The Refine Blog

Your ability to stick with an exercise plan through the end of the year has nothing to do with your schedule, your “willpower,” or your goals. Instead, it has everything to do with your mindset around fitness, and I’d love to give you a gospel-centered perspective. First – do any of these sound familiar?+ You […]

Pro tip: Start a family movement time on Sunday. 🙌 When our kids were little, we began implementing family movement on Sunday afternoons. We’d get home from church, eat, and everyone would rest/take naps. But what would end up happening is that by 4:00, everyone was cranky from laying around. Turns out laying around for […]

While I talk all about pelvic health here, it’s actually only a relatively small percentage of my week. We’re in the middle of harvest over here (done with beans, working on corn!), and that requires huge work days for my husband, which then requires a lot from me to manage the home and our five […]

15 years ago, no one was talking about the pelvic floor. Most women didn’t even know what the pelvic floor was! And any pelvic floor issues (leaking, prolapse, painful s3x) were 🫢 – most women didn’t dare talk to their doctor about it, less one another. While I’m thankful for WAY more awareness about the […]

Your word of encouragement from me this week: You are meant to THRIVE. You are meant to live an ABUNDANT life.  But the biggest things I see holding women back – it’s not their time, it’s not their resources. It’s their mindset. So what do you believe when it comes to how you feel? Do […]

SIX years!! It’s truly hard to believe that Refine is 6 years old. Honestly, I didn’t know if the business would survive more than a year, so it is truly unbelievable that it’s been six years now of this specialized practice surviving in little Orange City, IA. A few years ago, I did a three-part […]

As the weather cools, I love a warm drink. I shared in stories the other day that my fav is a cafe miel. Normally I’m a black coffee drinker, but if I am choosing a treat, I’ll go cafe miel, light on the honey. Here’s how I make it at home: So yummy and a […]

Today, we have some exciting news to share with you! We have an announcement that has been in the making for about 3 years! Refine PT is going to expand its services in the next year to offer local fitness classes, as well as prenatal and postpartum classes, at RowenHuis, a gym we are building […]