Happy International Women's Day! To be female is a unique privilege, power, and challenge all in one. Ladies, take some time today to recognize your unique strength, resilience, discipline, determination, beauty, intelligence, and self-worth. Men, take some time to recognize your mother, sister, daughter, wife, girlfriend, etc. in all that she does. While I am …
Category: Self-Acceptance
A Confession
All I wanted was to be a mom. To have a family. A few years ago, when I lived in Brooklyn, I thought I had a family - we talked about growing our family, we were house hunting, I was saving money for a down payment. It was a driving force for me in all …
Hit The (Pool) Deck: Lessons Gleaned From Swimming Competitively
You get out what you put in. As results-driven and goal-oriented person, one of my favorite aspects of swimming was seeing results that were proportionate to the amount of work I put in. Goals unmet, technical mistakes, loss of power in the water - all on me if I didn't put in the work. Conversely, …
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Lose the Guilt
Guilt for eating something "bad." Guilt for sleeping in when you really need extra sleep. Guilt for cancelling evening plans because you are exhausted and a solo date with your DVR sounds like the perfect mental health boost. Mom guilt. Guilt for taking vacation when you have too many deadlines. Guilt for spending money on …
Running in the Sun 