Things I Learned from Running a Spartan Race

Last week, I ran my first EVER Spartan Race! In 2013, I started running, and navigated my way through races of different lengths, from 5ks to Half Marathons. I have since given up on running races (they don’t support my current fitness/lifestyle desires), but I’ve always wanted to try an obstacle course race. Here are…

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Surround Yourself With Positivity

In my pre-coaching days, I didn’t realize the impact of the Law of Attraction. I used to hate making eye contact with people (yes, I can be shy!) and I had a huge protective wall surrounding myself. One of my dear friends challenged me around this idea, and suggested that I start smiling and making eye…

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Traveling with Little Ones

In the spirit of kicking off my summer of travel, the first thing that came to mind was a time one of my best friends and her husband were prepping to take their first flight with a little one in tow, and she called me for some advice on how to do this with as…

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The Ripple Effect

I’ve been having lots of conversations lately surrounding this concept of a “ripple effect” in life. More specifically, how addressing something in one area of your life can impact other areas of your life as well. For instance, if you’re not exercising as much as you’d like (or not at all), what might change if…

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Being okay with saying no…

I’m so committed to everything that I do that I usually pull out all the stops to make stuff happen. But this weekend, I had to pull back and say no to something I really wanted. Although I’m a little sad (and also cringing at the fact that my decision cost me a couple hundred…

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