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What happened with my body, mind, and spirit in 2018

Each month I send out a subscriber-only newsletter. In it, I like to share more personal tidbits of my life. It’s a more intimate setting for me and it might be my favorite piece of writing each month.

The Read more

Eat Cake, Be Brave, and realize your worth

I’ve received two primary questions by friends this summer:

“Are you taking any vacations?”

and

“Read any good books lately?”

(also often heard: “Mom, what can I eat?” Trail mix, kid. Always trail mix.)

The answer to the first Read more

Your first Orangetheory class? Here’s what you need to know. {Review}

First-timer's review of Orangetheory Fitness. Amy Connell|GracedHealth.com

Call me twisted, but receiving this text from my friend, Soriya, made me do a happy dance:

We were planning a mini-girls retreat at her home in Austin. This proposal worked perfectly. I was late in my goal of Read more

Find your inner Animal in a POUND fitness class

What do you get when you combine a great beat, fun choreography, a joyful instructor, and green drumsticks?

POUND.

I heard about this class format several years ago but hadn’t tried it. In the spirit of my 2018 Read more