[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] For a very long time I tried to be someone I wasn’t so that people would like me: so that...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] When I was a small child, I had a collection of lip balms, each one a different bright,...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] “You have been impatient,” said my father, “since the moment you were born.” I exited my...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, the TSC Him & Her show, when one of the...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] The other night, I had a dream that there was a demon living in my basement. I don't even...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I moved to California in July of 2017 with my ex-fiancé and our very verklempt cat. We...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "What should I do??" my friend asked me. She was feeling torn between spending a weekend...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] My first full time job was at a nonprofit on the South Side of Chicago. I was hired as a...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "Always remember, the goals that we have achieved pale in comparison to the daily...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] On June 7, 2019, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed new abortion legislation that was set...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] My annual physical is normally short and to the point. Height, weight, blood pressure,...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I'm not a dietitian or a doctor. I have an outdated NASM personal training certification...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "My brain is a ball of tangled yarn," I wrote in a poem, circa 2014. I found some of my...

Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Hemingway said, "To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it." David Goggins...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I wrote this blog months ago, and I'm happy to say that I've stepped in and out of...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Amelia Boone, a famous spartan and ultra endurance athlete has this quote that many...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] When I started seeing my fourth therapist and my dietitian, I was also stepping into the...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I met a man last summer by happenstance. I was running through the Grand Canyon, and he...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "I love you, I love you, I love you," I said as I made my way up and over a long pass....

[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "Why don't you write more about running?" a well-meaning acquaintance asked me the other...