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Eating healthy for less
Before I had three kids and before inflation made food cost nearly triple what it did a few years ago(!), my grocery shops were typically filled with all kinds of lovely extras like magazines, new coffees (to test out), and organic everything. As much as I’d love to still shop that way, it’s completely unrealistic…
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Times when it’s just hard to love your body…
“Sometimes the body is a weight pulling you all the way down.And it’s hard to love the stone that drowns you.” ~Kate Bowler I just love this quote from Kate Bowler because – as always – she speaks the truth. No matter how hard we work to love our bodies, they are notoriously and infuriatingly…
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Things that are impossible to measure…
“Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.” attributed to Albert Einstein, but the true source is murky! Are you someone who enjoys tracking your fitness goals? When I first began teaching fitness we would often take a moment to take our pulse and refer to a chart…
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Hydration – beyond 8 glasses/day
As soon as the cold weather hits, it’s a great time to think about hydration for your skin, your brain and your entire body. We often think just about how much water we drink, but hydration is also about moving that water through the body (especially through the fascia, that lacy layer that surrounds our…
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What is Balletone? Discover Cardio that you will fall in love with!
I first heard about Balletone at a Barre Above training at CanFitPro in August of 2018. The Barre Above training with Tricia Madden was amazing and I learned so much about barre but also about how to create a great environment in a class and create connections with members. Then another training – Balletone –…
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Novel a Week?
This week I FINALLY read a novel (Where the Crawdad’s Sing by Delia Owens). I have no problem buying novels, starting novels, and buying more novels but I have a huge problem finishing them. Usually, my kids are a big reason since it’s very difficult to carve out time for sustained reading and I usually…
Barre with Justine 