Why Choosing Between Sports is BS (and What Actually Works) I'm staring at my workout log at 6:47 AM, coffee getting cold, trying to decide if I should do the CrossFit Open workout or stick to my marathon training plan. Again. Sound familiar? If you've
Why the White Russian is Having Its Main Character Moment And honestly, it's about damn time. Listen, I need to tell you something. Last Tuesday, I was having what can only be described as an existential crisis (you know, the usual millennial Tuesday), and I found myself standing
Why I Stopped Following Soup Recipes (And Started Listening to My Gut Instead) Last Tuesday, I stood in my kitchen at 6:47 PM holding a can of black beans and feeling completely overwhelmed. My toddler was melting down because I'd run out of his favorite crackers, dinner
Why I Ditched Every Fitness Program (Until This One Stuck) I've got a confession. My "fitness graveyard" is embarrassing. There's the P90X DVDs collecting dust (made it 12 days). The meal prep containers that became expensive Tupperware (lasted 3 weeks). That gym membership I
The Unglamorous Truth About Building Strong Glutes Let me paint you a picture: It's 2019, I'm hunched over my laptop for the tenth hour straight, and my lower back feels like it's being slowly tortured by tiny demons with pitchforks. My glutes? What glutes?
The 12-Month Sleep Reality Check: Why Your Baby's Sleep Schedule Isn't "Broken" So your little one just hit the big 1-0... no wait, I mean 1-2 (months, not years – though some days it feels like decades, right?). And suddenly their sleep has gone completely
I Hired 6 Health Coaches Before Finding "The One" — Here's What I Learned Let me tell you about the time I paid $2,000 to a health coach who told me to "just eat more vegetables" and then disappeared for two weeks when I
Your Baby's Wake Windows: Stop Watching the Clock, Start Reading the Room Picture this: It's 2:47 PM and you're staring at your phone calculator like it holds the secrets to the universe. "If she woke up at 1:15, and her wake
Why I Stopped Copying Rich Froning (And You Should Too) Let me tell you about the time I almost puked on a millionaire's shoes. It was 2019,esome fancy CrossFit seminar where everyone was talking about "strategic pacing" and "training like the pros." I&
Why Most Coaches Are Using AI Wrong (And How to Fix It) Last month, I watched a fellow coach try to impress a client by having ChatGPT generate their entire meal plan in real-time. The client's face? Picture someone watching their favorite restaurant get replaced by a vending
Your 8-Month-Old's Sleep Just Went Haywire? Here's Why (And What Actually Works) Let me guess. Your baby was finally sleeping through the night, and then—BAM—suddenly they're up every two hours like a newborn again. Or maybe naps turned into 20-minute disasters that
Why I Put Miso in Everything (Including My Pasta) Okay, real talk - I used to be one of those people who hoarded condiments. My fridge door was basically a museum of half-used sauces that I'd buy for one specific recipe and then forget about until they grew
Your Body's Free Health Monitor (That You're Probably Ignoring) Last week, my buddy Jake dropped $400 on a fancy HRV monitor. The week before that, he signed up for monthly blood panels that cost more than most people's grocery budget. Why? Because he'
The 7-Month Sleep Reality Check No One Talks About Okay, let me just start by saying this: if you're reading this at 2 AM while your 7-month-old is practicing their newfound crawling skills in their crib instead of sleeping... I see you. I've been there. Actually,
Why Your Pretzel Bites Will Probably Turn Out Better Than Mine Look, I'm gonna start this whole thing with a confession that might make you question why you're even reading this. The first time I tried making pretzel bites, they came out looking like sad, pale
Why She Didn't Just Lose Weight—She Found Her River Look, I've read a lot of transformation stories. Hell, I've lived one. But Jenn's story? It's different. And not for the reasons you think. Sure, losing 50 pounds is impressive.
