In an ideal world, we’d all be heading daily to our favorite yoga studio, where we can practice with our beloved instructor, the one who is creative, intuitive and knows how to describe each movement so well. There are many reasons that doesn’t work for a lot of people. Time or money constraints is a common […]
Taking Charge of My Health with EverlyWell
Thanks to EverlyWell and Fit Approach for this opportunity to learn how to take charge of my health. All opinions are, as always, my own. Years ago, I pretty much took life, and my health, for granted. I didn’t really exercise much, didn’t think about what I ate, I even smoked cigarettes. When I was […]
Zu-chini Alfredo Recipe: Vegan, Gluten-Free, High Protein
Thanks to Fit Approach and Bob’s Red Mill for sponsoring this post. All opinions (and the recipe!) are my own. I am so excited to share this Zu-chini Alfredo recipe with you! I’ve been playing with the recipe for a few weeks, using cashews and Bob’s Red Mill Protein and Fiber as the base, and […]
The Dangers of Youth Soccer: Protecting Our Kids from Injury
When my boys were young, I subscribed to the theory of keeping them so busy that they didn’t have time to get into trouble. For the most part, that meant sports. Both of my sons played all the sports. Football, baseball, soccer, basketball, and even track (my youngest held the school record in the 400m […]
10 Reasons to Get Out of the Heat and Escape to Monterey!
As I write this, it is about 95 degrees outside and heating up to about 102 today. And it’s still early May! I live in the California desert near Palm Springs, and soon the temperatures will hover in the 110+ range. By anybody’s standards, that’s hot. Which is why, planning an escape to Monterey sounds […]
My Kind of Triathlon: Wanderlust 108 Festival presented by Cottonelle
I haven’t written much about my failure as a triathlete (because who wants to write about failure, after all?) Swimming just wasn’t my thing, cycling bothered my back, and eventually running just called out to me. But what if I could create my own dream triathlon? What if there was no swimming or cycling involved? […]