Let’s get a training block going without burning out too quick!

When it comes to running mupltiple hours, your fueling will make or break you.

A client's win with her hunger cues had me examining my own—the plate-cleaning conditioning I still carry, and why restaurant portions were never about you.

5 dozen donuts, a Krispy Kreme filter gone wrong, and the moment I realized I wasn't craving food—I was craving relational intimacy. My honest, unfinished journey with emotional eating, Part 1.

A protein bar in every bag, and a Chick-fil-A hack that actually works. My realistic approach to eating on days that don't slow down for anyone.

You're not starving by 3pm because you're out of control.

You're starving by 3pm because you haven't eaten anything of substance that your body can use to fuel itself. Maybe you had some coffee. By the time lunch rolled around, your brain and body are running on fumes—you're eating reactively, choosing whatever is closest, wondering why you feel so out of control around food by the end of the day. It's not a character problem.

You're not "out of control." Your body is protecting itself to get some fuel.

You can fix this with one small habit.

New post is up. Let's get fueled up.

Have you ever skipped the birthday cake because you were trying to be "good"—and then felt like a failure anyway?

I've been there. And it's exactly why I will never tell a client to cut something out of her diet.

Restriction isn't always wrong. But as a default tool for everyday life? It works against most of us more than it works for us. I'd be willing to bet 1 in 2 women have felt that birthday cake guilt before—and none of us need more of that.

New post is up. It's about a better way to think about food.

This one is for the woman who had coffee for breakfast again this morning. Not because she forgot to eat. Because the meeting started early, someone needed something, and suddenly it was noon.

I wrote about why that pattern makes running harder than it needs to be—and what three simple anchors can do to change it. No meal plan. No overhaul. Just structure that actually fits a real life.

New post is up. :)