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She didn’t disappear — she’s been waiting. Why “starting over” is the wrong word for it, and what returning actually looks like at 43. I’m beginning to see her again. Maybe just a glimpse. Maybe just an outline — and…

I’ve been gone for a while. Not from life — life’s been loud. But from this. I had to sub a bunch of classes, and I picked up side gigs on top of that because money got tight and the…

When I was younger, the scale ran everything. That number was the whole story. If it dropped, I had a good day. A good week. A good life. Getting smaller was the goal, and I built my whole sense of…

I posted a reel the other day from my step-back class. Simple stuff. Me in a chair, doing movements in a chair — the kind of thing I give people who are in a lot of pain and can’t get…

I used to think this was about my body. The messy middle is uncomfortable. It’s embarrassing. It sucks, and it makes showing up so much harder. I almost didn’t show you. Being in the middle is the part nobody wants…

I used to think this was about my body. When I was younger, I trained to get the body I wanted. I got close. I’m not sure I ever got the “dream body” — and honestly, that dream was always…

This Sunday was my birthday. I’m 43. And I’ll be honest — it’s hard to believe the number. When I was younger I couldn’t even picture past my forties. Not in a dark way. I just couldn’t see it. And…

By your 40s you’re not avoiding because you’re lazy. You’re avoiding because you’ve been burned before. I need you to sit with that, because I think you’ve had it backwards for a long time — I know I did. There…

I’m wrapping up the Show Up Method this week, and at the same time I’ve started offering a weekly class for stiff, painful lower backs. The two landed on top of each other on purpose, I think. Because finishing one…

Minimalist Workout Guide The start of any journey usually feels the hardest — not because of the work itself, but because of everything that comes before it. The hesitation. The resistance. The “I should’ve started sooner.” The feeling of being…