Magically Erase Your Stress Today!

Welcome to the blog where I give you ALL the answers to identify, get rid of, manage, or handle your stress!  Wouldn’t it be nice if it was that simple? Now that I have got you with my informercial title, I hope you will stick around. As per usual, I don’t have...

The World Needs You

I spent a fair amount of time last week working on a message about stress. And honestly, trying to organize all I wanted to cover in that blog really stressed me out. So, after a deep breath, I realized the message I wanted to relay this week was much simpler. The...

Be Your Own Cinderella Story

We have made it to one of my favorite times of the year.  No. Not spring— especially not the wet, muddy, often dreary, temperature tease that spring is in Wisconsin.  I am talking about March Madness.  Most of you know that we are a basketball loving...

Do You Need Luck?

I raced the local “Shamrock Shuffle” 10K on Saturday. I have run this challenging early spring race many times over the last 15 years. The weather has been very inconsistent, with temperatures ranging from minus 15 degrees to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. But, unlike the...

What “Daring Mighty” Means to Me

I offer you the first sneak peak into Far Better, Self Discovery through the Power of Endurance Sports, my book (coming out later this year):  “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank...

One Thing at a Time

I recently considered doing a “day in the life of a triathlon coach/athlete/mom/wife” story on Instagram. In doing so, I took a brief mental stock of how I spend my days.  I came to two big realizations:  I am not leaving physical and mental room and energy to...