Workouts When Your Legs are Sore

Hey hey! Happy Monday! Hope your week is off to a great start. How was the weekend? I’d love to hear what you were up to. We went to an outdoor festival, had a little brunch playdate party with friends, and hit the road to Orlando! I’ll be back soon with a recap, but thought…

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Working out with an injury

Over the years of blogging, I’ve received a lot of requests about this particular topic. Can I work out with an injury? What exercises are good for a knee injury? What exercises are good after shoulder surgery? How can I keep working out even though an injury has me sidelined? I want to start off…

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why macro counting isn’t for everyone

Hi friends! How are you? Hope you’re enjoying the morning. We’re hanging out before P’s music class, and I’m excited to teach barre later today. This post deals with nutrition and dieting strategies; if you think it may be a triggering or uncomfortable subject, please skip this post. For today, I thought we could talk about…

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Tips for Disney World with Two Small Kids

Hi friends! How are ya? Hope the day is going well so far! Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments on the house pics yesterday. We’ll likely move unpacked boxes with us to our next spot, but we definitely feel settled.  Even though we just got back from Atlanta, I’m already looking…

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Favorite books about health and wellness

Hi friends! How’s the morning going? I hope you’re having a great day so far. We are off to the park with some friends, and I’m excited to catch a dance class later today.  For this morning, I thought we could talk about books! Specifically, health and wellness books. I feel like there are SO…

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Top 7 motivational podcasts

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I’ll be back later with Friday Faves, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a guest post with you from my good friend Kelli. I loved meeting up with Kelli for friend dates when we lived in San Diego, especially when we would grab a juice and go for a…

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7 Ways to be More Productive

Today I thought we could share some planning and productivity tips with each other. Lately, I’ve received some questions about how to be more productive, so I’m sharing some of my tips here. I hope you’ll also share your own strategies since I always love to hear what helps others make the most out of their day.  To be honest,…

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Wasting workout time

Hi friends! Happy humpday! This morning’s subject for The Skimm was “Whooaaaa, we’re halfway there” and now Bon Jovi will be stuck in my head all day. Here’s what’s been happening around here and then I have some tips to help you stop wasting time at the gym! Today’s Happenings What are you up to today??…

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Wellness trend: Forest Bathing

I’m getting back in the swing of life over here after the whirlwind trip to Minnesota. Back with the family and back in the SUNSHINE (Minneapolis, your food was great and the people were so lovely and kind, but wow. You were a little chilly. It burned a little.). Today, I thought it would be…

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Quick Tips for Better Photographs

Good morning! I’m really excited about today’s post because my friend (and now photography mentor) Jacquelynn kindly offered to share some beginning photography tips for DSLR users. Pin this to use as an easy reference later! Hope you enjoy and thank you again to Jacquelynn for sharing her tips with us all! ///// These tips are…

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10 ways to burpee

I’m so stoked that you guys are enjoying the Week 3 workout! Since we’ve been doing LOTS of burpees lately, I figured today would be a great day to share some of my tried and true burpee variations. Also, it’s Valentine’s week. Who doesn’t heart burpees?! (don’t answer that) Here are some ways to change…

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