Mindset

Stuck between “I want to feel better” and “I don’t have the energy”? That’s ambivalence, and it’s normal. Why Do I Push Back When I Know This Would Help Me? From the outside, it looks like we’ve got it all figured out. We live where people vacation. We hike before work, ride powder on lunch breaks, chase sunsets from paddleboards. We’re healthy, strong, resilient, right? But underneath the summit [...]

Behind every golden moment lives a story of resilience. Here’s to caring for the people who live, work, and breathe mountain life. From the outside, mountain towns look like paradise. Long summer days on the lake, crisp fall mornings on the trail, first chair on powder days. To many, it feels like an endless adventure, a dream life with a view. But if you’ve lived here, you know there’s more to [...]

The routine just shifted, now’s your chance to reset, not restart. School just started again, and the shift is real. For a lot of us, it marks the end of late dinners, long days, and the beautiful chaos of summer. Locals summer has arrived, cooler mornings, quieter trails, and maybe even a little breathing room. But even with that space, this time of year can feel disorienting. If your schedule [...]

Not to punish, but to reconnect, with strength, with stillness, with ourselves. I finally did it. I watched that Biggest Loser documentary everyone’s been talking about. And no, there weren’t any big revelations for me, because I stay up on this stuff. But there were a lot of reminders. Reminders that: Weight is often a symptom, not the root issue. More shame, more stigma, more yelling is not the fix. Real change doesn’t come [...]

Chasing quiet, not numbers. Sometimes the best reset is just lacing up and heading out. A Note for the Ones Who’ve Been Running on Empty If you live in a mountain town, you know the rhythm.Summer hits, and we go. Long days, busy work schedules, trail runs, lake laps, bikes, beers, late nights, early mornings.Or maybe this summer was the opposite. Maybe you meant to do more, move more, get strong, get out [...]

Isn't' it time we stop confusing performance with worth? Greetings Strong Humans, This week I want to start with a story... When Fitness Wasn’t Fun I was born in 1981, which means I grew up in the era of chore charts, food pyramids, and the Presidential Fitness Test. In elementary school, things were already complicated. I hit puberty at 11, early, awkward, and out of sync with my classmates. At [...]

You’re juggling work, family, errands, notifications, emails, bills, pets, the group chat... and somewhere way down that list? Your health. Let’s get real for a second: You’re not multitasking. You’re task-switching. And your brain? It hates it. What You Think Is Happening: “I can totally listen to a podcast, reply to texts, make dinner, and plan tomorrow’s workout all at once!” What’s Actually Happening: Your brain is rapidly switching between tasks, [...]

Greetings Strong Humans, There’s a growing trend I’ve been noticing online, and honestly, it’s been gnawing at me. It’s the growing backlash against those raising awareness and offering real strategies to support folks on the path of aging and evolving health and wellness needs. Even when the people sharing this info are experienced, credentialed, and thoughtful, many are still getting dragged through the comments. Yes, I get it. Some of the advice might [...]

Skate. Flow. Repeat. Movement doesn’t have to be a punishment, find the thing that makes you feel alive and do it relentlessly. ✨ Yesterday, I roller-skated 28 miles around Lake Tahoe. It was part of Skate the Lake, a powerful event hosted by Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC). Their Summer Skate Series raises funds and awareness for breast cancer prevention and survivorship, through movement, community, and purpose. It was gorgeous. It was [...]

Introspection is action and power. Greetings Strong Humans, There’s a fire in me that’s never gone out. Call it what you will, a strong sense of justice, a drive to do what’s right, a need to protect people and ideas that matter, but it’s always been there. And while it’s helped shape the work I do, it’s also come with some lessons I’ve had to learn the hard way. If [...]