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- Speaking of Fitness…..
- Lift Strong
- Category: fitness
- 3 Reasons You Should Do Interval Fitness Workouts
- Can Osteoporosis Be Reversed?
- How to Use an Interval Timer
- The Best Strength Training for Runners Book
- 20 Benefits of Walking
- Flexibility After 40
- Pool Yoga: Buoyancy and Balance
- Why Women Over 40 Need Muscle
- Quick and Easy Blister Recovery
- A Goal Setting Worksheet for SMART Goals
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- How to Find Time to Exercise
- The BEST Mom Fitness Home Exercise Program
- 3 Secrets to Starting an Exercise Habit that Sticks
- Best Home Exercise Equipment for Beginners
- Health Benefits of Ice Skating
- Exercise is the Best Posture Corrector
- How to Get Back Into Working Out
- Gift Guide for Fitness Fanatics
- 3 Last Minute Gifts That Won’t Break the Bank
- 10 Best Gifts for Fitness Freaks
- 3 Motivational Mantras for Better Fitness
- Top 3 Bodyweight Home Exercise Programs
- Get Fit Over 40 By Rejecting 5 Fitness Myths
- Why hot exercise works for women
- 3 Reasons Movement in Menopause Matters
- Bone Strengthening Activities You Can Do At Home
- Inca Trail Hike: A Review by the Senses
- The Ultimate Inca Trail Packing List
- All You Need to Know About the Machu Picchu Hike
- The Best Stationary Bike Desk
- Aqua Jogging Workouts: Deep Water Running Tips
- Overcome the Fitness Summer Slump
- Plyometric Circuit: An Explosive Workout
- Perimenopause Exercise: Building The Brain-Body Connection
- 10 Summer Workout Options
- What to Eat After A Workout
- How to Fit Exercise Into A Busy Schedule
- Health Coach vs Personal Trainer
- 8 Steps for Safely Returning to Exercise After Injury
- How to Choose Good Exercise Shoes
- Awesome Gift Ideas for Active Families
- The Incredible Health Benefits of Hiking
- Feel Good Fitness for Women over 40: An Aqua Yoga ECourse
- My Mother’s Greatest Gift
- 3 Ways a Personal Trainer Can Improve Your Running
- Raising the Next Generation of Runners
- Overcoming Gym Intimidation
- Fit in Fitness: A FREE 5-Day Challenge
- 2017 12 Days of Christmas Progressive Workout
- 3 Pitfalls of Early Parenting
- Going Deeper with Aqua Yoga
- Does Posture Really Affect Emotions?
- Running & Pregnancy: How to Be Well Balanced
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- A Road Map to Healthy Living
- The Taboo Talker
- It’s Recess Time!
- Top 7 Women’s Wellness Myths eBook
- It’s Time to Set New Goals
- Comrades Up Run Race Report- 2017
- A Texan’s Journey to Comrades 2017
- Taper Anxiety: 3 Ways to Calm Pre-Race Nerves
- Physical Wellness: Fitness, Nutrition & Hydration
- Race Report: Seabrook Lucky Trail Challenge
- Comrades Meet Up: Austin Edition
- How are all your resolutions going?
- Race Report: Austin Marathon 2017
- Run Proud! Run for Wildlands!
- Best Workout to End 2016?
- Decker Challenge Race Report
- 3 Proven Ways Fitness Science Supports Your Busy Lifestyle
- Working Out 2 Times A Day- It works!
- Run For the Water Race Report
- Making a Postpartum Exercise Plan
- An Awesome Small Space Workout
- Your Brain Needs Exercise!
- Race Report: Run Free Texas 80s 8K
- What is the Best Time for Exercise?
- A Professional Trainer’s Secrets for How to Find Time For Fitness
- Picking a Marathon Training Plan
- Comrades Update: The Costs of Running Comrades
- Comrades Update: What to Wear Pre-Race, Early KMs, and at the FINISH!
- Comrades Run: Race Day Support Marquee Service Review
- Comrades Route Bus Tour
- My Cheeky Monkey is TEN
- Comrades RACE REPORT
- Comrades Update: Getting to the Starting Line
- Karen’s Ten Commandments of Comrades
- What Do Runners Think About?
