Hi friends. I hope it’s been a good week for you. If I am honest about where I’m at right now…treading water. I have a lot on my plate this summer professionally between the yoga teacher training that I am taking, planning for the yoga teacher training that I am leading this fall and preparing [...]
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Yoga News: My Next Charlotte-Area 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training!
July 18, 2023 { 1 comment }I am thrilled to share details on the next 200-hour yoga teacher training that I’ll be offering in the Charlotte area this fall. I am partnering with Johnna Smith to co-create and facilitate a 200-hour advanced yoga studies program at 8th Limb Yoga. This training is really special for me because it’s the first teacher [...]
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Life Lately: What’s On My Heart
July 8, 2022 { 54 comments }Happy Friday my friends. I am sitting at my desk with this trifecta of beverages and attempting to get some words out. It’s been a while. Here’s the morning line up. Smoothie in the Yeti (keeps my smoothie extra cold) – frozen bananas, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, blueberries, spinach and cauliflower with plain greek yogurt, almond butter, [...]
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A Week In The Life – May 2021
May 6, 2021 { 7 comments }Whew, y’all! It’s been one of those weeks where everything has been a little “extra” and many logistically challenging things have been happening at the same time. I made it through, made the best of it and I’m now on the way to New Orleans…which I’ll share more details about at the end of this [...]
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Burning Bright
April 27, 2021 { 4 comments }Tap, tap…is this thing on!? I haven’t written a post in eight days! My absence wasn’t intentional but the last week was a vortex where I accomplished on average 25% of what I thought I would when it came to anything other than yoga. It was graduation weekend for my VIDA Hot Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher [...]
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Take The Leap
January 16, 2021 { 11 comments }Hello. Life is full at the moment but I feel equal parts very happy and very stressed. I am writing this post from bed in my hotel room in Kingsport, Tennessee. I’m here kicking off the first weekend of our third 200-hour yoga teacher training at VIDA Hot Yoga. It’s hard to believe that we [...]
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Introducing Fit Revolution: My New Online On-Demand Fitness Platform
January 6, 2021 { 27 comments }I am thrilled to finally share a new business with you that I have been working hard behind the scenes to create for over a year. INTRODUCING FIT REVOLUTION I am so proud to introduce you to Fit Revolution, a new online fitness platform offering on-demand workouts, yoga flows, recipe tutorials, meditations and more! The [...]
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Tuesday Tea Talk: Working From Home + Taking A Pass On 2021 Goals
December 29, 2020 { 10 comments }Hello and I hope that this final week of 2020 is restful and easeful for you. I just made a cup of ginger tea and sat down to do some work. I found myself opening the browser tab to my blog and wanting to write some words. HOME OFFICE I’ll start by sharing that I [...]
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Sunday Reality
June 28, 2020 { 38 comments }Happy Sunday. This is the eighth post that I have written in the month of June. In the 10 years that I have been blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever written so few posts in a month. My slowed frequency of posting has been due to several factors all happening simultaneously. First, there has been [...]
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How to Workout & Flow with Me + Life Lately
March 31, 2020 { 15 comments }The last few weeks have been surreal and a whirlwind as I’ve absorbed the news of coronavirus and worked to figure out what the new normal looks like. All of that was such a distraction that I thought that I was fine as I worked diligently to refocus my efforts and energy and make sense [...]
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A New Normal + Planning for Online Classes
March 19, 2020 { 22 comments }Good morning. How’s your heart today? Your head? Just when I think I’ve absorbed what life is right now, things change again or I read something that sends me back down the rabbit hole. I think I am going to have to start setting a boundary of only reading the news once a day to [...]
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Commencement
February 6, 2020 { 7 comments }A few weeks ago when I was at Asheville Yoga Center for the Viniyoga module for my 300-hour teacher training, the AYC teacher training program manager came in on Sunday to recognize a few yogis who were graduating from the 300-hour program. Gary Kraftsow, who was leading our Viniyoga training, made the suggestion to the [...]
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Central Pennsylvania Yoga Weekend: Master Classes, Twisting + Binding, Yoga For Runners…And Potato Donuts
January 12, 2020 { 7 comments }Last weekend I traveled to the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area to teach yoga to the awesome yogis at Ethos Fitness and Studio B Power Yoga. This was my fourth trip to central Pennsylvania in the last three years! After smooching this one goodbye on Friday morning, I hopped on a flight and arrived in PA around [...]
