the take good care blog

tldr; thank you for a wonderful year of showing up, being vulnerable, and building a community. i love you all. Dear #fitfam, One final note before we welcome 2021. This year, there was plenty of challenge, struggle, heartbreak, and anxiety. I think it is safe to say we all felt this on a micro and macro level. But there was also incredible strength, adaptation, connection, and vulnerability. And I saw this in all of you. If you follow my instagram or have taken my class in

tldr; courage is asking for what you need. bravery is sometimes saying no. tune in, listen up, lean in. i just devoured 'the gifts of imperfection' by brené brown (an excellent read or listen especially for all my fellow type a's and self labeled 'perfectionists') in one day and i want to talk about it. the entire book was fantastic but what really stuck out for me was what she wrote about courage. she says courage has often been equated with heroism; usually something like s

tldr; create strong daily foundations: 1) identify frustrations, adjust, fix. 2) identify inefficient routines or habits, adjust, fix. 3) free up space in your mind and body. 4) breath easier. i use the first 5 minutes of each of my classes to guide my beloved #fitfam through a series of stretching. we loosen the body and prime the muscles and the mind for the work we are about to do. often i talk about what we are doing and feeling as we stretch and offer my version of a mus

tldr; we cannot go back in time. you are the most evolved and smartest version of you RIGHT NOW. as you grow, so do your goals. move forward. when you are an instructor or a trainer, your people share a lot of personal information with you. their stories. their insecurities. their fears. their goals. the idiotic thing their boyfriend did last week. you name it. but seriously, it is truly a great honor to be trusted with the tough stuff surrounding fitness (and non-fitness) i