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Reflections and Goals for the New Year

The year 2024 brought countless lessons my way. The first thing I discovered  was how certain foods affect my body. After embarking on a raw vegan diet in September of 2023 to reverse my supposed lupus, I spent the latter… Continue Reading →

Overcoming My Fear of the Gym

There’s nothing like that moment of panic after receiving an email confirmation from a purchase that suddenly makes a long-term commitment a reality. Once I grasped that my membership to Planet Fitness was now indeed reality – requiring me to… Continue Reading →

Valuable Lessons I Learned After A Year Of Lifting Weights

It blows my mind that I haven’t consistently lifted weights since my senior year in college. Despite understanding and experiencing the benefits firsthand, I spent decades neglecting this essential  form of training. Sure, I dabbled on and off throughout the… Continue Reading →

Body Image Part 2: Valuing Strength

For most of my life I’ve been obsessively  striving to be skinny. In my mind, mainly due to the culture at the time, skinny was synonymous with good. To look good you had to be skinny, therefore that’s what I… Continue Reading →

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