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Why I Threw Out the Sleep Schedule (And What Worked Instead) Let me paint you a picture. It's 3 AM, I'm standing in my kitchen in yesterday's clothes, bouncing my 5-month-old Emma while googling "why won't my baby sleep" for
Fitness & Exercise
The Sitting Epidemic is Real, But You're Solving It Wrong Let me guess—you've probably read about how sitting is "the new smoking" and immediately felt that familiar pang of guilt as you shifted uncomfortably in your chair. Maybe you even bought a standing
Weight Loss Wisdom
Why Your Binge Eating Isn't a Willpower Problem And what actually works when you've tried everything else I used to think I was broken. Like, fundamentally flawed as a human being. Because who else stands in their kitchen at 11 PM eating cereal straight from the
Fitness & Exercise
Why Your 20-Year-Old Self Would Hate Your Workout (And That's Perfectly Fine) Remember when you could sprint up three flights of stairs without breaking a sweat? When recovery meant grabbing a beer and some pizza after a game? When the idea of "modifying" an exercise was
Weight Loss Wisdom
Why Your Fitness Plateau Might Be Your Greatest Victory Three months ago, I watched Sarah slam her water bottle against the gym floor. Not because she'd failed a lift, but because she'd been stuck at the same deadlift weight for eight weeks straight. "I'
Nutrition & Diet
The Science of Perfect Beer Cheese Dip: Why Your Roux Matters More Than Your Recipe I'll be honest with you – my first attempt at beer cheese dip was an absolute disaster. Picture this: me, confidently dumping pre-shredded cheese into boiling beer, watching in horror as it turned into
Nutrition & Diet
How I Accidentally Created My Kids' New Favorite Soup (And Why Fusion Food Haters Can Fight Me) Okay, so picture this: It's 6:47 PM on a Wednesday (why is it always Wednesday when everything goes sideways?), I've got exactly thirteen minutes before soccer practice,
Sleep & Mental Wellness
The 2-Month Sleep Reality Check Nobody Prepared You For Let me guess—you're reading this at 2:47 AM while your 2-month-old finally fell asleep after what felt like the longest bedtime routine known to humanity. Or maybe you're here during that precious afternoon nap window,
Nutrition & Diet
Why I Stopped Making Perfect Dinners (And Started Making This Instead) Last Tuesday, I stood in my kitchen at 6:47 PM, staring at a sink full of dirty pots while my kids asked for the fourth time when dinner would be ready. That's when it hit me:
Weight Loss Wisdom
Your Body Fat Isn't Your Enemy (And Other Lies We Need to Stop Telling) Spoiler alert: It's complicated, and that's actually okay. I used to have a very specific relationship with my body fat percentage. By "relationship," I mean I checked it
Nutrition & Diet
Why Your Slow Cooker Is Actually a Time Machine I used to think slow cookers were basically fancy soup kettles for people who couldn't be bothered to actually cook. Boy, was I wrong. Last month, I was staring at a chunk of beef chuck roast that had been
Fitness & Exercise
Why CrossFit's "Commandments" Are Keeping You Small I've been seeing this list of "CrossFit Commandments" floating around again, and honestly? It's making me a bit uncomfortable. Don't get me wrong—I spent six years as a competitive CrossFitter.
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Your 4-Month-Old's Sleep Isn't Broken (Here's What's Really Happening) Picture this: You're finally feeling like you've got this whole baby sleep thing figured out. Your little one was doing those magical 4-5 hour stretches at night, naps were
Sleep & Mental Wellness
The 11-Month Sleep Reality Check Nobody Talks About Let me start with this: if you're reading this at 3 AM while your 11-month-old is wide awake and you're questioning every life choice that led you here... hi, friend. Been there. Actually, I'm writing this
Weight Loss Wisdom
Why I Stopped Trusting Calorie Calculators (And You Should Too) Let me tell you about the time I calculated my daily calorie needs down to the exact digit. It was 2,247 calories. Not 2,250. Not 2,200. Exactly 2,247. I'd spent three hours plugging numbers
Fitness & Exercise
Why Comfortable Learning is Killing Your Progress Last month I found myself face-down in the dirt of a Mongolian wrestling ground, getting absolutely demolished by a 60-year-old herder who barely spoke English. My ribs ached, my ego was bruised, and I couldn't feel my left shoulder. It was