Recently I was asked to submit an application to speak at a local Tedx event at UC (such a flattering invitation). The topic of the day is doubt and fear of failure. I immediately knew I wanted to present on mindset. Poor Molly has heard me talk about this topic a million times. The concept of fixed […]
Category Archives: Current State
Meditation for the Holiday Season
Dude, let’s be real, the holidays can be stressful. No matter how amazing the family, how delicious the food, or how beautiful the decorations, it can be a lot. The hustle, the bustle, the, albeit well-intentioned, benchmark questions—do you have a boyfriend, when the wedding come, will there be a baby next Christmas? Aunt Gale, […]
Current State: How ClassPass Changed My Workout Regimen Forever.
I wasn’t always a fitness studio junkie. In fact, I was perfectly content with belonging to a box gym and taking the occasional pilates and cycling class provided with your membership. It wasn’t until I moved to Chicago and heard about this new app that launched called ClassPass that the obsession began. To catch […]
Current State. Diet isn’t necessarily a bad word. It’s all about intent.
There are a lot of four letter words I like–wine, cozy, baby, one that starts with f. The list goes on. However, there is one four letter word that I’ve never quite resonated with. The word diet. By definition this seemingly simple word means the kinds of food that a person habitually eats. But in […]
Current State: Why I Did Whole30 (And What Comes Next)
I have 3 days left of my 30 days of the Whole 30 Program. That’s it. I am so close that I can already taste the gluten hitting my ‘buds (because my first meal WILL BE pizza. Real, gluten packed, doughy pizza.) But, not so fast. As I have so commonly done the past two times […]
Real Life I'm Just Grateful to be able to Run: Current State
I’ve shared this story on here before. Ten years ago I got hit by a car on my bike. It was bad. I was in a wheelchair for a bit, and all of my normal sarcasm aside, I’m pretty lucky to be alive. Or so the ED doctors told me after examining the numerous dents […]
Current State: Give Me All The Fall Athleisurewear
What is it about decreasing temperatures that has me sprinting to the mall? It’s like as soon as that first leaf hits the ground, my credit card pops out, Carbon38 automatically opens on my computer, and I start accidentally driving by Lululemon and Outfit Active a few times a day so it only makes sense […]
Current State: MBSR Teacher Training in the Mountains
Mer here. I’m currently in Sedona, AZ for a 7-day Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher Training. It’s one step (of which many I’ve completed and some I have left) in officially becoming MBSR Teacher Certified. This is a long process that requires multiple week-long out of town trainings, silent retreats, practice teaching, reading, learning, etc. and […]
Current State: Tackling the #SeptemberWhole30 Challenge
As tight as I hold on, I know that it’s time to let it go. Whether I like it or not (I don’t) Summer is coming to an end, and today is the unofficial start to Fall. Queue all the pumpkin spice flavored things, crock pot meals, hot tea and red wine. Most people […]
Sleep I Miss You, Let's Reunite. Tips for Getting Good zzzzzs.
Sleep. It’s important. Like really important for both our mental and physical health. Lately I’ve been skimping on the zzs because, well, life has been crazy. Between late nights working, 6AM workouts, and late night Instagram scrolling (we all do it) my pillow has been missing me, and body has been feeling it. […]