This past weekend I had a very moving conversations. I received a phone call from a former client, that had recently gone through a serious rough patch in her own life. She had told me she had recently filed for divorce after watching her own husband fall prey to alcoholism. Despite the severity of her […]
Unbreakable
I was sitting outside the new apartment last night, looking around the scenery of this new neighborhood in my old home town. The day had been one of my harder days, days when I felt so out of my wits that I couldn’t think straight, or perhaps thinking about one thing in particular that has […]
Get Up! Rising to the Season of Strong
It’s the first day of Spring, and I couldn’t be happier about kicking things off into this brand new season! Over the weekend, I spent a ton of time with friends back in my hometown of Greensburg, talking shop on all things related to starting new seasons in life. Last week I made mention of […]
Say A Difficult Thing
Interruptions. Set backs. Travel all over the effing place, resulting in loss of time. Cancellations, rescheduling, worky worky work. This was me every day last week, and you may have seen my instagram post on Saturday when I decided to swing away all the rage. Life is beautiful, amazing and a precious gift, but it […]
Redefining “Strength”
Over the weekend I spent some time with some close friends of mine talking shop on hardships, personal struggles, and finding strength when you just feel like you can’t possibly keep going on day in and day out. Some of the stories I heard this weekend were of troubling relationships that have since ended, the […]
The Strength in Support
Over the weekend I found myself in an difficult conversation over a difficult subject with a friend. The past year and a half of my life was filled with what seemed like the non stop physical battle of climbing over one obstacle after another after another. The constant “Go! Go! Go!” of my life eventually […]
Crossing over Bridges : Laying a Healthy Foundation for 2017
Ok ok ok! It isn’t quite Christmas yet, but I am already excited for this new year to kick off! Last week I spent a majority of my own time wrapping up my own new writing pieces and working ahead on the new VIP monthly coaching program to launch next week! Taking the time to […]
Pressing Through Difficulty
Yesterday I had a discussion with one of my friends in the obstacle racing community. She had told me that she entered into the sport to deal with a very serious problems stemming from her suffering with PTSD. While I do not know the entire details of the traumatic events that lead to such suffering, […]
The Narrative We Tell Ourselves Determines Our Reality
I cannot tell you how often I have heard the phrase “I am stuck” these past few weeks. As a coach, I take that to heart considering it is my job to get you where you want to be physically through eating smart and training even smarter. I can remember a coach of mine a […]
Beaten Into Submission: External Vs Internal Negativity, and How to Break Through it All
How’s that for a mouthful of a title? What a week last week was in the life of the avid strength athlete! Yours truly travelled across the states to spend time at the Women’s Fitness Summit, and had some time to talk shop on the Motivation and Muscle Podcast with Eric Fiorillo. While I would […]