Today I am here to talk shoes. Lifting shoes, casual shoes, running shoes, boots – I’ve got a little bit of everything for you! Never in my life have I appreciated comfortable and functional shoes the way I do since becoming a mom. I think this is also in relation to getting older and caring [...]
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5 Tips for Balancing Running, Strength Training and Yoga In Your Weekly Workout Schedule
January 13, 2021 { 52 comments }One question that I have received consistently over the 10+ years that I’ve been blogging and posting on social media is how to balance running, strength training and yoga in a weekly workout schedule. Just yesterday, I received this question on Instagram… “How would you recommend balancing a schedule of yoga, running and strength? How [...]
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How to Break Out of a Running Rut
February 24, 2020 { 5 comments }This post is sponsored by Zappos. I received the following message from a client recently and I wanted to write a post about it ever since because I know she’s not alone. “I need inspiration. Here is how I feel about running: I used to LOVE it, now it scares me. I don’t know what [...]
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Reader Q&A: Running in the dark, how to structure an efficient workout week, balancing yoga and other exercise
October 26, 2017 { 4 comments }It’s time for another round of reader Q and A’s! Every couple of months I like to do a round up of questions I’ve been asked recently and answer them in a blog post because I feel like many of the questions/answers are relevant for a lot of you! Hi Jen! I am trying to [...]
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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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Weekend: Summer TT Weekend One + Summer Running + Summer Fun
June 12, 2017 { 22 comments }Hey, hey! I’m in the midst of the pre-trip crazies. Lots to accomplish in a short amount of time. I’ve probably tried on 50 pairs of casual shoes and have yet to find my match. I’m going to head out and look again in a little bit here and I have some Birkenstocks being delivered [...]
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Boston Strong + Running Wishes + Weekly Workouts + Playlist
April 17, 2017 { 24 comments }It’s Marathon Monday! I was watching a video of the elite women taking off at the starting line and I thought to myself, “I’m pretty sure that’s what I think I look like taking off for a 5K.” I can’t even imagine going out of the gate like that for a marathon. Incredible athleticism and [...]
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Air quality and running + Race medals + Facebook community invite
November 16, 2016 { 20 comments }Over 30 counties in North Carolina are experiencing drought conditions and there are terrible wildfires burning in the mountains with over 44,000 acres burned so far. (source) We woke up this morning to a very hazy skyline here in Charlotte and the smell of smoke hanging in the air. As of today, we are under [...]
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Dogs on the Run
June 3, 2010 { 3 comments }I received a Facebook message today from an old friend asking about running with her dog, Cooper. She’s having problems with other neighborhood dogs chasing/following her and Cooper. I was thinking about this on my run with Sullie today and thought that it might be beneficial for some readers if I talked about 1) running [...]
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Favorite Posts
November 14, 2010 { 5 comments }Get To Know Me The ABCs of Jen A Year’s Journey What Makes You Feel Alive? Who Are You? PBR Celebrates One Year (video post) FAQ Friday – answering some commonly asked questions Food Philosophy My 7 Links – links to some of my favorite posts 11 Useless Facts About Me Living a Happy, Fulfilled [...]
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A Week In The Life
January 27, 2023 { 21 comments }Happy Friday y’all! I don’t even know where the week went but somehow I made it to the end of it and am writing this post from my hotel room in Harrisburg, PA. Flight schedules were such that I got in late morning but I don’t teach until 6p tonight. Luckily, I was able to [...]
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Weekend: Opera Carolina, Sleepy Poet, Discovery Place and More!
January 23, 2023 { 1 comment }Morning and happy new week! I got everything ready to write this post on Sunday night but found myself falling asleep as I was putting Finn down to bed. I decided a very early bedtime was in order and that I’d get up early and write this post on Monday morning – so here we [...]
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First Few Days of 2023 + Recent Eats
January 3, 2023 { 7 comments }Hi, hello and I hope the new year is off to a great start for y’all. My new year had a very STRESSFUL start thanks to the Georgia/Ohio State game. My heart was legit racing through the final quarter of that game. I thought there was no chance we were coming out on top and [...]
