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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 …

I’ve been redefining discipline since I was 16 years old. Gymnastics gave me an eating disorder. It also gave me one of the greatest gifts of my life. Discipline. Both statements are true. That’s what has made this word so fucking complicated for me. Gymnastics …

The Fringe Tells You Exactly Where Your Bullshit Lives I’ve been thinking about this idea a lot lately. The fringe. That edge. That place where your brain starts feeding yourself every excuse in the book. Every reason why you can’t. Every reason why you shouldn’t. …

The Ten Minutes Count Every morning, I give myself ten minutes. Coffee. Birds. Quiet. That’s it. No phone. No food logging. No writing out my get shit done list. No mentally rehearsing the day before the day even starts. And this morning, I caught myself …

What Turning 62 Has Taught Me About Health Today I turn 62. Somewhere along the way I assumed that by this age I’d be wiser calmer and maybe even more motivated. Like maybe one morning you wake up and suddenly it’s easy to do all …