Don’t Wait for 2018. Start Today.

Do you prefer to listen? Check out my podcast, The Missing Piece on iTunes and Soundcloud. I expand on many of the points and offer my experience, as well as offer suggestions that you can incorporate into your life! It was a running joke during my freshman year of college that we would “start on … Continue reading Don’t Wait for 2018. Start Today.

Look the Part, Fit the Mold: The View of “Healthy” Women in the Media

Do you prefer to listen? Check out the podcast episode that goes along with this article on both Soundcloud and iTunes. We delve into the topic a little bit deeper and touch on the story of my experience with looking the part and fitting the mold. In today’s culture, a fitness professional who “looks the … Continue reading Look the Part, Fit the Mold: The View of “Healthy” Women in the Media

Transitions

At the start of the summer, I made my second cross-country move in a year. Relocating my life, again, but this time back to a familiar place – the same town where I went to college. Though the move was largely career-driven, personal feelings played a role. I spent May 2016 to June 2017 in … Continue reading Transitions

The Basics of Peer-Reviewed Research: Finding Reliable and Accurate Information

Limited are the days of searching for information in books at the library. Though some college professors still require it, the majority of research and information seeking is now online. It's more common to see people searching online databases as opposed to combing through bookshelves. Having nearly unlimited information at our fingertips is amazing. No … Continue reading The Basics of Peer-Reviewed Research: Finding Reliable and Accurate Information

The Missing Piece

Well, it’s been a long time coming. Usually I’m on good terms with technology, but this project was a whole other story. I’ve been trying to start and upload a podcast and although every website and resource I looked at said something to the effect of “Start Your Podcast with These Easy Steps.” False. There … Continue reading The Missing Piece

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

A member of a Facebook group posted this and, although the group is related to hiking 14ers (mountains over 14,000 feet in elevation at the summit), I got to thinking about how this graphic relates to fitness and making it your lifestyle. Some of you may have already gone through some of the steps of … Continue reading The Dunning-Kruger Effect

What is “Fitness as a Lifestyle”?

Compared to the time that was spent on colors and fonts, choosing a tagline was surprisingly easy for me. Making fitness a lifestyle is not a change that initially consumes your life. It is a series of small changes. Are you struggling to make it to the gym after a busy day at work? Change your … Continue reading What is “Fitness as a Lifestyle”?

What does the future hold?

As I sit down to write this, I’m not sure where to start. This is the first post of many. For weeks, I’ve been playing with logos and re-configuring layouts. Trying to make every little aspect perfect. Now, I’ve been trying to come up with the perfect topic to start. But I don’t need a … Continue reading What does the future hold?