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2 Weeks of Workouts + Exciting Fitness Updates
December 6, 2022 { 6 comments }Hi friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. Back in the olden days of blogging I used to regularly share a recap of my weekly workouts. I abandoned that sometime around pregnancy and becoming a mom but every now and then I like to share a current picture of my workout [...]
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Life Lately: Getting Into The Holiday Spirit
November 28, 2022 { 10 comments }I hope your Monday was a good one – especially if you were coming off of an extended holiday weekend. I had a really solid day that included preschool drop off, lifting at the gym, teaching yoga, preschool pickup, yard work, lots of Play-Doh, holiday decorating, computer work and now I’m watching the Holiday Baking [...]
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Giving Thanks
November 24, 2022 { 11 comments }Hello and happy Thanksgiving! I am sitting with my grandmother watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Finn is with his dad for Thanksgiving. I dropped him off at preschool Tuesday morning all decked out in a tie-dye shirt that he made with his class. They all wore them to school on Tuesday and had a [...]
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A Glory-ous Weekend
November 7, 2022 { 6 comments }Hi, hi. I hope that your weekend was a good one and Monday was kind to you. We are trying our best to adjust to the time change and early darkness. Finn put himself to bed on Sunday night – went upstairs on his own, put on his PJs, picked out his books and informed [...]
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A Frightfully Fun Weekend
November 1, 2022 { 2 comments }I’m sitting in my office working with the window open. It’s 67 degrees, the skies are blue and the trees have gorgeous fall color. The dogs are romping around in the backyard while the leaves flutter down and I feel a deep sense of contentment. I had a wonderful Halloween weekend with Finn. He is [...]
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Hanging Around + The Schiele Museum Review
October 20, 2022 { 3 comments }Gosh, it’s hard to believe that we are more than halfway through October. I know it’s a bit cliche to talk about the passage of time but this time of year – and this season of life – seem to be moving at warp speed. Last weekend I caught myself in a mental spiral of [...]
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Before + After, Then + Now
September 13, 2022 { 5 comments }I so enjoyed your comments on my last post and hearing about what you’ve been reading, what’s on your to read list and your thoughts on Verity. My two biggest takeaways are that I am 99% sure I’m skipping Verity and I’m going to listen to Crying In H-Mart on audio! A few “life lately” [...]
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The Weekend I Needed
August 21, 2022 { 4 comments }Hello, hello. I am logging on for a quick weekend recap. It was nothing special but exactly what I needed it to be. The first update I owe you is on the baby birds. One of my blog readers referred me to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue and I was so grateful discover this amazing resource in [...]
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A Sweet Week
July 15, 2022 { 5 comments }Hi there. It’s been a solidly good week over here. I got to spend a lot of quality time with Finn, taught some yoga, hung out with my best girlfriends and was fairly productive with work. I have a week’s worth of photos to share of what it all looked like. A trip to the [...]
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Day By Day
June 27, 2022 { 10 comments }I don’t really have the words to write a compelling introduction to this post at the moment. Instead, I’m going to let the photos and the experiences from a well-spent weekend with my sweet boy create the narrative. I will give you this reading that I shared with my yoga class this morning as I [...]
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Hit the Brixx 10K Recap + My Weekend
May 23, 2022 { 5 comments }Happy Monday! I woke up early so I’m getting a little bit of work done and knocking out my weekend recap before Finn is up for the day. FRIDAY I had Finn with me on Friday morning before he left to spent the weekend with his dad. We hung out at home, watched some shows [...]
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My Last Weekend with a Three Year Old
May 16, 2022 { 14 comments }Well, I just spent my last weekend with a three year old…Finn turns four on Wednesday! We are making the most of the last few days of three and Finn assures me that even though he is turning four, he’ll still be “Mommy’s baby boy ever.” (Our shared sentiment from the book Love You Forever.) [...]
