Whether you’re training for sport or just to stay in great shape, having a workout buddy can hugely contribute to your success. After competing 4 times in my first year as a figure athlete, without doubt the best thing I did for myself this past go around was reach out and connect with a dependable […]

If you’re grieving or under tremendous stress, ensuring you stay well hydrated and maintain a clean, wholesome diet can help you cope through your difficult times. Under such emotional duress, our physiology responds by pulling fluids and stored glucose from our tissues and into the bloodstream.   This is an automatic stress response that ensures […]

As athletes we place high priority on our workouts. It’s what gives us our edge, what makes us successful at reaching our goals. But it’s a commitment that not all people share or understand. As such, we may find ourselves sometimes being judged or hassled for making our training a top priority.   Telling a […]

Best Part of my 30 Day Yoga Challenge was NOT Finishing the 30 Day Yoga Challenge! Yes, this is a good thing for me. An unexpected, out of character, yet liberating outcome of my 30 Day Challenge was being 7 classes short of completing it. Not finishing something I set out to do is so […]

As we were finishing off our pie and ice cream at Christmas dinner yesterday, a family member and I chatted about how full we were and how we were looking forward to getting back to clean eating. I commented that I’d put way too much sugar in my body over the holidays. Her quick response […]