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June 3, 2013

Last week I worked out every.single.day. I worked hard to fit in workouts; I fit in workouts with Ari; and our house suffered the consequence of my domestic neglect. But I felt great. My workouts were a combination of 4 runs, power-walking with the stroller + Ari 4 days, and 3 yoga practices. I’m finally [...]

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May 28, 2013

The great thing about any workout is that sense of accomplishment afterward. But the truly inspiring part of yoga, in particular, is the letting go; the knowing that your mind is what’s holding you back. For me, it’s not always an immediate feeling. You kind of have to practice the ‘letting go.’ Often times I’ll [...]

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May 21, 2013

I’m a day late with my weekly mantra. Reason being? I’ve been busy living; been busy spending time with one happy baby boy and one happy husband. Sometimes you need to take an extra few minutes snuggling on the couch with your family instead of checking emails, twitter and writing. Some days you’re helping your [...]

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May 6, 2013

My mantra for the week is courtesy of a yoga class I took over the weekend. It was full of heart openers and twists. Which reminded me that you have to open yourself up to light to let the light in. Between the eagle poses and seated spinal twists, I smiled, laughed and opened [...]

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April 29, 2013

Removing expectations. This. My mantra for the week. Ya know, I spend a lot of time setting myself up for disappointment. I place such high expectations on myself, my husband, my coworkers, my friends, etc. And it’s not fair to anyone. And it’s not going to change overnight. I’m always going to be my harshest [...]

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April 22, 2013

This. This is my mantra for the week. One of my yoga teachers at Yoga Bliss said it during class over the weekend. It’s incredible that a casually mentioned phrase could stick in my mind for so long. But it did. In fact, it’s still there. Stuck. Cause guess what? Big changes don’t happen overnight. [...]

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April 9, 2013

This weekend Ari [kind of] napped! Thank you, Mimi, for your incredible grandma wisdom and patience. The weekend with Babycakes was actually tolerable [at least until Sunday when you left]. This week I’m going to make sure to hit up Caribou Coffee one last time before they shut down every one of their Ohio stores. [...]

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April 1, 2013

This weekend we traveled back to Amish country [where we both grew up] to have lunch at a Chinese restaurant with Chad’s family. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone. And Ari was so smiley and happy! We’re always nervous he’s borderline meltdown when we go out to eat. But Sunday was a whole [...]

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March 25, 2013

This weekend my parents visited from Kentucky. My mom hasn’t seen Ari since January, and my dad was moving the remainder of our belongings from my childhood home. Yep, two weeks after they put it on the market — and one year after they moved to Kentucky — their house in Ohio sold! It’s bittersweet. [...]

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March 18, 2013

This weekend I took a yoga class with the incredible Gretchen and loved every difficult second of it! It was just what I needed to start my weekend; the rest of which was spent in PJs with Ari and Chad. Sunday we had a visit with the GrandparAunts, complete with corned beef & reuben sandwiches [...]