The art of walking

The San Diego Pain Summit is still swirling around in my head, an unreal amount of thoughts and ideas associated with all I learned, was exposed to, and talked about there, that it’s hard to even know where to start. I have roughly 4 draft posts in the wings right now because there’s too many directions I want to go

Successes and setbacks: Finding balance and direction

These past two months have been a bit of a whirlwind for me, with some pretty awesome successes but also some pretty spirit-crushing setbacks. It can sometimes be hard for me to figure out where the balance is between successes and setbacks and what direction is the best way forward when I feel like I’m taking two steps back for


How the words we use can limit our ability to heal

We are the story we tell ourselves. I’m not sure where I heard that but it really rung true for me. We are the story we tell ourselves, we are the words we use to describe ourselves, our lives. So why is it that so many of us tell ourselves a negative story? Or a sad story? Or an angry story? Language

Interesting Stuff for Your Mind, Body, and Soul. (1)

Some Interesting Stuff I Read Recently… I had tried doing this once before but then fell off the wagon. I post a lot of stuff over on my Facebook page that I find interesting as I peruse the web; stuff on movement, nourishment, mindfulness, health, happiness_all kinds of good stuff!-that I find on various blogs, on social media, in peer-reviewed

Dealing with Chronic pain: Egoscue and Pain Education

Working with people in pain is a passion of mine, especially after my own experiences with injury, surgery, rehab, and chronic pain, so I wanted to share some of my experiences with the Egoscue method, which has made a profound difference in my life and in my ability to be active again. It’s really allowed me to get a handle


Food is medicine. Movement is life

I’ve talked about the power of food in helping me with some of my health issues, particularly chronic pain issues, some gnarly GI issues I had last year, and figuring out after my hip surgery that grains (and most dairy) and I just don’t really get along. As I’m a huge advocate of starting with food to address health concerns

Sitting less (and moving more) helps to regulate blood sugar and insulin levels

I talk a lot about moving our bodies to improve our mental and physical health. But I don’t always talk about how physical activity improves our health, so I thought I’d do a couple posts that dive into the science a little bit further. Regulating Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels Physical activity is particularly important for blood sugar regulation and

Movement nourishes your mind, body, and spirit. So move your butt.

Movement is powerful, not simply as a means of locomoting from one place to another but rather as a means to keep our bodies and minds functioning at optimal levels. When we sit all day long, our bodies and minds become stagnant. You’ve seen stagnant ponds, right? Stagnant = no good. But when we break up our sitting bouts with


Small Sips of Health and Happiness: Edition 3

Here is the third installment of my favorite Facebook posts from the last week (ok, I was a bit late with this one so it’s the last week+) in the world of wellness. To start us off, some thoughts on health and wellness I just started a new quarter at school and one of the discussion topics this week is

Small Sips of Health and Happiness: Edition 2

Changed the name a bit but idea is the same…. Here’s my favorite Facebook posts from the past week in one convenient place for you to scroll through and see what interests you! I’m trying to find the best of the web in the world of health and happiness and bring them to you here in a way that may

Exercise: It’s Not What You Think It Is!

What exercise has become Do you want to be more active but feel like you don’t have enough time exercise? Do you think of exercise as something you should do or have to do? I think that “exercise” has developed a bad rap over the past couple decades, and a lot of trainers like myself are to blame.  Exercise has