I hate my personal trainer.  Really I love her and what she does for me.  She pushes me, holds me accountable, encourages me to work harder.  But I told her right from the start, “At the end of each session, I want to hate you.”  This is how I know she’s done her job.  If…

Being a therapist means I sit most of the day.  After years of sitting my body had become tightly-wound and I found myself moving around with weird aches and pains like I was 80 years old. So when I had the opportunity through a friend and colleague to try out power yoga, I thought it…

Finally, spring has arrived! The days are getting longer, which means there’s more sunlight streaming through your windows, illuminating all of the dust and grime that has infiltrated your house over the past four months. Of course your first instinct may be to roll up your sleeves, grab 18 rolls of paper towels and some…

Valentine’s Day and I have a long and sordid history. It started in the 4th grade when the boy I liked (yes, I’m referring to you Mark Jarzomski) used my homemade Valentine card as a paper football during lunch. My dislike of the holiday continued through my teens when the boy I had dated for…

I don’t know if anyone’s told you this before but… change is freaking hard. If it wasn’t so hard, we’d all be able to become the people we ultimately want to be. All of us want to be better versions of ourselves; we want to be healthier, stronger, more creative, and kinder. Each year around…