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Weekend (YOGA) Update
December 28, 2019 { 3 comments }This post title is in reference to Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment…but back when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-anchored. They were the first-ever all-female anchor team and I thought the two of them played off of each other beautifully and hysterically. Gosh, I used to really enjoy SNL and my all-time favorite segments [...]
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Sunday Morning Coffee Chat
October 6, 2019 { 19 comments }With 12 minutes left until the clock strikes noon, I think I can still call this a Sunday morning coffee chat! I’ve actually been up since 5:50a when a certain little person decided it was time to get up but I’m just sitting down at my computer for the first time today. Finn is down [...]
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Total Body Cardio + Strength Bodyweight Workout
September 26, 2019 { 5 comments }Whew, Y’ALL, this week! Work has been busy with teaching classes, managing teacher training, discussing/negotiating collaborations/partnerships and executing blog projects. To be honest, I’m at a crossroads where I need to narrow my focus and I’m having a really hard time deciding where to place it. I fully realize that this is a positive problem [...]
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Yoga Weekend + My People
September 15, 2019 { 14 comments }I spent this weekend in Tennessee at VIDA Hot Yoga kicking off our second 200-hour yoga teacher training. My heart is full and I feel LIT UP! I am so grateful for this studio, its yogis and its management/ownership. View this post on Instagram We ❤️ all you VIDA yogis and having you [...]
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Everything All At Once
August 21, 2019 { 10 comments }I usually struggle with post titles but many came to mind for this one…Head Above Water, Steak and Potatoes, Finn at 15 Months, Must Love Dogs… HI FRIENDS! Things are nuts over here. Nuts in a good way but nuts. Mostly it feels like everything is happening all at once. Not a bad thing but [...]
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Summer Adventures
August 12, 2019 { 7 comments }This last week has been full of adventures for both Finn and myself. It started with some fun in Charlotte followed by a trip to Tennessee and has ended in Florida! SPLASH PAD EXPLORING Given Finn’s newfound mobility combined with his adoration of all things water, I wanted to explore some Charlotte-area splash pads while [...]
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Constantly Seeking Flow
May 15, 2019 { 41 comments }It seems that I have found myself back in the space of overcommitted. It’s an easy place for me to get to because I love my work, being challenged and staying busy. I have a tendency to say “yes, yes, yes”…until I want to scream “NO!” Throwing a baby into the mix has brought it [...]
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A Sweet Weekend
April 1, 2019 { 7 comments }I have been on cloud nine since since leaving Studio B Power Yoga on Sunday afternoon. It was an INCREDIBLE weekend of yoga, connection and growth. Also incredible was being reunited with this guy when I got home. I swear to you it felt like he had changed so much in the three days since [...]
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Hello from Hershey
March 29, 2019 { 5 comments }Happy weekend friends. I hope the week was kind and that you are feeling some ease going into the weekend. I am back in Hershey, Pennsylvania for a weekend of yoga. I was here in January to lead a teacher training weekend for Studio B Power Yoga and I’m back to lead a workshop weekend [...]
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2019 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings and Upcoming Events!
February 26, 2019 { 3 comments }I have been working hard behind the scenes on some exciting yoga opportunities for workshops and teacher trainings and I’m thrilled to share them with you today! I am leading two 200-hour power yoga teacher trainings in 2019. One will be in Charlotte in partnership with Charlotte Yoga and the other in Tennessee in partnership [...]
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Valentine’s Day: Lady Boss Love
February 13, 2019 { 8 comments }In honor of Valentine’s Day, I want to celebrate some women that I LOVE who are doing amazing things. I just finished reading the most amazing book by Katherine Center, How to Walk Away. It was a fiction book but full of insightful wisdom. I shared one of my favorite passages on Instagram but another [...]
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Yoga Weekend in Hershey
February 10, 2019 { 3 comments }I’m sitting in the Harrisburg, PA airport waiting for my (delayed) flight back to Charlotte. It’s actually been not the worst thing to sit in an airport restaurant restaurant, eat and unwind but I am ready to be home with my girls and my boy. This weekend’s training at Studio B Power Yoga was so [...]
