The Healthy Life

     This one goes out to the folks in the world that think CrossFit gyms are full of a bunch of self-absorbed exercise addicts that are so irresponsible with their own competitive nature that they’re willing to just go faster and harder until they ultimately get hurt. Including pregnant women, but that’s a whole separate rabbit hole that I’ll go down at some point down the road. I took my husband, Ben’s, class this…

If I could go to the dentist once a month, I would.  I LOVVVVVE going to the dentist.  Like, as much as I like power washing things.  In fact, if I could get a dental version of a power washer on Amazon, I think I would.  But, what I really want is one of those metal pick tools.  The problem is, I can’t get in there and see what they see from their angle. So,…

Jonah used to ask me all the time, “What’s the hardest part about being a parent?” I love that question, especially when it’s from your (then) 12 year old son.  It’s a loaded question because you feel like the “right” answer is, “Nothing.  I love being a parent.  Period.” But, in all honesty, there are a lot of hard things about being a parent. Some are good hard, and some are hard hard. With a…

I did it.  I actually caught Maya doing something not OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO AMAZINGLY PERFECT AND TOTALLY CRUSHING LIFE RIGHT NOW. Oh my gosh, you guys.  Maya Keenan-Gallagher may actually have 1 teeny, tiny human bone in her superhero body. We are all here sitting on my bed and in my bedroom talking about our day since we haven’t seen each other in a while, and Jonah gets all excited telling me…

Believe me.  I know.  If I were you, I’d think I was faking the severity of this “virus”, also. I know I have been really inconsistent with posting. I know I have not actually “written” a post in a week. And, I know that I have been fully taking advantage of the concept of photo posts…and, that my photos have not even been very interesting. But, the here’s the honest to God truth: My kids, who…

   I don’t know about anyone else, but I think I think too much. I’ve been reading and listening to so many mindset-happiness-positivity sources lately that I, honestly, don’t know where this little bit of wisdom came from…but, I know it didn’t originate in my own head so don’t go accusing me of plagiarism.  It’s not so much plagiarism as it is a lack of brain power that leaves me very limited memory to work…

In addition to being good break-up material, I am also a very good patient. If you were to ask my chiropractor, surgeon, nutritionist or coach, I would like to think they would agree with me in saying that I’m incredibly obedient: I’m good at asking what the rules are, following directions, and doing exactly what I’m told…and, sometimes too much. If I’m told to roll my IT band 3 times for :60 seconds each pass,…

I like to think about myself as the type of girl that would be great break-up material.  I’m not great at many things, but one thing I’m good at is rebounding from unfortunate situations.  I feel like I’d be the type of girl that if I got dumped I wouldn’t eat junk food and wear a sweatsuit every day.  I think I’d go the other direction. When I am injured or recovering from surgery, I…

I don’t know how to say this with the appropriate amount of emphasis that it deserves, but people…including myself…need to acknowledge, accept, and learn how to effectively approach a conversation of conflict or disagreement with others. I know I’m saying that in an awkward overly-professional sort of way, but I have to because I have real difficulty with people that lack this social skill.  It’s something that Ben and I have been talking through and…

I was listening to another one of Tom Bilyeu’s podcasts the other day when he had Amelia Boone on as a guest.  Boone is a hugely successful extreme adventure racer and a 60 hour/week corporate bankruptcy attorney for Apple. She talked about a lot of things, but one of the topics that struck a cord with me was on fear. Now, when someone talks about fear and people that experience it, I don’t jump up…