As a culture we’ve been thinking about bullying in recent years: what it is, what it does, why it happens, how to handle it in the moment, and how to bring it to an end.
The fitness and wellness culture can sometimes be a big bully. When I looked up the […]
My 94-year-old grandmother died last week. She and I had a long and complicated relationship but mostly I’ve been reflecting on how grateful I am to have had so much history with the elders in my family. Many of my great-grandparents lived until I was a middle schooler and a […]
I bet you’ve had the experience of walking out of a class feeling frustrated, unseen, picked on or unappreciated. I know I have. If you’re new to any sort of movement or fitness class, it’s especially disheartening. After all the stress of going into a new and kind of scary […]
Last time we talked about injury-proofing our bodies. But we all know injuries are going to happen. I hate being injured and I get really grumpy about it. But it’s happened to me enough times that I have some thoughts about how to approach it when it does happen.
You […]
I hope we’re all clear that this is not a real thing. If you are truly injury-proof you are either a) stupendously lucky or b) living a very odd and circumscribed life. Maybe you’re an artificial intelligence with no body to speak of?
Unless those things are true, you (and I) […]
Keeping healthy routines up and running is tough during regular times, but now, hello pandemic and the complete upheaval of everything. Are you trying to add new good habits in place of the ones that have been taken away? Or having a hard time making self care a priority when […]