Raising Boys n Barbells

Summer is here in full swing. For some reason, as we approach the Fourth of July, summer starts to really settle in for me. The days are long, the weather is at its prime, the water table and splash pad are out and most of our days are spent outside. When we think of summer it comes with sunshine, beach days, popsicles, and grilling out. However, it doesn’t always mean easy living. For some Moms that may still mean working full time, juggling the kids home from school, and jammed packed schedules. Summer will come and go, before we know…

Meaningful work is an important part of life. We love to work hard doing things that nourish us, that generate meaning, purpose, energy and excitement, that we’re looking forward to doing, where we see there’s a bigger reason behind what we’re doing, where we feel like it’s a pure expression of something inside of us that’s yearning to get out. When we get to do that effort, we come alive. I am very grateful for the opportunities that I have been given within my career, working for a company with an inspiring mission, supported by an amazing boss, and surrounded…

This past week I turned 36! I can’t help but look back and reflect on my first five years in my 30s, realizing how much I have changed and grown over the years. In just the last five years, I have gotten married, changed jobs, bought two homes, survived a pandemic, and became a Mom of two boys.  However, it is not just the big changes in my life that are worth noting but even more importantly, it is the small shifts that have had the biggest impact. Fitness and wellness have always played a huge role in my life…

Coming to you LIVE from our first family vacation of four to Hawaii. These past couple of months I have been on my own health and wellness journey postpartum, rebuilding strength and energy, and just recently started to feel my strong, confident self again. I was worried that my upcoming vacation to Hawaii may impact my progress while being away from my routine and regimen at home. If you are like most people, exercise and fitness is the last thing you want to think about while you are on vacation and instead there is lots of indulging, laying around, and…

On average, in my role as Mom I “clock in” at 6 a.m., and “clock out” at 8 p.m., seven days a week. This equates to 98 hours a week, or the equivalent of two-and-a-half full-time jobs (and that’s if the 8 clocking out actually happens and the kids stay in their beds until morning). Upon the arrival of my first born, with a new feeling of no time for myself, it is no surprise I often found myself depleted, anxious, and overwhelmed. This was not included in the “Guide to Becoming a Parent handbook”; I knew how to change…