- So, It’s Been a Little Quiet Around Here
- Five Ways Running Comrades is Like Pregnancy
- Long Run Lament
- Three (More!) Exercises to Banish IT Band Pain
- Comrades Update: Thinking in Kilometers
- Grasslands Trail Run Marathon Race Report
- Massage for Runners: Three Ways to Be Nice to Your Body
- Comrades Marathon Women from Around the Globe
- Comrades Update: Cowtown 50K Race Report
- What Makes Muscles Grow? (A Beginner’s Guide)
- Comrades Update: The Infectious Spirit of Ubuntu
- How to Run in the Harsh Texas “Winter”
- My Daily Routine (Or, “How do you get it all done?”)
- Guest Post: Chris Caffey’s Top 10 Benefits of Bikram
- Plank Circuit v2.0
- Routine Exercise & What To Do When You Feel Stuck
- Comrades Update: Why am I doing this?
- Best Recommended Daily Exercise? Plank-ety Plank Plank Plank
- Comrades Training: The Importance of Strength Training
- Active Kids Reap Life-Long Benefits
- Hold it! A Static Circuit Workout
- The Beauty of Simplicity
- Need Some New Year’s Inspiration?
- Polar Bear Plunge 2016
- Comrades Update: Enjoying Rest
- Dallas Marathon Recap
- Yoga Club: Where Small Bodies Learn to Take Big Breaths
- Marathon Prep Checklist
- Four Minutes to Feeling Fab
- Comrades Update: Taper Crazies
- Three Exercises To Make You Run Faster (And Injury-Free!)
- Find a New Path
- Marathons and New Motherhood
- Comrades Update: It’s Wednesday!
- Guest Post: A New Mom’s Tip for Creating Balance
- Go Pro, Young Man!
- Women’s Wellness Through the Decades
- How to Do a Pull Up- Step Five
- Truth Bombs of Wellness: Wisdom from a Child
- How to do a Pull Up- Step Four
- Let Loose the Lion
- How to do a Pull Up- Step Three
- Comrades Update: I’m in!
- How to do a Pull Up- Step Two
- Spa Girl Tri: Three Times the Fun
- How to Do a Pull Up: Step One
- Underwater Awesome
- Aqua Yoga: Pranyama in the Pool
- You say, "Back-to-School?" I say, "Self-Care!"
- Aqua Yoga: Changing the Planes
- Aqua Yoga: Summertime Stress Relief
- Running the Cape Cod Rail Trail
- Comrades Training: Planning a Year-Long Program
- Summer Running on the Cape
- Product Review: HOKA ONE ONE
- Health at Every Size
- Trying a Tri
- Coach is in the House
- Summer Running Plans
- Review: Garmin Vivofit
- A Year in Preview
- Comrades Update: Phase II Planning
- Happy New Year!
- What to Pack When Travelling to a Marathon
- Doug Kurtis Marathon Training Plan Review
- Hansons Marathon Method Training Plan Review
- Run Less Run Faster Training Plan Review
- Marathon Training Plan Review: Smart Marathon Training
- Beach Bum & Fitness Fun
- Working out with Man’s Best Friend
- International Language of Futbol
- Marking Time
- Swim Workout: Keeping Cool, Getting Fit
- Summer Workout Options
- Swim Workout: Key Kit to Get Fit
- Water Safety: Annual Refresher
- Marathoning Made Complicated
- Mom Working Out: It Can Really Happen!
- Women’s Fitness in the Many Stages of Motherhood- Part I
- Swimming through Life
- Marathon Musings
- Barefoot Running
- Why do we Warm Up?
- Sports, Schedules & Siblings
- Hellish High Heels
- Spring Break!
- Do Shortcuts Work?
- A Calendar to Keep You** Honest
- The Search for Something New
- Planning for Summer
- Exercise Time on the Brain
- This is your Brain on Yoga
- Flying with Family
- For Student Safety
- Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
- 2014 Goals
- An Active Winter Break
- Healthy Holidays
- Gifting for Fit Friends: Donations
- Gifting for Fit Friends: Kids
- Gifting for Fit Friends: Mind/Body
- Gifting for Fit Friends: Runners & Cyclists
- Lifelong Learning
- Girl Scouts Get Fit
- Party on, MVPs!
