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Hello exercising and trail loving friends! ✨ Training, hiking, and long workdays all take a toll on the bod, so recovery has become just as important to me as the workouts themselves. The right tools make a huge difference in keeping muscles loose, joints supported, and energy balanced. Today I’m
Gratitude has a way of shifting everything—our perspective, our mood, even the pace of our day. Whenever I feel off-balance, I come back to practices that remind me to notice the small joys and simple gifts all around me. To celebrate that, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite Habitual
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to step back for a moment. 🌿While I’m hitting pause to recharge, I’ve pulled together a Habitual Balance “pause playlist” for your mind, body, and soul. It’s a mix of stories and reflections that capture the heart of HB 💜— our top
Did you ever wonder why some people wear bright blue eyeshadow and then others come in with just lip gloss? Or why friends or coworkers get on your back about your jewelry one day if it’s feeling *a little extra*? Maybe our stuff has got a better grip on ourselves
I woke up the day before this hike and thought, “Holy crap I’m sore.” Two weeks ago, I had my workouts on lock. I was hitting the gym consistently, I was getting outdoor activities in just fine, and spacing them out enough so that my body had time to fully
You’ve seen it, heard it, and embraced it most likely several times a day as a dog owner, and if you aren’t currently one, I couldn’t encourage you more to go out and find a rescue that’s searching for their very own human. As we move into the summer months
For years, no actually, for decades, I’ve tried my darndest (that’s an old family word for “we worked really hard”), to settle with the notion that I can do everything myself. I can do the hard things, the heavy lifting and the mental and emotional workload. I can take on
One day in the past I believed that things would stay that way forever. I didn’t think about 33, because I was 23 with all the time in the world ahead of me. I’d travel, I’d have babies, I’d work and write and resell and have animals to care for
So! If you guys and gals have been following along on this series, you’ll know that we’ve come to a bittersweet end with this post. Boo to that! But on the bright side, that means today I get to tell you all about our favorite place to unwind, recharge, and
Supppp peeps! If you’ve been following along on the Havasupai Series, you’ll know that we left off by arriving to the campground! Yay! This post will cover what we did in the campground the first night and second morning, including our traverse into Mooney Falls. Don’t forget to stop back
