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3 Big Missteps in Workout Programs For Moms
Optimizing workout programming for moms is something that I've been thinking about and working towards for the past decade. And, I'm still learning more every single day.These missteps below? I've made 'em all and I want to help you not make them, too.There are so...
6 Strategies to Take The Focus OFF Fat Loss For Moms
Inevitably, whenever I tell someone that I specialize in coaching pregnancy and post-pregnancy fitness, their initial response is that I must, "help moms lose the baby weight." And, a really interesting comment recently was, "Oh, so you have to keep your body fit all...
10 Fast Facts About Diastasis Recti
Today, I want to give you a rundown on 10 fast facts regarding diastasis recti, or abdominal muscle separation. In full disclosure, I use the term 'facts' loosely. In 2017. Ha. This all will continue to change, be researched further, and become much more well...
6 Great Glute Exercises To Do During Pregnancy
6 Great Glute Exercises To Do During Pregnancy Keeping the glutes strong and stable in pregnancy can be VERY HELPFUL for warding off achy hips and low backs, supporting your belly to your bladder, and setting you up for a more comfortable (physical) postpartum...
Why I Quit Saying “This might be TMI” And You Should Too
There's a rule with my coaching clients in the To Pregnancy & Beyond program that we don't preface anything we might say with, "This might be TMI, but....". Nope. Nope. Nope. I get it. It can be total habit. You don't even realize you're saying it. In so many...
“I don’t want to get pregnant because it’ll ruin my body.”
THOSE ARE ACTUAL WORDS I ONCE SAID. Ok, in full disclosure, not just one time. Like, a lot of times. Ughhhh. Somewhat embarrassing to admit that, but also a great reminder of where I was and where I am now in terms of mindset and my relationships with FOOD and...
Please Stop 21-Day Fixing Yourself
I used to thrive on lots of intense exercise. Rather, I thought I was thriving. 5-6 workouts per week. Every week. If I missed, I went into the cycle of guilt + food weirdness + 'feeling fat'. You know those feelings? I used to be a person that all or nothing’d...
Coming Back Home
A couple days ago I was out by myself running some errands. I had finished up at the last store, got in my car and texted my husband to tell him I was on my way home. Something about that felt right in a lot of different ways. The 'coming back home' bit. 2016 was a...
To The Mom Whose Birth Went Differently Than She Expected It To And Hoped It Would
I was that mom whose birth went differently than she expected it to and hoped it would. I believed. I prepared. I educated myself. Had the best team. I did the things. Yet, it didn't go anything like how I thought it might. Turns out, after much reflection, it went...
