Weight Loss Tips
Many of us would like to shed excess weight, get better sleep, and improve our moods. However, these goals can seem almost unachievable. After years of following the same tired life-improvement advice, you may be hoping for something more.
That’s where biohacking comes in. This is a method of fine-tuning your choices to take advantage of what your body needs. By making and tracking incremental changes, you can find out wha...
A Real Life Survival Story of Escaping A Cult
As I ran down the stairs leaving all of my gear in my locker, all of my medals on the wall from competitions I suddenly became weightless, my mental health was more important. That night and every night prior to that in that week I’d woken up and realized my coach had full mind control over me for almost 4 years. What was worse was that it wasn’t only me. There were many others. Everyone’s story...
This year has been a roller coaster for me.
I’m sure, like most people, my mental health has really been up and down this year as well. From dealing with the entire COVID-19 thing to being a victim of a serious domestic violence assault. It just seemed like I could not catch a break. To try to get back on track, I recently decided to try and see the good in everything. Working on becoming a better version of myself and fixing the negative aspe...
On March 30th (2010) I competed in my first tournament as a 6-month white belt. I faced a black belt.
There were so few women competing back then that we didn’t have belt divisions. It was the trials for Abu Dhabi pro in Montreal and the venue felt huge and intimidating. For some reason I had a sort of naive confidence despite being terrified. A strange dichotomy, I know.
I don’t know why I insisted on pulling guard, probably because I had do...
Show Your Love
Back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago, we kept hearing about what was going on overseas in regards to this virus that was spreading like wildfire. We were living life normally. Even when my Dad warned us and said we should stock up on some stuff, I thought surely, if Ebola and other SARS viruses have not been successful, why would this one? We made it through all of February. As the month went along, and we started s...
BJJ Life After Quarantine
The gym represents so much more than a place to train for a vast number of individuals involved in the sport of Jiu Jitsu. A lot of people utilize their dojos as a sanctuary and mental reprieve from the stressors of their everyday life, or they implement it as a tool to engage in social interaction with likeminded peers, or as methods of physical activity, self-defense, and exercise.
With the current state of affairs ...
As I sit here this morning drinking my coffee really taking in how beautiful it is to be able to spend time with my partner and my cute little dogs every single day I realize how much the world does not appreciate the small things.
My hope is that during this quarantine we all learn to live a much simpler life. Realizing that material possessions are not as important and that life is about experiences and people and spending time with the ones...
These past few weeks, I have gone back to being more a bit more girly in my routine — doing things to help my hair skin and nails while they are all getting a much-needed break. My favorite so far has been a tip from my cousin, incorporating buttermilk into my beauty regimen. I’m impressed!
As I drive up I can see the women piling through the front door, gear in hand. I hear the music pumping loud bass filled beats that push through the cold evening air and fill the parking lot every time the door opens. Spin class is about to start.
I take a deep breath, grab my Gi and head next door to Frontline Academy where I am a white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
I take off my shoes and enter the oddly quiet building. From the outside you w...
Any competitive sport brings on strong emotions. In jiu-jitsu, those emotions are compounded by the intense physicality of the sport and the fact that it creates positions that are uncomfortable, if not painful. Training in this sport can be extreme and difficult and requires a certain mental toughness, which means training while dealing with a mental illness can be even more taxing. A mental illness adds a level of stress to the experience.
T...
Weight Loss Tips Many of us would like to shed excess weight, get better sleep, and improve our moods. However, these goals can seem almost unachievable. After years of following the same tired life-improvement advice, you may be hoping for something more. That’s where biohacking comes in. This is a method of fine-tuning your choices to take advantage of what your body needs. By making and tracking incremental changes, you can find out wha...
A Real Life Survival Story of Escaping A Cult As I ran down the stairs leaving all of my gear in my locker, all of my medals on the wall from competitions I suddenly became weightless, my mental health was more important. That night and every night prior to that in that week I’d woken up and realized my coach had full mind control over me for almost 4 years. What was worse was that it wasn’t only me. There were many others. Everyone’s story...
This year has been a roller coaster for me. I’m sure, like most people, my mental health has really been up and down this year as well. From dealing with the entire COVID-19 thing to being a victim of a serious domestic violence assault. It just seemed like I could not catch a break. To try to get back on track, I recently decided to try and see the good in everything. Working on becoming a better version of myself and fixing the negative aspe...
On March 30th (2010) I competed in my first tournament as a 6-month white belt. I faced a black belt. There were so few women competing back then that we didn’t have belt divisions. It was the trials for Abu Dhabi pro in Montreal and the venue felt huge and intimidating. For some reason I had a sort of naive confidence despite being terrified. A strange dichotomy, I know. I don’t know why I insisted on pulling guard, probably because I had do...
Show Your Love Back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago, we kept hearing about what was going on overseas in regards to this virus that was spreading like wildfire. We were living life normally. Even when my Dad warned us and said we should stock up on some stuff, I thought surely, if Ebola and other SARS viruses have not been successful, why would this one? We made it through all of February. As the month went along, and we started s...
BJJ Life After Quarantine The gym represents so much more than a place to train for a vast number of individuals involved in the sport of Jiu Jitsu. A lot of people utilize their dojos as a sanctuary and mental reprieve from the stressors of their everyday life, or they implement it as a tool to engage in social interaction with likeminded peers, or as methods of physical activity, self-defense, and exercise. With the current state of affairs ...
As I sit here this morning drinking my coffee really taking in how beautiful it is to be able to spend time with my partner and my cute little dogs every single day I realize how much the world does not appreciate the small things. My hope is that during this quarantine we all learn to live a much simpler life. Realizing that material possessions are not as important and that life is about experiences and people and spending time with the ones...
These past few weeks, I have gone back to being more a bit more girly in my routine — doing things to help my hair skin and nails while they are all getting a much-needed break. My favorite so far has been a tip from my cousin, incorporating buttermilk into my beauty regimen. I’m impressed!
As I drive up I can see the women piling through the front door, gear in hand. I hear the music pumping loud bass filled beats that push through the cold evening air and fill the parking lot every time the door opens. Spin class is about to start. I take a deep breath, grab my Gi and head next door to Frontline Academy where I am a white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I take off my shoes and enter the oddly quiet building. From the outside you w...
Any competitive sport brings on strong emotions. In jiu-jitsu, those emotions are compounded by the intense physicality of the sport and the fact that it creates positions that are uncomfortable, if not painful. Training in this sport can be extreme and difficult and requires a certain mental toughness, which means training while dealing with a mental illness can be even more taxing. A mental illness adds a level of stress to the experience. T...
