Wellness is a journey
After earning my blue belt, I wrote down a whole page of blue belt intentions in my BJJ journal. Mighty positive of me back then to think I wasn’t going to be affected by ups and downs of training or plateaus. Fast forward 3 months later, I am about a month deep into the blue […] Read more…
The journey of BJJ is arduous, long, and not so linear. In fact, the saying is 90% of white belts quit before making it to blue belt. The odds are just as bad from blue belt to purple. I’m still a (long-time) white belt but I’ve been through long, arduous journeys in dance and yoga […] Read more…
Bye, 2017! My 2018 goals are on fire and I’m ready to go. First, here’s a look at what I accomplished in 2017 with the encouragement and support of my amazing friends and family. 2017 goals smashed: Ran a half marathon. Stuck to running for a year! Lifted for physique. Lost more postpartum weight which […] Read more…
I watched an interesting TED talk by Josh Kaufman called “20 hours to learn anything.” His talk is encouraging because I remember struggling with intense frustration with Muay Thai (MT) and no-gi bjj when I began training in 2010. In fact, I quit the no-gi bjj after a month and stuck with MT but I […] Read more…