#MotivatedAF
According to a vast majority of people I’ve asked, the ever elusive concept of motivation is a sticking point for personal growth in a lot of people’s lives. On a scale of 1 to Tony Robbins, where do you land when it comes to motivation? Do you want to improve? A ton of my friends and…
Stand Tall, Wear A Crown, Be Sweet
About 6 months ago, Neghar Fonooni wrote about her decision to seek out female identifying creators and craftspeople in order to do her part to fight the wage gap. She was speaking specifically to her decision to seek out only feminine presenting artists for her tattoos in this particular piece, although she has cultivated this…
It’s a Celebration, Baby
This summer marks 4 years since I started the Rural Rebel Mama Facebook page. At this precise moment there are 6,221 people who have stumbled upon it and chosen to stay. For some in my life, that doesn’t seem like much. And I get it, the comparison trap is a real thing. I have poured…
27 Years
I’m writing an essay for my book about grief, and how holding space for others to feel it has long been one of my super powers. This story is one of the reasons I cultivated such a skill. 27 years ago today the lives of these dancers, our families, and the communities we belonged to…
At This Point Nutrition Feels Like a Moving Target
If there is one thing going to university as an adult taught me, it’s that I don’t know sh1t about sh1t. Okay okay, I learned how to write essays and stories a lot better there too. But my number one takeaway from post secondary was there is nearly an infinite amount of subjects one could…
TWERK for Anxiety
“Who are you? What words describe you? What do you wish people knew about you?” Three questions, short in length and large in significance. These were the ice breaker questions of a small breakout session during last year’s Women’s Fitness Summit. Have I mentioned lately how much I love ice breakers? So awkward! So uncomfortable…
Let’s Get Big Together. I Dare You.
Today is the day, the Bigness Project is finally for sale for the masses to get massive. And it is so reasonably priced, $39 for the basics and then a couple of higher price points for a cardio add on and a nutrition protocol. If you’ve got any interest in building muscle at all, jump…
Three Great Reasons to Consider a Plus Sized Trainer
OK OK, I know, it’s frowned upon to identify a person by their body type. And I certainly don’t walk about my life with the identity ‘plus-sized’ hanging like a neon sign over my head. But this is my blog and my 2017 motto is ‘I DO WHAT I WANT’, so here we are. The…
Seen Supported Loved Challenged
It’s December, and I feel pulled back and pushed forward simultaneously by the sights, sounds, and smells of the season. The urge to reflect is high, just like the urge to plan. Do you feel the opposing pulls too? Today I find myself doing exactly that. Feeling the pulls. Examining them. Peeking into the future…
Three Takeaways From Million Pound November
I took a challenge to lift a million pounds in November and put it out to my community to see if I could get a few other crazy women interested in joining me. We end up with 13 teammates, calling ourselves the Seven Digit Swolesisters, and lifting over 3.1 million pounds collectively last month. It…