new beginnings
Because Life Will Bump Into You
Towards the end of 2018, I made a pact with one of my dearest friends, Kevin, that we would only fill ourselves up and surround ourselves with the things that…
Read MoreLooking Back, Beginning Again
Towards the end of each year, I find myself in a reflective state where I look back at all the events that have transpired and brought me to the…
Read MoreIf you did it once, you can do it again
I was talking to a friend last week about how I feel like I’m always in a constant state of rebuilding my classes. “What does that tell you?”…
Read MoreThings fall into place when you stop looking
It’s happened to you. It’s happened to me. When we stop looking, forcing and worrying, things magically seem to fall into place. I discovered my calling the…
Read MoreRead this if you’re struggling
Someone asked me the other day how long I had been teaching fitness and I told them that I had been doing this as a full-time gig for three-and-a-half…
Read MoreThe Sugar Cookie Effect
Life isn’t fair. Most of us struggle with this basic tenet of life. We don’t always understand why some people get the good end of the stick of…
Read MoreLove is letting go of fear
Do you remember learning to swim or ride a bike? The terrifying moments of crippling fear where you swore you’d drown or fall off the bike to your peril?…
Read MoreWhy losing everything could be the best thing for you
Last week, as I was ruminating over my direction in life and caught up in my feelings over recent losses – in other words, throwing myself over life’s proverbial…
Read MoreThe Open-Hearted Truth Teller
“You know what we’re going to put you in?” she said. My eyes rolled back in my head at the tangible excitement in her voice. I knew that…
Read MoreThis is Spiritual Design
Long ago, the Buddha was speaking in a small town, sharing what he’d learned about freedom from suffering, when a woman suddenly rushed up to him holding the…
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