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Short on Workout Time? Try Tabata!

Long before I formalized it as part of my wellfesto, daily exercise has always been one of my non-negotiables.  And as with any “must do’s,” I’ve definitely done some weird things to fit in workouts during hectic times…things like literally running from NYC’s Meatpacking District to Times Square in peak humidity to deliver an important document when the wait for a messenger was too long, holding running meetings through Potrero Hill (when I’ve been lucky enough to work with people who are up for it), and standing on my head in a locked conference room at the office.  It would be amazing to have the daily luxury of long runs through the woods or leisurely 10am spin classes, but those sort of workouts aren’t always feasible.  And even if they are, doing them means trading off time that could be spent doing something else. Read more

A Jolt of Perspective

For today’s post, I had grand plans of covering Tabata (a high intensity training method from Japan that I’ve been trying out).  But after hearing about this morning’s incomprehensible shooting in Connecticut, writing about interval training just doesn’t feel quite right.  Tragedies like this are impossible to make sense of; my brain can barely even process what actually happened, and as a parent, I have to work hard to resist spiraling into “what if” scenarios involving my own kids.  With acts that are this senseless, it’s difficult to extract any sort of wisdom or lessons.  It’s pretty tough to even move beyond the heartbreak.  But for me there is one meaningful thing this situation does offer: a jolt of perspective. Read more

We Give Thanks…

I’m not a formally religious person.  Rather, through years of living in New York and now the Bay Area, I’ve evolved into a token 21st-century “spiritual, but not religious” person, looking to things like yoga, nature, books, and other people for some sort of understanding of why we’re all here on this earth (more to come on that some other time).  And while this view is liberating and open and inclusive, it also brings with it some challenges.  Questions like how to incorporate the childhood religious traditions/rituals (i.e., singing Silent Night by candlelight on Christmas Eve, volunteering in the church food pantry, family Easter scavenger hunts) are ambiguous and difficult to resolve. Read more

Getting Started

Today is my birthday.  I love birthdays for lots of reasons, but mostly because they punctuate time, bridging the past with ideas about and hopes for what the next year might bring.

This year, I’m making a big commitment: I’m launching this site and aiming to post 260 times (every single weekday) between now and my next birthday. Read more

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