Fitness is a Feeling
Do you remember the last time you felt strong? How about powerful? Fierce? We feel them in our bodies as physical sensations and flood our minds with thoughts that reinforce how we feel. We make meaning of the physical sensations based on our past experience and current environmental context. We ...
5 Ways to Feed Your Hungry Heart, Instead of Stuffing Your Belly
Do you find yourself feeling empty despite all the cookies, cakes, and fun of life?Maybe you feel like a failure because baking cookies with the kids is annoying, shopping leads to debt guilt, and shame from that work party due to things said after one too many mimosas. The things that break up o...
4 Ways To Get Through The Holidays Feeling Blissful
As a licensed psychologist, certified personal trainer and nutrition coach, this time of year always lands people in my office feeling overwhelmed and disappointed in themselves.There are some simple strategies you can put into your routines to make sure you stay on track and have a great time th...
7 Core Feelings of Fitness
Fitness Is About How You Feel, Not Just What You DoFitness is a feeling. It might be a shock for many of you that an exercise scientist believes you need to kick your fitness into an organic state rather than a ritualistic schedule of charts and numbers. The math and science on body composition i...