The other day in a health focused online group, a member was feeling unwell and seeking advice. She described her eating regimen, so sparse it didn’t even cover the food pyramid let alone allow for new tastes or joyful flavors. She proudly listed the 5 things she allowed herself to eat and wanted to know … Continue reading Never Enough (or How I Learned Clean Eating is Just an Eating Disorder Trussed Up in Yoga Pants)

I’ve been thinking about the old blue theatre days a lot. I miss making weird theatre in a weird warehouse with weird horrible bathrooms and weird beautiful people. But mostly I miss the part after the show. Performing is fun and hard and scary and exhilarating, but it's the bit after, when you are so … Continue reading Take Up Space

Updated! A few years ago, I was asked by a lovely fellow yoga teacher – how can I be a more inclusive teacher? This is something I get asked a lot, and while it’s like second nature to me, I realize many yoga teachers and fitness professionals want to be more inclusive but don’t know … Continue reading Inclusive Teaching Tips

I’ve read a lot of well-intentioned articles, blogs, and tip sheets the past few however-long-this-thing has been (days? weeks? months? eons? WHO KNOWS?) regarding How To Work From Home(™). Most of them were written pre-pandemic and were only semi-helpful then, 87% of them don’t include trying to work with kids in the equation and so … Continue reading How to Work from Home with Kids (but really)

Set your alarm for your normal time and then snooze it for 2 hours. Finally get up because your cat and/or dog and/or child needs to be fed or something.  Get dressed in real clothes, by real clothes I mean your activewear so you can work out before you log on.  Stare at your workout … Continue reading How to Work from Home

Today is my 20th wedding anniversary. When people find out how long i’ve been married they usually have one of 2 reactions: 1) YIKES okay child bride or 2) WOW you are so lucky - what’s your secret?  News flash, succeeding in marriage without really trying, is not a thing that exists. If you saw … Continue reading How to Succeed in Marriage (Without Really Trying)

Many years ago, My then boyfriend liked to tell this story on his mom. He was in middle school, maybe 12 or 13 and he had been sent to the office for some fuckery he had propagated, and they had to call his mom to come get him. So he’s sitting in the office and … Continue reading By any other name

If you've known me for any length of time, you know that I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I have watched countless hours of every series and am on my 4th full, start-to-finish, no skipsies, not even the Beverly effes a ghost episode or "Masks", watch-though of TNG. I own not one, not two, not … Continue reading Tilly’s Tummy

Pardon me good sir, madam, or enby - please brace thyself for a rant Today I went to 3 different shops, a boutique, a big box store, and an outlet. In each shop, I ended up with at least one item from the "straight size" section and tried on the largest size they offered, and at … Continue reading Rant in d minor

Oh dang, did you get snowed by a narcissist or BPD boss? It happens to the best of us. In fact - compassionate and empathetic people are MORE likely to get taken in by an abuser with a personality disorder. Sometimes the toxic behavior patterns are evident right off the bat - if you have … Continue reading How to Survive an Abusive Boss