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  • Appreciate The Small Things


    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...

  • My Neck, My Back, This Quarantine is Whack


    The times are unprecedented and the phrase 'the new normal' is being tossed around quite a bit as of late. One-way courses being implemented in grocery stores, mandatory requirements on facial coverings and masks when out in public, all businesses deemed nonessential shut down for the foreseeable future. The economy is crippling, people are dying, mental health is plummeting, stress and anxiety are skyrocketing, and life as we know it has been...

  • 4 DIY Buttermilk Beauty Secrets for Self Care Sunday


    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! 

  • Adulting and Jiu-Jitsu


    How to Find A Balance Between Training and Life Roll. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. For those of us who have fallen in love with jiu-jitsu, that would be the ideal life. No work deadlines, no parenting responsibilities, no money worries - just training, all day every day.     But although ideal, for many of us it is not our reality. We are employees, students, wives, husbands, parents, and entrepreneurs, among other roles.  Regardless of where we are in...

  • A Spin on Healing Through Jiu Jitsu


    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...

  • 4 Tools to Manage Anxiety and Mental Health in Your Jiu-Jitsu Life


    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...