"No one is you, and that is your power." Recently I had the pleasure of being featured in my city's main newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune, in their health section. Between my current and past jobs of being a publicist, freelancer writer, newspaper journalist, and health coach, I'm usually the one asking the questions, so it was kind of funny to be the one interviewed for a change. I brought my dog Harley along for the photo shoot at one of our favorite nearby parks, and it was neat to see the article in the newspaper. You can check out the full online version of the article here. The story touches on my workout regime, diet, and healthy living motivations, and in reading it, I started thinking more deeply about how & why I became a health nut. When the reporter asked ... [Read More]
self love
10 Ways to Show Some Self-Love This Valentine’s Day
This Wednesday marks the holiday of love, and for any of you out there rolling your eyes because you think it's just a Hallmark holiday, I agree with you. But I also believe that it's important to celebrate our relationships not only with our significant others, but also with ourselves. Why? Because your relationship with yourself is the backbone for every relationship in your life, and it's something that should be honored. Many of us are constantly running around taking care of our loved ones and responsibilities, but don't forget, you cannot pour from an empty cup. Showing yourself some self-love doesn't need to be some grand gesture. The idea of celebrating yourself this Valentine's Day - or any other day of the year - is simply that you take time out of your busy schedule to ... [Read More]
10 of My Favorite Ways to Practice Self Care
"How you treat yourself is how you're inviting the world to treat you." I'm a big proponent of making self care a priority. I talk about this from time to time on the blog because I really believe that doing little nice things for yourself can make a big difference in your stress levels and overall mental health, self confidence and happiness. As the saying goes, you cannot pour from an empty cup... and today I want to talk about my favorite ways to fill that cup! Self care means different things to different people, and there's no right answer as to what's the best way to treat yourself right. It's all about whatever your life needs more of and whatever soothes your soul - as long as it's beneficial to your mind, heart & body! While I obviously consider healthy eating and ... [Read More]
Dating Myself This Valentine’s Day Weekend
Hi friends! Well, last weekend marked 2016's holiday of love... and while I love any excuse to celebrate my relationship with my husband, I also like taking time around each Valentine's Day to show myself some love. Self-love is a topic I've written about probably a dozen times, and it's a subject that I like to chat about with you guys because it is so important. You can't have a truly healthy life without having a healthy, positive self-relationship. Sometimes we're all so busy running around handling our business and taking care of everyone else in our life, that we forget that we deserve to be taken care of too. We need to love ourselves first, because a healthy self-relationship forms the backbone of all of the other relationships you have in your life. The concept of ... [Read More]
Weighing in on the “Curvy” Girl Revolution
"Babe, you have to come in here and watch this," my husband yelled to me as I cooked dinner while he relaxed in the living room one night last week. He then proceeded to rewind the Sports Illustrated behind-the-scenes show he was watching where they talked about one of the models, Robyn Lawley, being a "plus- sized" model who represents the average woman in America: Both his and my reaction were the same in thinking that Robyn - whose absolutely gorgeous - didn't look like a plus-sized woman on the show. I do realize that in the modeling world, Robyn is indeed considered plus-sized, I just think it's kind of crazy. I can't help but feel that the modeling industry is totally warped and out of touch with what the vast majority of real women look like for Robyn to be categorized as ... [Read More]
Taking Time to Date Myself {Weekend Recap}
Happy Hump Day! Today I'm backing it up to a couple of days to last weekend. Any longtime readers may remember that when my hubby left active duty for the Marine Corps almost 2 years ago, I wrote a post about lessons I had learned as a USMC wife (read it here!). I talked about my experience as a military wife - a chapter of my life that was seemingly over (although I still referred to my man as a Marine - because once a Marine, always a Marine!) but I mentioned something in there about never say never to being a military wife again.... Well, it turns out that I'm now a Marine Corps wife again! This time around is a little different because my hubby is now a Marine Corps Reservist. He missed being a Marine, and it just sort of worked out that an opportunity opened up at the base ... [Read More]