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Life Lately: Good Things and Hard Things
May 3, 2022 { 30 comments }Hi and I hope this finds you enjoying your week and the start of the month of May. I have many things to catch you up on so this will be a bit of an all over the place life lately. This post is filled with highs and lows, good things and hard things. It [...]
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Life Lately: Mostly Great Things
April 12, 2022 { 6 comments }Hi friends. I’m checking in with a “life lately” post. I have lots to share and most of it is good/happy/exciting. I intended to write this post yesterday afternoon but the day went a bit off the rails with some not so great things. Let’s get those out of the way first and then I’ll [...]
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Bonus Weekend + Last Week’s Workouts
March 27, 2022 { 2 comments }I’m winding down a bonus weekend with Finn due to some last-minute schedule changes. I’m always happy for extra time with my boy so it was a great weekend. :) FRIDAY Our day started with a precautionary pediatrician visit for a small injury that Finn had on his face. I messaged with the nurse and [...]
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Week In The Life
March 18, 2022 { 9 comments }We made it to the weekend! I hope you all have a fun and/or relaxing weekend planned. Finn and I will be heading to Durham bright and early tomorrow morning to visit my parents. It will be Finn’s first time seeing them since we visited in October and went to the N.C. State Fair. We [...]
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Weekend: Lake Norman State Park + Lunch Date + Organization Extravaganza and More!
March 7, 2022 { 2 comments }I woke up this morning to Finn saying, “Mommy, I love you. Let’s snuggle.” Gosh, he’s so sweet. How can that not start the week with a smile? After we got up and moving, I taught yoga, went for my first run since I injured my back (and it felt good!) and attended a 20-minute [...]
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7 Healthy Habits I’m Keeping In 2022
January 20, 2022 { 0 comments }This post is sponsored by the New Year Savings promotion at Publix. All thoughts and text are my own. As I make my way into 2022, I am focusing on sticking with (and improving) the healthy habits that are already a part of my regular routine instead of trying to identify things I need to [...]
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Friday Favorites (And Not Favorites)
October 22, 2021 { 34 comments }Happy Friday. I am packing up to head to Tennessee to lead yoga teacher training at VIDYA this weekend. I haven’t seen my group in almost six weeks so I’m looking forward to diving back in with them. We have much to cover this weekend and it’s going to be a good one! I’m also [...]
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Team Weekend + Hello Monday
August 9, 2021 { 2 comments }Hi! I hope that y’all had a nice weekend. I spent my weekend hanging out with Finn and my Monday working away. Here are some photo highlights! SATURDAY Finn slept until almost 8:30a on Saturday morning and it was MAGICAL! I go through cycles where I don’t sleep well and I’m in one now so [...]
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MDW 2021
May 31, 2021 { 12 comments }Hello. My Memorial Day Weekend was pretty low-key and close to home…like most of my holidays over the last few years if I’m not in Florida with my family. I did get to spend some wonderful quality time with Finn and my friends which is something that I’m very grateful for. Overall, I was feeling [...]
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5 Favorites From This Week
May 21, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy Friday friends! I had such a nice week. It was great to be settled back in Charlotte after a lot of travel. My week was full of Finn, friends, teaching, the pups and work and it felt perfect. Here are a five of my favorite things from the week! WALKS WITH THE PUPS For [...]
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Spring Weekend Perfection
May 2, 2021 { 3 comments }This weekend was exactly what I needed. I am sitting here at 9p on Sunday evening feeling content, relaxed and ready to tackle the week ahead. I had Finn with me this weekend and I just soaked him up. We had so much fun together. I think this is the only weekend out of 6-8 [...]
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Monday In The Life: Toddler Bedtime, Brooks Hyperion, Breast Health + More
April 12, 2021 { 15 comments }Buckle up for a day in the life Monday. Actually, I want to rewind to Sunday night to start this post. My sweet boy is in a phase right now where he doesn’t want to go to sleep in his bed and wants to sleep in “mommy’s bed.” I put him down in his room [...]
