Category: Getting Better

A couple of years ago I was in the darkest, scariest place I’ve ever been. I was diagnosed and treated for Generalized Anxiety Disorder before my kids were born. I got better. Then we went through a bunch of life and just as things started to point up and get happy and exciting, bam! I…

A few weeks ago I pondered losing weight to make running easier on my knees. (Click here to read). Since then, I have learned a term that encompasses all I have been learning about personally over the last couple of years; diet culture. I will do a separate post with resources because it is a…

When I was in my late twenties a specialist told me my knees were not capable of being a runner. So I ran a marathon. My knees had been problematic from my early teens. Running the marathon, fortunately, did not make them worse. I didn’t even start running until adulthood. I had not realized how…

It starts with saying yes. Yes to jumping on the trampoline even though everything jiggles. Yes to the zip line even though the harness accentuates all the “wrong” places. Yes to putting on a suit and going for that swim. Even though our self-talk is telling us that we are a beached whale. Yes to…

Sometimes you sit in your car wondering if you should go in. You’re late. You know nobody. You’ve never been to an event with this group. You’re sure you’ll *not* go in. But before you turn the car back on to leave you decide to use a text-a-friend. You can either text the friend who…

I don’t make New Years Resolutions. Each year I choose a word- something to keep in my mind that will improve my life. In the past I’ve chosen words like fun, community, and travel. This year the word I’ve chosen is kind. In my quest to recover from being a people pleaser I’ve lost some…