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An Open Apology To January

First, I need to apologize to January.  We posted this anthem to January after my husband and I, separately, had tried to make plans for February only to realize there was still an additional week of January to endure. This…

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Striving For Body Neutrality

Recently, Penn and I saw a friend we hadn’t seen in a while who noticeably lost a bunch of weight. Penn really wanted to compliment them on it (they looked happy and healthy) but he wasn’t sure so he said…

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This Seems Impossible

*This post talks about weight loss and issues surrounding body image. If that’s a topic that’s sensitive to you, please take care of yourself and skip this post. I love where we’ve come in our language around our bodies. Models…

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Living A Slower Life

Last month, I announced my Slow 60 Challenge in an attempt to minimize anxiety and unnecessary stress in my life. Maybe you’ve heard of the “Hard 75” – my Slow 60 is completely the opposite. My goals for the Slow…

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The Slow 60 Challenge

I knew there was a problem when I was excited for a surgery and uncomfortable recovery.  Here’s the TMI portion of the post (scroll to the next paragraph if medical procedures make you queasy.) I’m getting an endometrial ablation to…

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Practicing Being Present

If you’re new around here, hi! I’m Kim and I walk through life with a bit of anxiety. I sit in awe of people like my husband who can just… chill. He doesn’t dwell on mistakes of the past and…

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What Happened To Summer?

A few weeks ago, I took Lola on a college visit. We sat in an auditorium and listened to a panel of current college students answer questions. One question was what advice they would give to high school seniors. All…

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Nutrition Needs As You Age

I’ve always said after I had kids that items may have “shifted in flight.” My body may have bounced back, but things went to different places. For example, I am fairly the same size that I was before having Lola…

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Amazing Race Training: HIIT Workout

If there was one thing I learned from our time on The Amazing Race, it was how to get out of my comfort zone. If you watched the show, you know this included all sorts of challenges for us like…

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Amazing Race Training: Gaining Strength For Life 

We all know how important it is to build strength, especially as we age. In my 20s, I would run six miles a day but I couldn’t do more than a few push-ups without reaching exhaustion. Though I’ve tried to…

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