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Two Days In The Life (with lots of Benji and Zoey)
March 23, 2021 { 13 comments }I hope it’s been a great start to the week for y’all and that you’re enjoying the arrival of spring. My weekend close to home was exactly what I needed to feel set to take on this week. All day on Monday I felt this undercurrent of happiness and gratitude. This is a day-in-the-life style [...]
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6 Tips for Modifying Your Power Yoga Practice During Pregnancy
March 18, 2021 { 1 comment }I am almost three years out from practicing and teaching power yoga while pregnant but I still receive questions all the time about modifying power yoga for pregnancy while still maintaining a strong/regular practice. I recently relocated these prenatal yoga photos that Scott Broome shot for me a few weeks before my due date and [...]
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Weekend + What I Bought At Whole Foods
February 8, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy Monday friends. I hope that you all had a nice weekend. My weekend was overall pretty low-key but I got to spend lots of QT with my boy so it was perfect. Here are some highlights! WEEKEND WITH FINN We have had so much rain lately (with more to come later this week) so [...]
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6 Ways To Stay Active & Socially Distanced + Getting Your Gear at Sierra
January 29, 2021 { 2 comments }This post is sponsored by Sierra and ShopStyle. It’s hard to believe that we are nearly one year into living this masked and socially distanced life. While overall I feel fortunate in many ways to be safe at home, healthy and employed, the changes in friendships and regular routines have really started to wear on [...]
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Our Home-Focused Weekend
January 25, 2021 { 16 comments }Hello and I hope that your week if off to a great start. I apologize for the disappearing act but my attention has been focused on this one for the last few days. Finn and I had an awesome weekend but our days were ALL IN and by the time night rolled around, I just [...]
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Monday In The Life
January 20, 2021 { 11 comments }It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a day in the life post so I thought that I would capture my Monday with Finn this week. Typically, our nanny works from 9a until mid-afternoon on Mondays but I gave her the day off since a) I worked all weekend leading yoga teacher training at [...]
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A Few of My Favorite Things (12.4.20)
December 4, 2020 { 9 comments }I don’t write “favorites” posts very often but I know it’s time when I find myself keeping a running list of things in my head that I “have to tell you guys about.” In this case, I actually made a list in the Notes app on my phone because I had so many ideas for [...]
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A New Week + Life Lately
November 16, 2020 { 11 comments }Happy new week. I am baking sourdough this morning so my house smells pretty wonderful and I’m looking forward to slicing into it for lunch today. I haven’t been baking sourdough nearly as often as I used to. I think this is only my second bake since I’ve been in the new house. Our amazing [...]
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This Week Was A Week
November 6, 2020 { 86 comments }It’s Friday. We made it to the end of this completely insane week. I haven’t posted because honestly, I didn’t feel like writing or creating this week. Most of my energy went towards digesting election week and keeping myself straight and grounded for my little family. I don’t think I can say it any better [...]
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Hello Fall
September 22, 2020 { 6 comments }Happy first day of fall. I am here for it feeling full of gratitude for the change of seasons and the incredible weather that we are being spoiled with. I have been sitting outside working for three hours and I plan to eat dinner outside tonight too. It’s 70 degrees and 46% humidity the sky [...]
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A Friday Catch Up
September 18, 2020 { 9 comments }Happy Friday. Finn and I are enjoying a lazy gray day. We slept until almost 8 and didn’t get out of our PJs until almost noon! Our morning was full of soup making, movie watching and snuggling. Given that we have lows in the 40s on deck for the weekend, I decided it was time [...]
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Friday + Five Podcasts to Listen To
September 11, 2020 { 8 comments }Hello and happy Friday. It’s a weird Friday, isn’t it? 9/11 is always a tough day and the fires in the west are so unsettling. I hope all of you are safe in your homes and your hearts today. I had a lovely start to the day with lots of Finn snuggles and a walk [...]
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Recent Eats: From Donuts to Dinner Salads!
August 25, 2020 { 9 comments }The week is off to an excellent start! I got my AC back up and running on Monday afternoon. I was SO grateful that they had the part in Charlotte and could get me on the schedule for Monday. It was like 83 degrees upstairs on Sunday night so I sent Finn off to his [...]
