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09/01/2026

Age is just a number!

08/08/2026

Adventure begins where your comfort zone ends. 💜💪

Today I did something that pushed me outside my comfort zone… and I’m so glad I did!

I completed the MudGirl Obstacle Race with an incredible group of women who encouraged, motivated, laughed, climbed, crawled, and celebrated every obstacle together. None of us had to be perfect—we just had to be willing to try.

So often we let fear, doubt, or the unknown keep us from experiences that could become some of our favorite memories. Today reminded me that growth happens when we say YES to new challenges.

I’m so proud of every woman who showed up, believed in herself, and crossed that finish line. And I’m proud of myself for taking the leap.

Here’s to stronger women lifting each other up, trying new things, and proving that we’re capable of far more than we think.

Girl Power! 💜🔥

What’s one thing you’ve been wanting to try but have been afraid to start? Maybe today is your sign. ❤️

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July!!

06/25/2026

06/25/2026

Perfectly said!

💜 Train for the life you want—not just the body you want.💜

06/22/2026

Strong women. Strong bodies. Bigger fish. 🎣💪

People often ask why I strength train. Days like this are the answer.

Strength training doesn’t just help in the gym—it helps on the water too. Strong legs keep you steady on the boat. A strong core improves balance and stability. Grip strength helps when fighting a big fish, and overall conditioning means you can enjoy long days on the water without wearing out.

Being strong isn’t about lifting the heaviest weight in the gym. It’s about building a body that allows you to do the things you love with confidence.

Today, that strength helped me land this beauty.

Train for life. Train for adventure. Train for the moments that make you smile.

05/26/2026

A researcher in Australia asked a question that got her laughed out of the room: could what we eat be one of the biggest drivers of depression?

So she ran the first randomized controlled trial ever designed to test whether changing diet could treat clinical depression. One group got dietitian support. The other got friendly social visits. Same amount of contact. Same amount of attention.

After 12 weeks, 32 percent of the diet group no longer met the criteria for depression. The social support group? Eight percent.

Food wasn't just important for health. It was treatment.

The science behind it is straightforward. Your gut is lined with trillions of microbes that make the building blocks for serotonin and dopamine. Ultra-processed foods destroy those microbes and trigger chronic inflammation. That inflammation disrupts your brain's wiring, shrinks the hippocampus, and locks your stress response in the on position.

Diets rich in fiber, whole plants, and fermented foods do the opposite. They rebuild the gut, calm the inflammation, and give your brain the raw materials it needs to regulate mood.

Ultra-processed foods now make up 58 percent of the average American's calories. Depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide. These two facts are not unrelated.

You don't need a complete overhaul. Even a 20 percent improvement in diet quality significantly lowers depression and anxiety risk. Add two vegetables at lunch. Eat beans three times this week. Put a jar of sauerkraut in your fridge.

Your plate is either building serotonin or burning it down. Every bite is a message to your brain.

I wrote a full article on the science of nutritional psychiatry, plus a 7-Day Mood Food Reset Worksheet with a plant diversity tracker, daily habits tracker, and meal framework.

Read it below 👇️

Share this with someone who's been struggling with mood and has never considered that the answer might be on their plate.

05/25/2026

Remember our veterans today.

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day can bring joy, gratitude, grief, exhaustion, pride, healing — and sometimes all of it at once.

Today, remember this:
The way you speak to yourself matters too.

Self-love isn’t selfish.
It’s resting without guilt.
Fueling your body because you deserve care.
Setting boundaries that protect your peace.
Giving yourself the same compassion you give everyone else.

Whether you’re a mother, missing your mother, longing to become one, healing from motherhood, or simply trying your best every day — you are worthy of love too. 🤍

Take a deep breath today and remind yourself:
“I am allowed to care for myself too.”

04/28/2026

You reach for the white bread out of habit. It has been in your kitchen for as long as you can remember. Your mother made sandwiches with it. You never questioned it.

Your gut bacteria did.

The difference between white bread and whole grain bread is not virtue. It is fiber. White bread has had most of its fiber stripped away during processing. Whole grain bread still carries the fiber that your gut bacteria depend on to produce short-chain fatty acids, the compounds that improve insulin signaling and reduce inflammation.

Clock 3, the gut microbiome clock, is hungry for fiber. It does not care about calories or carbs or even about the bread itself. It cares about what feeds it.

A randomized controlled trial tested this directly. Researchers put people with type 2 diabetes on a high-fiber dietary intervention alongside standard medication and tracked both the gut bacteria and the blood sugar over time. The high-fiber group improved significantly more from around day 28 onward.

Your habit for Day 6: swap one refined grain for a whole grain today. White rice becomes brown or wild rice. White bread becomes sprouted or whole grain. White pasta becomes lentil pasta or whole wheat.

I wrote the full article on why the gut microbiome clock takes about four weeks to pay off and why this swap is one of the easiest ways to feed it.

Read it below 👇️

Share this with someone who thinks all carbs are the enemy.