- Holiday Plans
- Confessions of a Soccer Mom
- Hamster Dance
- Reaching the Outliers
- Move your Body, Move your Mind
- Guest Post: Designed for Activity
- Is Walking to School Part of Americana History?
- Product Review: SlimIce
- Falmouth Road Race Recap
- Guest Post: My Yoga "Conversion"
- Run for Fun
- Hiking to the Beach
- Vacation Ground Rules
- Happy Independence Day!
- Miles for Miracles
- A Father’s Influence: Fitness
- Aqua Kriya Yoga is Here!
- Fun in the Sun
- Summer Set Up
- The Pain of Motherhood
- Hey, Mom
- Winding Down
- Nutrition & Fitness for Busy Moms
- Run a Marathon in Just ONE Month!
- On Target Teaching
- Can we talk?
- Be Well, Do Good
- Get your Goods for Less
- The Sad Truth about Sitting
- What is circuit training anyway?
- The Thrill of Victory!
- Bootcamp Buddies
- Virtual Bootcamp: How Does It Work?
- Family, Food, and Fitness
- The Very Best Playdate Ever
- Be specific! (But don’t tell me what I can’t do)
- More Music for your Monday
- Movement for the Thinking Person
- The Reality of Workouts for Moms
- Mama Power
- Learning from Experience (Part I)
- What’s your motivation?
- Planning for Success: Schedule Exercise to Make It Happen
- Planning for Success
- Parent Resources- To the Rescue!
- Pre-Wedding Workout
- Sneaky Workouts
- No School? Time for the Pool!
- May is the new December
- Playground Fitness: A Fun & Sneaky Workout
- Scottie Strong!
- Wake Up!
- The ABCs of Pre/Postnatal Exercise
- Plan for Success
- Strong Finish
- Great Gorillas!
- Goal Setting, Spring 2012
- How to Burn 100 Calories
- Find Some Time for Fitness
- Ladder Workout: A Countdown Circuit to do at home
- Exercise, Encouragement, & Strength in Numbers
- Kids and Exercise: A Parent’s Dream, Right?!
- Ten Tips for Sneaky Exercise
- Want to Exercise More? What’s Your Motivation?
- The Best Exercise After Giving Birth
- Good Exercises for Kids: Old School Edition
- 3 Tricks to Building a Consistent Habit of Exercise
- Category: food
- Five Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
- Dietary Changes for Perimenopause
- Conscious Eating: A Well Balanced Approach
- 10 Ways to Eat Less at Mealtimes
- When You Eat Can Be As Important As What You Eat
- 10 Easy Ways to Cut Calories When Eating Out
- The Body Image Blueprint Book Review
- Ultimate Meal Planning For Super Busy People
- A Secret Weapon for Meal Planning
- Product Review: Rally
- The Magic of Meal Planning
- Kudos to the Kitchen Kid
- Summer Nectarine Salad
- You’re Driving Me Nuts!
- Throwback Thursday: An Updated Super Summer Salad
- How to Be a Calorie Counter
- One Bad Decision….
- Strawberries in Springtime
- Planting Seeds for Growth
- Super Snackers!
- Confusing Food Packaging
- Sugar-Free Me
- A Fondness for Farro
- Fall Flavors
- Supplemental Thoughts
- School Lunch Strategy
- Green Smoothie Goodness
- Summer Fruits
- Summer Set Up: Snacks
- More Yummies From Pinterest
- Yummies from Pinterest
- The Addictive "Nature" of "Food"
- Superfast Shrimp Stirfry
- Super Foods for the Superbowl
- Ten Ways to Eat Less at Mealtime
- Healthy Snacking in a Hurry
- Category: healthy living
- 3 Dirty Words in Women’s Health
- 10 Best Wellness Gifts Under $50
- 5 Reasons Life Begins at 40
- Spit Saves Lives: Will You Be The Match?
- Top 10 Perimenopause Questions
- Bladder Leakage: A Common (not normal) Problem
- 9 Strategies to Lower Cortisol Naturally
- Bedtime Routines: Not Just for Babies
- The Ultimate Gift Guide for Women over 40
- Can’t Sleep? 3 Common Sleep Problems
- Five Fabulous Fatigue Fighters
- Who has time for Self-Care anyway?
