The Scale Ritual Is Over. I Didn't Even Notice Until It Was Gone.
There is a choreography to stepping on a doctor's office scale that I have been performing for most of my adult life.
You know the one.
You arrive at the appointment wearing the lightest possible outfit you could justify. You've already done the mental math: did I drink coffee this morning? How much? Is this shirt heavier than it looks? Are these jeans the ones that feel lighter or the ones that feel like denim upholstery?
In the waiting room, you take stock. Earrings: out. Watch: off. Shoes: you're already calculating how fast you can get them off without looking like you're fleeing a crime scene.
Hiking? When You Eat on Trail Is Just as Important as What You Eat
A dietitian writing for Backpacker magazine said something I've needed to see in print: hikers don't think of themselves as athletes, so they don't fuel like athletes.
I've been that hiker. I've also been the one whose hands were shaking so badly I couldn't open my food bag on trail. It took hours to climb back from that.
For my GLP-1 community specifically: if your appetite is suppressed, "eat when you're hungry" is bad trail advice. Your body is working whether your hunger cues are or not.
Toothbrush Theory: The Simplest Habit Framework You've Never Heard Of & Why the secret to building lasting health habits has nothing to do with motivation
What if the key to finally making a health habit stick had nothing to do with willpower, discipline, or finding the right 30-day program? What if the secret was closer to brushing your teeth? I learned this the hard way on the Appalachian Trail, and it changed everything about how I build habits and how I coach others to do the same.
Standing Over the Sink Eating Chicken Straight From the Container Is a Valid Strategy
If you have ADHD and you're on a GLP-1, you are navigating two things that work fundamentally against each other. This isn't a willpower problem. Here's what actually helps.
Built for this: What nobody tells plus-size pilgrims about walking the Camino de Santiago
I'm a health coach who has walked the Camino at different sizes. And before my very first step, a stranger pointed at a larger pilgrim and said "don't worry — if she can do it, you can do it."
I hadn't been worried. Until that moment.
I wrote the guide I wish someone had handed me before that first Camino. Gear, training, pace, albergues, the emotional side of it — all of it. For plus-size pilgrims who are wondering if their body belongs on the trail.
It does. Full post at the link.
How to Use a Journal When You Are in the Middle of a Health Journey
The mirror shows you the surface. The scale shows you a number. But there is an entire interior landscape to a health journey that those measures cannot touch. A journal sees it. Here is how to start, even if you have tried and stopped before.
Your Library Card is a Wellness Tool
Your library card fits in your wallet, costs nothing, and can do far more for your health journey than most people realize. From cookbooks to audiobooks to a seed library you may not know exists, here is what Indianapolis Public Library has hiding in plain sight.
What It Actually Means to Start Where You Are
Most programs that promise to meet you where you are hand you a plan instead. If past attempts have not stuck, the problem was never your commitment. It was that the right questions were never asked first.
Why the Walk & Talk?
Walking side by side with another woman, something opens up. It happens on short local trails and long-distance paths alike. Here is why I believe the walk itself is doing something, and why I have built it into the heart of my coaching work.