I’ve spent the last 3 years building a wall, brick by brick, layer by layer, lathering on the mortar extra thick to make sure the cold or danger wouldn’t creep through a crack, or that a brick wouldn’t fall out exposing the outside world aka fears and judgement and hostility. I vowed to myself to …

[Pre-Chorus] ‘Cause you brought the flames and you put me through hell I had to learn how to fight for myself And we both know all the truth I could tell I’ll just say this is I wish youfare well  [Chorus] I hope you’re somewhere praying, praying I hope your soul is changing, changing I …

It doesn’t really matter where exactly  you pull your inspiration from, as long as you have something that gets you in the groove of a creative spirit, happy soul, or puts that extra oomph in your step.  With Christmas being over and the prospects of 2016 right around the corner, I’ve been doing a lot …

Tums & Guns and LYB Week THREE!

WOAH! This week is week 3?! Seriously?! That means we’re already almost half way through the #tiuTUMSandGUNS challenge AND TIU’s Love your Body series! Time to get serious and buckle down to fully commit to the rest of the month, the challenge, and set a positive example for how we’d like the rest of our …

Personal Trainer + Strength & Conditioning Certs

Each few months or so I try to set out new goals for myself to stay accountable, focused, and realistically accomplish. I always find setting a few goals is so much more effective for me than trying to overachieve a list of like 20, feeling scrambled along the way. This year, I’ve been inspired to begin …

TIU #HolidayHunny Week 2 Spreadsheet

Wow, is anyone else completely in awe that it’s already the second week of November?! AH!!! With a new week upon us, comes a new TIU weekly schedule & my updated weekly spreadsheet! This week’s schedule only had PM Challenges listed for Friday and Sunday, so I filled in the other days with fun ideas we did …

Yoga for One

Wooo! Things got super wild today when I left to do my FIRST solo yoga class since Tanner was born…yep, ladies and gentlemen (not that I think gentlemen would be browsing this blog, but ya never know!) you heard that right…my first solo yoga class in ONE FREAKING YEAR. ONEEEE YEAR!! And oh.em.gee. it felt …