WELLNESS BLOG
You would never train for a season with random effort.
You would not sign up for a marathon, jog once every three weeks, think vaguely about stretching, buy some new shoes, and then arrive at the sta...
There is a particular kind of grief that comes from remembering how strong, capable, and active you used to feel.
It is not always dramatic. It does not usually arrive with violins and a single tear ...
This Is the Lighthouse
There is a lot of noise in wellness.
So much noise.
Eat this, not that. Track this, avoid that. Fast longer. Sleep more. Sleep less. Lift heavier. Walk more. Walk less. Breat...
"I Don’t Want a Perfect Body. I Want One That Lets Me Live."
Somewhere along the way, a lot of people stopped trying to become healthy and started trying to become controllable.
Control the calories...
Your body is not a car.
I know this is inconvenient because the car metaphor is very popular. Something hurts, so we want to find the broken part. Replace it. Adjust it. Tighten it. Crack it. Medicat...
A healthy life does not happen in a vacuum.
It happens in homes, neighborhoods, kitchens, workplaces, friendships, grocery stores, routines, sidewalks, parks, calendars, conversations, and communitie...
Your Body Is Not the Problem
Your body may not be betraying you. It may be telling the truth about the life it has been asked to survive.
I know that sounds strange at first, because most people are...
Most people want a healthy body in the same way they want a clean house after ignoring the dishes for three weeks.
They want the result. They want the relief. They want the body to cooperate. They wa...
Over the weekend, I came across a sentence that stopped me cold, which is funny because nothing about the moment was dramatic. I was sitting on the grass at the Leland Wine and Food Festival with a gl...
How to relax when the whole world encourages the opposite.
I cannot tell you how many times I have told someone to relax and watched their face do something that could only be described as polite pan...
Stop waiting for the perfect season to get healthy. Build habits that fit the life you actually have.
Your body does not respond to one-off random acts of health.
I know, I know. Rude. Inconvenient....
Welcome to the journey back to yourself.
Let’s start with a question:
What does freedom mean to you?
For most people, it’s the ability to travel, to say no, to make decisions without fear, to wake u...
