This week I worked on chapters 4 and 5 Last week I shared how I've been rewriting the opening of each chapter so you don't just read my stories, you step into them. This week, I carried that work into chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4: Don't Fight, Set Intention This chapter now opens in … Continue reading Book Update: A Garbage Bag, a School Bus, and Where Your Eyes Go
Why Every Chapter of My Book Ends With You
A peek at the "You Are the Change" sections When people hear I'm writing a book about my life, they usually assume it's a memoir. It is, partly. But the most important part of every chapter isn't my story. It's the section at the end, called You Are the Change. That's where the book turns … Continue reading Why Every Chapter of My Book Ends With You
Book Update: Bringing the First Three Stories to Life
What I worked on this week, and why I keep rewriting the first page I started writing this book back in 2017. Writing a memoir of sorts has been a slow, steady labor of love, tucked in between running the studios and living life. This past week, I spent my writing time with the first … Continue reading Book Update: Bringing the First Three Stories to Life
2+ Years of Sobriety
The last time I had a drink of alcohol was over two years ago, and it's been helping to create one of the best chapters in my adult life. To be clear-minded all of the time and have awareness of all of the things both around me and within me is a gift. To have … Continue reading 2+ Years of Sobriety
Blur of a Month
It's been a busy month for me and I wanted to take a moment to reflect back on some highlights - yes, out loud, and share with you.
Being Aware of Fear, not Controlled by It.
I thought to share this journal entry with you all from the past 36 hours for some inspiration of thought. I went in to have an enhancement done on my eyes, a LASIK procedure, which I once had about 10 years ago. I was excited for the opportunity to resharpen my vision and at the … Continue reading Being Aware of Fear, not Controlled by It.
“It’s a Thing”
"It's a thing," I wound up telling someone the other day before the marathon about how this was #11. I feel like having gotten to my tenth last year made a mark within my soul - a question mark - to keep going, or not? My soul said yes. I truly enjoy the training - … Continue reading “It’s a Thing”
Countdown to the Richmond Marathon
What a successful training week last week was! Two 12-mile tempo runs and a 24-mile long run. And two strength training sessions mixed in, which I have not neglected my legs in this season! My legs were tired by the time the long run on Saturday came around. Phew! That’s one of the things I … Continue reading Countdown to the Richmond Marathon
October 13, 2025
The complexity of grief and how we handle it as humans is fascinating on a non-emotional level and can be an entirely engulfing abyss on an emotional one.
What a Year
It's been an incredible year of personal growth. That's also code for, "it's been challenging." It's all in how you look at it, right? Don't challenges do just that - challenge us to grow? to rise up?