- Creativity as Self-Care: A Prescription for Fun
- 9 Personal Wellness Goals for Better Life Balance
- Easy Ways to Drink More Water
- Natural Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar
- The Hydration Myth: How Much Water Do I Need?
- Life Journal: A Simple Act of Self Care for Lower Stress
- Kanban Planning: A Healthy Habit to Adopt
- PMS Cravings & Your Cycle
- Stress Relief in Perimenopause
- How to Talk with your Daughter About Changes During Puberty
- What to Look For When You Hire A Personal Trainer
- A New Idea of Self-Care
- Family Hiking in Big Bend
- Mastering Your Mindset
- 8 Holiday Wellness Tips for a Healthy Festive Season
- 5 Healthy Black Friday Deals
- Posture Hacks for Everyday Activities
- How Being a Goal Planner Helps You Reach Your Dreams
- Top 10 Wellness Gifts for Women
- 8 FREE Self Care Ideas
- Why is my metabolism slowing down?
- Why is Vitamin D important for women?
- What’s the Difference Between Perimenopause and Menopause?
- Five Easy Ways to Get More Vitamin D
- Body Blessing Gratitude Meditation
- The Power of Meditation: A 10 Day Experiment
- Cultivating Mind Body Balance in Everyday Life
- Decode Your Menstrual Cycle Phases
- The Best Adventure Clothing for Women Over 40
- 5 Must-Read Wellness Books
- How The Mental Workload At Home Affects Menopause
- What does a Health Coach do?
- 5 Habits to Track to Create My Healthy Life
- What Does it Mean to Live Intentionally?
- Is the Fab Fit Fun Box Worth It?
- How I Achieved the Scariest Goal I Ever Set
- Balancing Blood Sugar
- 4 Tools for Maximizing Your Self Care Practices
- Quality Health Information at Your Fingertips
- I Am Becoming: Retreat to Move Forward
- Finding Contentment in a Busy World
- Self-Care Lessons from My 12-year-old Son
- Common Questions About Perimenopause
- Connect the Mind and Body with Gratitude
- Break Through Mental Barriers
- 5 Affordable Wellness Gifts for Mom
- 26 Reasons to Love Your Body
- Drops in the Bucket List: A Motivational Printable
- Tell Me About Your Bright Idea!
- Using a Personal Mantra to Reach Your Goals
- Why Is Information About Perimenopause So Hard to Find?
- Mountain Biker Mama
- Considering Hiring A Health Coach?
- What To Expect from a Virtual Health Coach
- Did You Know Your Cell Phone Supports Mental Health?
- Your Well Woman Check Could Save Your Life
- Need a Brilliant Life Planner?
- 4 Ways A Habit Tracker Helps You Succeed
- Fall Fashion for Active Women
- Self-Care as Escapism
- 5 COMPLETELY FREE Acts of Self-Care
- Spiritual Wellness: Purpose and Passion
- Mental Wellness: 3 Strategies to Improve Your Health
- Top 7 Women’s Wellness Myths
- The Sleep Myth
- The Incontinence Myth
- The Competition Myth
- The Memory Myth
- The Mama Martyr Myth
- The Willpower Myth
- 7 Wellness Myths That Keep You From Soaring!
- 5 Fab Women’s Wellness Gifts
- The Female Achievement Triad: Three Self Sabotaging Behaviors
- Review: Meditation Bar
- Can Planning and Goal-Setting Actually Be Fun?
- OnBalance Off-Balance
- The Power of Potential
- Full Moon, Broken Sleep
- Water Bottle Blues
- Women’s Work
- Birth Story
- Back to School
- Monotasking
- The Ragweed Rundown
- My Missing Link
- Summer MVPs
- Motivation
- Wednesday Wellness: Thai Yoga Massage
- Becoming SMARTER
- Category: menopause
- Perimenopause Insomnia: Get Better Sleep Tonight!
- 3 Benefits of Meditation for Menopause Relief
- Estrogen Dominance Symptoms Explained
- 11 Must Read Menopause Books
- Natural hgh in Women: What You Need to Know
- 5 Natural Ways to Cool Off From Hot Flashes
- Menopause Hair Loss: Can it be stopped?
