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How I’m Staying Healthy + Hydrated Week Leading up to the NYC Marathon
I’ve put so much work and energy these past 17 weeks into training for the New York Marathon. Now, I’m at the one week marker until race day and I’m focusing on all the little details. My three biggest things I am focusing on are rest, hydration and remaining healthy. For rest, I have stopped…
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Small Joys in Quarantine Pt. 2
I found the process of naming the little things in my day that are bringing the joy to be incredibly helpful. It reminds me. It points me to the blessings all around me. It grounds me. Naming the ordinary joys I interact with on a daily basis grounds my head and heart from the ever-present…
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Small Joys in Quarantine Pt. 1
I am going to be real honest here. I am over this. I am over staying at home. I am over not getting to see my family and friends. I am over hearing the words cancelled and uncertain. I am over wearing a mask to get our weekly groceries. I am over it. I truly…
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6 Simple, Daily Choices that Made My Week Better
This past week was a good week. And it was actually the simplest things that made it good. Nothing revolutionary. Just intentional, simple, daily choices. This is a concept I often think about. How seemingly small choices can make a day, a week, a year, and I am going to go as far as say…
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5 Choices to Help Get Out of that Slump
At the start of the New Year I felt a sense of motivation and determination that I have not felt in a while. I was getting up early every morning. I was writing every day. I was having consistent, quiet prayer time before Hudson woke up. I was not touching social media and was reading…
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Starting Slow, Finishing Strong
This mama needs to start slow. In college, I used to be able to roll out of bed, slide on my shoes, and hit the pavement at a 6-something-minute pace. Emphasis here on used to. The funny thing is that college for me was not even that long ago, I am just three years out,…
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5 Ways to get Motivated to Workout Alone
This mama needs to work out alone. This is much more of a need than a want. Every part of me wants training partners and a team to keep me motivated, but this is just not the season I am currently in. It seems like groups meet either too early or too late. 6 am just does…
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Routines Pt. 3
The Evening Routine Just like all the other parts of the day, I think it is so important to be incredibly intentional with the ends of our days because at least for me, there is a greater temptation to use my evenings just to veg. This almost always leaves me falling asleep wishing I used…
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To Read
This mama needs to read. I think a lot of people can relate to this feeling of not feeling like they have time to read. For me, reading can sometimes feel indulgent. The act of just sitting down to read a book that is just for enjoyment can sometimes feel too much like vacation mode. Isn’t…
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Rest
This mama needs rest. Resting is something that does not come naturally to me. I really wish it did because it is so important, but it doesn’t. In the moments of my day that actually lend themselves well for rest, I seem to resist real rest in place of what I am calling “pretend rest.”…
This Mama Needs Grace 