General topic posts about women’s health, physical therapy, fitness, and other reflections about life.
How did you feel about your body when you looked in the mirror after giving birth? Did you feel strong and empowered? Did you rejoice in the goodness of what your body had done (regardless of how you gave birth)? Did you feel disappointed? Did you feel shocked by what you saw? I think we […]
As a 37-year-old woman, I’m in the thick of training my mind. For most of my life, my thoughts ruled my mind. True or not, I allowed them to take up space and become my beliefs. Now as an adult, I’m learning how to actually control my mind and it’s not always an easy process! […]
How’s your relationship with food? This is something I used to feel so much shame over. For years I didn’t want to share that I had food issues. And then once I started sharing, I realized that I’m not alone. Our relationship with food is complicated. Food is necessary. We need it to survive. There’s […]
How many of you often feel like you’re walking a tightrope with 10 clumsy hats on? There is SO much advice on balance – balancing all the roles we have as moms, wives, business owners, leaders, and all the things you’ve been called to do. Goodness, you could read 100 different books on it, and […]
At the beginning of the New Year, I knew I needed to give my home life an overhaul. 2020 was quite the year for all of us, and though there was also GOOD in 2020 and so many ways I saw God work, I knew that God was calling me to less so that I […]
In physical therapy school, I spent a lot of time in a sports bra. Sometime during the first week, the professor had us all line up in two rows facing each other, shoulder to shoulder, and analyze the person across from us. It felt awkward, and yet it was a good training tool. The body […]
I might be a women’s health PT who speaks some truth, but I’m also a girl who enjoys girly things. I used to think ALL care for outward things – fashion, make-up, decor, etc. was just plain worldly and selfish and was vain to talk or think about. I felt guilty that I actually inwardly […]
Have you heard the phrase…Little Kids, Little Problems, Big Kids, Bigger Problems? As a mom of five who currently has kids age 2 -12, I get this on a deeper level. I stand smack dab in the middle of raising my 5th toddler (hello fits over EVERY. SINGLE. THING) and trying REALLY hard not to […]
There are several things the Dutch do well – they are the royalty of cleanliness, they have a strong work ethic…and they know their sugary treats. 😉 Most dutch women know a thing or two about making a big pan of bars to feed a crowd, and it makes me sad that some of you […]
When I was 5 wks postpartum with my first baby, I started running again. It did not feel great, but my mind was obsessed with losing the baby weight & the only way I knew was to run. I hadn’t done any core work, I just started. For so much of my life an easy […]