- Flip the Menopause Mindset: Survive & Thrive in Midlife
- Category: perimenopause
- Category: postpartum
- Category: prenatal
- Category: running
- 5 Things to Consider Before Running a Marathon for the First Time
- Cold Weather Workout Clothes From Head to Toe
- Comrades Update: Guest Post from Fellow Comrades Novice Steve Shopoff
- Comrades Update: A Lighthearted Look at the Training Time Investment
- Comrades Update: Miracle Match Ultramarathon Race Report
- Comrades Update: Phase II Planning
- Comrades Update: Travel Planning
- Comrades Update: Darkness Befalls Me
- Summer Running Results
- Comrades Marathon Update: Planning & Logistics
- Throwback Thursday: 2014 New York City Marathon
- Boston, Dear Boston
- Help Hali Help Pets!
- What’s Your Beat?
- 2012 AAPER AISD Cross Country Race
- Dates Announced: 3rd Annual FREE Running Clinic
- Happy National Running Day!
- Love Running? Hate Running?
- Running the Capital
- Category: Uncategorized
- Less Stress in 3 Simple Steps
- Who Else Needs a Healthy Eating Reboot?
- Don’t let prolapse happen to you! Fitness Essentials for Women
- Fitness for Real Life: A Beginner’s Guide
- Guest Post: Amy Hardison Finds Her New Groove
- Giveaway: The Trail of Lights
- School’s Out For The Summer!
- Dealing with Loss
- Product Review: Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender
- Resource Review & Giveaway: Moms In Charge
- Stay Fit This Summer!
- Safety first!
- More Music for your Monday
- Thankful
- Zippin’
- Freedom for Birth
- Happy Birthday!
- Join me in a place I call Reality
- Topsy Turvy
- Lunchbox Lamentation
- Off to the Circus (again)
- Vacation Exploration
- Eat Cleanly
- What's on your plate?
- Welcome, Summer
- Guilty Pleasure, Good Reminder
- Mothers Day and Midwifery
- So Close
- A Tribute to a Trailblazer
- My Future Milers
- Looking Back/Looking Ahead
- Bodies, Birth, & Baby Rosa
- Thinking of Big Bend
- 12 Days of Christmas
- Embracing Change
- Year-In-Review
- A Weighty Issue
- Family Fitness Traditions
- Stay Healthy Through the Holidays
- 30-Day Yoga Challenge
- Wellness for Less
- Small Business Saturday Special
- For the Love of Sport
- On your mark….
- Prenatal Group Exercise Class
- A Soup Swap Primer
- Knowing When to Say When
- International Walk to School Day
- Bedrest Fitness: Not an oxymoron!
- Reflections on the Autumnal Equinox
- Tri-Style: An athlete-inspired styling event
- Have a healthy pregnancy!
- A Blooming Great Idea
- Superfast Summer Salad
- Balancing a New Bundle
- Fun Places to Play
- Wednesday Workout: Water
- On the Road
- Summer Blog Tour 2010
- Race Recap: Congress Avenue Mile
- My Family Tree
- Making Peace on Mother's Day
- Ten Ways to Say: Happy Active Mother's Day!
- Sneaky Workout: Stairs
- Thinking Happy Thoughts
- Why I hate "bootcamps"
- Full Moon Yoga
- What's Your Plan?
- Time to Get Growing!
- Bread, Glorious Bread
- Four Weeks Down, Two to Go
- Nutrition in the New Year
- Balance and the Work at Home Woman
- Shopoff Showoff 50K
- Five Minutes of Reflection
- Holiday Party Survival Guide
- Being Thankful
- Pushing the Reset Button
- High-Flying Friends
- Hiking Half Dome
- A Souper Idea
- Just what I NIA'd
- Log Book vs. Journaling
- Routine Wellness
- What's holding you back?
- The Sound of Silence
- Father’s Day and Fitness
- Slow! Down!
- Crossing the Finish Line
- How am I doing?
- Who resolved to improve fitness in '09?
- Staying Positive in an Unbalanced World
- Time vs. Distance
- Be Proud!
- Looking backward; looking forward
- Peace
- Finding my Fire
- Values
- Year-End Reflections
- A Well-Balanced Morning
- Giving Thanks
- Elusive Perfection
- Happy times
- Hello world!