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Right Now + Next Up
January 29, 2019 { 14 comments }In the words of Dave Matthews, “so much to say.” (I could write a whole post about my high school DMB obsession but we’ll save that for another day.) I wanted to share a little peak into what I’ve been up to the last couple of days as well as some big things that are [...]
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18 Days into 2019 + 8 Months Old
January 18, 2019 { 7 comments }TGIF! I’m sitting here at the end of the week like whoa. I’ve crammed a lot into these first 18 days of 2019 with two weekends in Tennessee to wrap up teacher training and returning to a regular teaching schedule in Charlotte. I just tallied them all up and I’ve taught 18 classes so far [...]
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A Dream Come True: VIDA Teacher Training Weekend One!
October 1, 2018 { 18 comments }I assisted my first 200-hour yoga teacher training back in 2013 and went on to organize, plan and co-lead (in various capacities) five other trainings. Over the summer I was invited to lead a fall/winter 200-hour teacher training at VIDA Hot Yoga in Kingsport, Tennessee. I was equal parts excited and terrified to finally take [...]
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After Maternity Leave: Up Next
August 7, 2018 { 82 comments }I have received so many questions about what direction I’m going with my career post-maternity leave. Great question and I’ve been working very hard behind the scenes on figuring it out! I’m excited to share some details with you today. MATERNITY LEAVE This Friday will mark 12 weeks of maternity leave, although I haven’t taken [...]
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33 Weeks Pregnancy Update: Plans for Maternity Leave + Blogging and Motherhood
March 20, 2018 { 28 comments }Happy first day of spring to you and happy 33 weeks pregnant to me! We are officially in the under 50 days territory. Here’s a photo from my maternity shoot with my friend Wanda Koch last week. :) PLANS FOR MATERNITY LEAVE + BLOGGING AND MOTHERHOOD Since my due date is fast-approaching, I thought this [...]
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Planning for the Week Ahead: Meal Plan + Work + Life
February 25, 2018 { 12 comments }Hey there and I hope you guys are enjoying your Sunday. A few months ago I wrote a post about Sunday planning to strategize for a busy week ahead and it was well received. Given that I’m hitting 30 weeks this week and feeling the squeeze to get my ducks in a row before baby [...]
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My Strategy for Managing a Busy Week: Meals, Workouts, Work Priorities and Life Balance
December 10, 2017 { 19 comments }Happy Sunday. I sat down to do a little prep and planning for the week ahead and realized that it’s going to be a busy one on the social front in addition to what I have on my plate for work and personal. This means even more prep and planning is necessary because it can [...]
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A Look Behind the Curtain on Running a Small Business with my Partner + Friday Randoms
October 13, 2017 { 8 comments }Happy Friday friends. I didn’t mean to pull a disappearing act this week but after I published my 200-hour yoga teacher training post on Tuesday night, I just hit a wall. I wasn’t crazy busy this week or sick or anything…just lacking inspiration/creative flow. Sometimes I find it useful to “power through” these times but [...]
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Less Laboring, More Living: Part Two
September 4, 2017 { 21 comments }Last Labor Day I wrote a post titled, “Less Laboring and More Living” and it’s been on my mind all weekend…because I’ve done it. In last year’s post I shared that the norm for me was to get by on 5-6 hours of sleep a night, “because I could.” I had a lightbulb moment where [...]
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6 Ways I’m Taking Care of Myself During a Busy Season of Life
May 19, 2017 { 16 comments }I am waving the white flag on this week. It was a short week for me but a busy one. I’m finding that since I changed my schedule this month to add in the four Y2 Strength trial classes, I’ve had a hard time fitting everything in that I want to get done in a [...]
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Day In the Life Wednesday
May 3, 2017 { 27 comments }You guys always seem to love day in the life style posts so I made an effort to take more photos than usual to document my Wednesday. It was a good day. :) 7:30 a.m. – wake up naturally but decide to close my eyes and snooze a bit longer. I am still feeling wiped [...]
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5 Ways To Find More Happiness at Work
February 15, 2017 { 11 comments }A few weeks ago I shared a time evaluation exercise that we do with our yoga teacher trainees. If you missed that post, definitely go back and read it because the exercise can really help you understand how you spend your time and how you feel about how you spend your time. The whole point [...]
