Honest conversations about strength, metabolism, hormones, mindset, and sustainable health — so you can feel strong, calm, and confident in your body again.
I am so excited to kick this off today! A lot of you have expressed interest in joining an online run club to help us all stay motivated and committed to our workouts. If you’re like me, even if you have every intention to run during the week, life gets busy and runs get put
Good morning! I just got back from a great (slow) run in preparation for my next half-marathon and spent the whole time piecing together the final details of an idea I’ve been dreaming up for the past few weeks. As you know I’m easing back into my running routine post-pregnancy and it seems like there
First off, a big THANK YOU to all of you who took a moment to answer my short survey regarding what you’d like to see more and less of on The Balanced Life. I’m excited to jump back in from maternity leave and give you more of what you want. When it comes to pregnancy
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I just got back from my morning walk which included a quick stop at Target and had to share a quick post with you. They have the cutest workout clothes right now. Yoga pants, running skirts, tanks…you name it they have it and this particular line is super cute and affordable. I’m in that awkward
A guest post by Jen Helms, creator of Fit-Cycle… When I was in school completing my undergraduate degree at Indiana University, I decided to run the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini Marathon even though I only had a couple of months to train. After a couple of weeks I noticed a pain starting in my left
Today’s guest post is by Danielle from This Life I Live… I haven’t always had a healthy relationship with food. For many years food was always connected to control in my life. It led to some really unhealthy habits. Indulging and restricting became the way that food enslaved me. I was in a constant pursuit
I’m so excited to share today’s post with you! As a new mother I am already dreaming up ways to provide my daughter with strong, confident female role models. I’m not an extremist, I’m not against Disney princesses. If my daughter loves them I will let her love them. But I will also be intentional
Hello! My name is Abby and I blog over at Pan y Colada. I’m so excited to be able to share a bit of my heart with you today! Swirling around in my head lately is the concept of excess. After returning in late February from three months of volunteering in Ecuador, the phrase that
A guest post by Sally of Forward From The Heart… When you think of running you don’t automatically think of Pilates. On the other side of that, when you think of someone that practices Pilates, a runner isn’t the first person you think of, right? But the truth is, Pilates can help with running in
As many of you already know, Blake Madison Long made her grand entrance into the world on Tuesday, May 21st at 6:58am. 6 weeks ago and exactly 1 week past her expected due date. She was born weighing 7 lbs, 6 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. We are so in love with our
Over the years I’ve written a handful of posts about the WHY behind our pursuit of health & fitness. I’m more passionate about your WHY than I am your results. I’m on a mission to inspire women to question their WHY and perhaps change it. My list of WHY’s used to be: to lose
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