The other day, I was walking with my kiddo (another adult) and 4 more kids.
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We were encouraging them ALL to walk to an endpoint (the playground) but they kept stopping and playing with ice puddles and sticks.
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“Let’s get goin” I would say…
And then, after about 5-10 minutes, I gave up, but in ...

When I offer a movement option to clients, and they tell me "no" or that's not right for my body today, it makes me happy (not that their job is to make me happy) BUT what I know is that they are starting to get a feel for what feels okay for their body on different days.
when they are grieving,...

I used to loathe writing until I made it my own. I think that my exploration with writing has a lot of parallels with healing your relationship with exercise.

one of the things that can help you (if you're having trouble getting started with working out on a particular day is...)
Allowing ease (or asking yourself how you can incorporate ease
Another thing can be adding play- allowing your workout/movement session to be FUN and then..
there's adding 'sh...

When I first began teaching group fitness in 2010, I used to think I was begin kind by telling the participants to 'grab their equipment (whatever was needed) and a smile and ...blah blah blah.
Now, as I've grown leading fitness, I have shifted my message to "bring whatever emotion you what, what...

Learn new ways-
By shifting your gaze
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When you’re learning to approach exercise differently- practice taking that rest break is important.
But how do we do that?

By first practicing “the pause”
And here’s one way to do so.

Next time you’re outside walking
Stop.
Gain your footing & balance and...

We ALL have feelings and Emotions-
And being able to recognize those feelings is important when it comes to healing your relationship with exercise.
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A 1:1 client came to the session last week feeling ‘meh’ so we grabbed our walking sticks and map and explored “what that felt like” for them.
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T...

I delete all social media from my phone on the weekends.
I’ve been doing this for over 6 months now and so far (in my life at this time) it works for me to continue to show up for the business.
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I tried other ways that worked for other people, but none of them worked for me.
I knew I had to find...

When I get asked “where do I even begin, when it comes to liking exercise?”
I start with empathy-
Understanding how and why were here…
And one (1) of those reasons is that we’ve been told that "external indicators are wiser than we are"
In this video, I tell a story about my daughter associating ...

Let’s say you’re thinking about working out- and have a hesitancy to do so-And then some random workout quote pops in your head “a workout is only 4% of your day” or “no pain, no gain” And you start to think “awwww crap- you suck” TRY THIS:

Trying having a back and forth dialogue with yourself–a...