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Teresa and Jeff Two names so many of us have known for most of our lives. High school sweethearts. More than forty years together. And somehow, when one of those names is suddenly missing from the pair, we all feel it. I have been trying …

Be a beginner. I just started messing around with watercolor paints. That sentence right there actually kind of scares the shit out of me. Because I like knowing what I’m doing. I like being competent. I like deciding I’m going to do something and then …

I used to smoke. I used to drink. And I really liked to smoke when I drank. Those two things went together beautifully. Until they didn’t need each other anymore. Then I just smoked. I smoked when I drank. I smoked when I didn’t drink. …

What If It’s Just Raining? Lately I feel like I have been reflecting on everything. Ideas and little snippets keep showing up when I’m dreaming, when I wake up in the middle of the night, or when my brain apparently decides 3 a.m. is the …

A Finch and a Pheasant Every morning, I sit outside for ten minutes with a cup of coffee and listen to the birds. That’s it. No scrolling. No rushing. No trying to accomplish something before the day has even started. Just coffee, fresh air, and …

Menopause Is Not Your Entire Personality…But It’s Easy to Think It Is Before anyone comes for me over the terminology, I know some of the words I use here may not be the most clinically precise. I have a menopause certification. I know the proper …

Who Are You Afraid of Losing? Have you ever noticed how, when we talk about becoming a new version of ourselves, we act like the old version was simply a problem to solve? But she wasn’t. She was your person for a long time. She …

Mental Toughness Is Built Through Practice Hat tip to Dr. Lisa Lewis, who recently wrote about using difficult exercises as an opportunity to recognize how tough and capable we are. Her message immediately took me back to my kettlebell certifications. In particular, the snatch test. …

Am I Willing to Do the Work? That’s the crux. That’s the thing. That’s it. That’s the question. The question is not, Do I want the result? Would it be nice? Do I know what I should do? Am I motivated today? This is the …

Most people exercise for now. They want to lose weight now. Fit into the jeans now. Look better in pictures now. Or survive swimsuit season. Which swimsuit season? It’s July. In Australia it’s December. Somewhere, it’s always swimsuit season. That’s marketing, not reality. There’s nothing …