Being able to feel your chest pumping, to get after, to ASK of our bodies, to push, to simply show up for a fitness class is A GIFT. And today I’m so thankful I was able to do so.

Going months on end where I simply could not exercise. Couldn’t push my body. This time last year, shoot. Simply struggling to take anything more than a 30 minute call for my business as it was mentally exhausted was difficult. I learned how to say no to just about everything and could only say yes to the things I truly could do. Exercise was out of the picture for months on end. I tried, but couldn’t

So today when I’m able to walk into a group fitness class simply because I want to, priceless. I don’t think we realize how much of a gift simple things like this are. Not everyone CAN do this. And not because they’re out of shape, lazy, etc. Because their bodies may not allow them to to a degree – people fighting cancer, those with autoimmune issues, mental health concerns etc.

BUT I do have to make...

If I don’t have running anymore I’d be ok. 

Is a place I got myself to during my recent hiatus from running following Covid and some long Covid symptoms that resulted. 

I mean this in the healthiest way possible and this is probably the biggest win and lesson learned from this time off running. 

Honestly I had gotten myself to a ridiculously calm state overall earlier this year. Probably the most calm I’ve ever been in my life during that time. 

As I’ve started to run and exercise again I’ve felt a bit more anxious and haven’t felt as much of that calmness as before, although I’m keeping the tools I used during that time. 

At first I was like maybe I’m not ready to go back to exercise. But as I’ve returned more and more my perspective is that the calmness I felt came from a place of just being able to BE.

Not needing to BE BETTER every given moment. Be training for the next race, not increasing my fitness, not meeting my next business goal as for the first few m...