The Sucky Rotation Schedule & The Suck Line

It’s baaaack!  I’m talking about this puppy again! A few years ago received an email from a reader, and it went something like this: I am racing my first 70.3 in a few months. I do most of my workouts when my family is asleep — this translates to 4:30am mornings. Even still, the long […]

The MYTH of Balance: Yes, Myth.

“All I need in my life is BALANCE, right?” Wrong. YOUR BRAVE MIND is back! With TWO back-to-back programs in the month of August. It’s time to debunk the myth of balance. [That’s right:  we said MYTH.] In our BRAND NEW 10 DAY online event, join America’s Achievement Expert, Deb Cheslow, and me, Meredith Atwood, as […]

Two Things that Change Most Everything

Nights like this, I remember with great clarity why I was a drinker. I can’t sleep.  I’m on a bad streak. This isn’t anything new for me.  It’s a recurring theme, and I would almost bet $100 if I texted my momma, she would be awake too.  We are weird like that. One of my […]

Toxic Thoughts, Toxic People

How does anyone change… like for real, change? When the cost of staying the same is more painful then changing?  That’s one way to look at it–and I think that’s a great way. I know, for me, when I decided to become a triathlete, it was because the pain of not doing something powerful and weird and […]

RIP: The Gift of “Running in Public”

I had a great talk with Josh Mathe yesterday for the podcast.  He’s the author of the new book, I, Athlete: How to unleash your inner athlete and supercharge your life! —-which talks about all the great things that we can do to help ourselves, well, unleash our inner athlete. I loved talking with Josh, and I’ll be […]

Keep Building.

Tony Robbins said in a recent podcast (I am paraphrasing) that in order for someone to be the tallest building on the block–there are two ways to achieve this end: 1. You can work hard and build the tallest building, brick by brick OR steel by steel–which takes incredible effort, time, money and energy. OR 2. […]