Practicing lots of self-care this week as I transition from my primary role being a student to my primary role being a full-time employee. Been doing a lot of reflection on the process of getting here. I found a quote from my paper journal that says, “If 2017 was a year of shedding, 2018 is…… Continue reading Heal your core wound

I am brimming with feeling as I write this. When I started this little blog back in November 2016, I had just started doing the work on myself. I got a quiet intuitive hit in August 2016 that things could be better and that I had the power to figure that out. I put down…… Continue reading The pay-off

Transmission to my younger self a few days before I turn 33: I wish I could show you how good it’s going to be. I know you wanted to tap out so many times. I know things hurt so much and you numbed because it was too much. But look at you go, girl. You…… Continue reading Keep going

In barre3 class tonight, I felt horrible. Usually, barre3 makes me feel strong and energized. But not tonight. Something was off, and I didn’t know what. I fought my way through the class and made it to the final resting pose, impatient to get on my way and be alone. While we lay on our…… Continue reading Begin again

What I want for myself, more than anything, is to stop apologizing for who I am. I didn’t start to figure out who I am until I was in my very late 20s and only really started mining the core of it when I was 31. I learned, very young, how to perform and how…… Continue reading Don’t be sorry for who you are

I’m reading Rachel Hollis’s book Girl, Wash Your Face, and this post is inspired by her chapter on being judgmental and competitive–especially woman on woman. She starts the chapter by telling a story about how in high school she made fun of a girl who admitted to shaving her toes when she herself shaved her toes,…… Continue reading Being judgy

In the summer of 2013, when I first started running, I also did Jillian Michaels’ 90-Day Body Revolution video series. Thirty minutes every day of high-intensity circuit training, on an exercise mat, with free weights and a resistance band–just me, alone with Jillian, in my bedroom in our Georgetown basement apartment. Jillian shouted all kinds…… Continue reading Own your story