meditation challenge. If you are interested in braving meditation with me and Josh, […]

3 Ways to Pick Yourself Up When You’ve Fallen Down

“Struggle is the gold.” – image from Ishita Gupta at Tribe Conference. As I had my second large cookies and cream milkshake of the week, which has been followed by a week tons of unhealthy food, I wondered, “Why am I really back here again?” [I can really take something to the next level, by the way.] […]

5 Ways to Get a Grip When You’ve “Let Yourself Go”

I cringe and bristle when I hear this phrase: “Oh, but she has let herself go.” First of all, as someone who was an expert in letting myself go, I found it offensive that someone else also noticed that I was in the business of doing exactly that. Second of all, no one understands the battles, struggles […]

Olympic Weightlifter to Triathlete (Fast Twitch to Slow Twitch)

Someone emailed me and asked if I would write about how my former sport of Olympic weightlifting translated into me becoming an endurance athlete later in life. Simply put: No translation.  Lost in Translation.  Apples and Oranges. But that is not completely true. Many don’t know the whole story of my previous-life athletic feats (and non-feats). […]

Five Things from One Second

This is a story of cause and effect. This morning, I clicked “Buy Tickets.” 1.   I decided to order tickets to a baseball game. In that “Buy Tickets” single-click moment of decision, I could feel the almost-fall air in the shiny-new SunTrust Stadium for the Atlanta Braves. (Atlanta being the keyword in this story.) I was […]

Why We Can’t Fill Our Cracks

When I made the decision to quit  _______, I had reached the “up to here” point. I draw a long line to fill in the blank, because really, I have quit so many things at this point, you can fill in the blank. Binge Eating Legal Work Race Starts Writing a fiction book Writing another […]

26.2 and 7.5 Weeks to Go

First and foremost… hearts and prayers going out to Texas and Houston. Ironman Foundation has asked that we share the relief efforts and what it is doing to help the community where many of its races are held. In a historic time of need, join us in supporting the Harvey relief efforts in three different […]

Flipping Faith in Humanity

I lost a little faith in humanity over the last five months. It started with a “friend” who turned into psycho-Satan incarnate. The abrupt end of that relationship made me think, Okay, seriously…. there’s no possible way to trust anyone again. However, knowing that’s not really true, I picked myself up by the bootstraps and moved […]

Finishing in the Dark, Finding the Light

Adapted from Triathlete Article Our two kiddos were around the wee ages of four and five during the year I tackled my first Ironman in Couer d’Alene. Now, I don’t recommend trying to do the insanity that is Ironman training with a four and five year-old, a full-time job, and all the responsibilities that come […]