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The Eye-Opening Time Evaluation Exercise That You Need To Do!
January 19, 2017 { 7 comments }I’ve always sprinkled personal development/career/growth/deep thoughts posts into my blog content in the past but in 2017 I’m efforting to share MORE of that with you. I’ll be writing more about some of the topics I talk about in my yoga classes as well as some of the personal growth exercises that we do in [...]
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2016: State of Blogging + Top 10 Posts of the Year
December 29, 2016 { 42 comments }It’s hard to believe that I have been blogging for over eight years now. I started my first food blog, Bakin’ and Eggs, back in 2008 and Peanut Butter Runner in 2010. It’s so crazy to see how much the blog world has changed during this time. For those of you who are unfamiliar with [...]
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6 Drawbacks of Working in the Fitness, Blogging & Freelance Industries
September 23, 2015 { 42 comments }On this day four years ago I spent my last workday sitting in a cubicle. (For those of you just catching up, I worked in advertising and marketing for six years before making the switch to fitness and freelance full-time. You can read more about it in this post.) Each year on this day I [...]
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7 Years Ago: One Small Step That Changed My Life
August 18, 2015 { 17 comments }I few months ago I downloaded the TimeHop app after seeing posts shared from it all over social media. You can connect it to your social media accounts and it gives you a daily feed of your day in history. It’s become part of my morning social/email/blog check-in routine to scroll through my TimeHop feed. [...]
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The First Core Desire Yoga Weekend
May 4, 2015 { 4 comments }Hi, hi. Hope it’s been a great Monday. I announced a month or so ago that I’ve partnered with my friend Dorie to create Core Desire Yoga. We are offering weekend workshops that combine Danielle LaPorte’s The Desire Map with yoga. You can read all about it on our website. I’m still on a high [...]
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Town Hall Meeting with President Obama
April 16, 2015 { 15 comments }Well, yesterday definitely goes down as one of the most memorable days of my professional career. I was quoted in the Washington Post, connected with the leaders of BlogHer and She Knows, attended a town hall meeting with the President of the United States and shook his hand at the end. You can read about [...]
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I’m Meeting the President about Women’s Workplace Issues
April 14, 2015 { 61 comments }The past few days have been a whirlwind. Last weekend I received an email from my contacts at BlogHer and She Knows Media asking me to complete a survey about equal pay and tax days. The email went on to ask if I was available for a town hall meeting with the Chief Community Officer [...]
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The End of the Year of Book Writing + My Intentions for 2015
January 6, 2015 { 12 comments }Annnddd I’m back! I am so excited to share that I sent the final manuscript of my book to my editor yesterday at 5 p.m. 2014 can be summarized as “the year of book writing” for me. At the end of 2013, I was connected to an editor through a mutual friend. The editor was looking for [...]
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The Day Everything Changed
November 4, 2014 { 29 comments }Sunday was a big day over here. 1) The time changed. In case you didn’t know (I only bring it up once a week ;))…I’m a summer girl and the arrival of short days and cold weather makes me want to hibernate in a hole until April. I really should work on that plan to [...]
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October Already? Life Updates.
October 2, 2014 { 33 comments }Thursday already? This week has flown by! October already? This YEAR has flown by! Does anyone else feel like it’s gone in the blink of an eye? Just last night my grandmother reminded me that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just right around the corner. Ahhh! The only way that I know how to describe what [...]
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No More Sunday Night Blues
September 15, 2014 { 12 comments }This month marks three years of working in health and fitness as my full-time career…and what a three years it has been. When I started this new path I was personal training, teaching yoga and writing the blog on the side – how that would change! Over the last three years I’ve held the following job [...]
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Job Love + Blog Direction + Recent Eats
September 2, 2014 { 47 comments }Hi everyone. I hope the return to the real world after the long weekend was kind to all of you. Not gonna lie, I groaned when the alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. but once my feet were on the floor I made it a happy and productive day. One thing that starts my days on [...]
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Day in the Life Friday
August 8, 2014 { 2 comments }Hello and happy Friday! Here’s a little day in the life for you. 4:55 a.m. – alarm goes off. I didn’t get in bed until midnight the night before due to the baseball game and then work stuff when I got home so that alarm came early. 5:30 a.m. – train my first client. I [...]