WELLNESS BLOG
It usually starts on a Sunday night.
You have had enough. Enough eating whatever was easiest. Enough skipping workouts. Enough staying up too late. Enough feeling tired, stiff, sluggish, scattered, ...
Some people make healthy living look strangely effortless.
You know the type.
They pack their lunch without making it a whole emotional event. They go for walks like it is simply part of the day. Th...
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 Donā€™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...
"Health Is the First Step to Freedom"
I say this a lot, and I mean it every time: health is the first step to freedom.
Not the final destination. Not the whole point of being alive. Not the trophy a...
What Happened When Our Homes Turned Away From Each Other?
On my morning walk, I started thinking about the difference between a front porch and a back porch.
A back porch says: come away from the wo...
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...
When did health become something we had to prove visually?
I do not mean that as a throwaway question. I mean it sincerely. When did health stop being something we experienced from the inside and bec...
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...
