This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. A chandelier in the dressing room, and other ways the ladies’ VIP area makes you feel special: An hour or so of sweating to instructions by someone who tells me “just one more time,” will be good for me can sometimes make […]
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This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. Growing up on reservations was not an easy childhood for Native American Shamir Peshewa. She says obtaining her GED was not easy at age 27, after early years without much formal schooling. Yet, she went on to obtain a college degree. She […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. Maybe you are still in the sleep deprived state of parenthood, with an infant who wakes for nightly feedings or a preschooler who is learning the independence of sleeping in his or her own room. Perhaps as a mother you feel like […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center, as part of the #teamNFC program. It’s enough that we all face real challenges to live better, lose weight and find success. It’s doubly challenging if part of what we are up against are myths. I appreciate that the fitness pros at […]
You know how complicated life can be, so I hope you’ll understand my belated open letter to you about why this blog has been so quiet over the past year or so. I’m still here, and I’m so glad you are too. I hope life has been treating you well. Have you ever gone through […]
I’m proud to take part in the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. The catchphrase on the pink tank caught my eye at National Fitness Center, so I decided to explore some of the conversations our society’s been having about Strong Is the New Skinny. If ever there was a loaded phrase to both motivate […]
This post is in cooperation with National Fitness Center, where I am proud to take part in the #teamNFC program! You can’t help but smile when you see Ronnie. He’s the gentleman at the front desk who always, always, smiles and has a kind, encouraging word to say to you when you visit National Fitness […]
This post is sponsored in conjunction with National Fitness Center, where I am proud to be a part of the #teamNFC program! For the longest time, I was a doubter. I thought everyone else but me could magically lose weight, while the pounds I’d packed on over the years, through two pregnancies and the normal […]
Shop here at my Beautycounter site! Or visit links below to try some of my favorite skincare products. You want to put your best face forward every day. Yet when you look in the mirror, can you tell yourself you treat it with the same care you give other important parts of your life? You […]
Anne is a mother, wife and independent journalist blogging about carrying on the best of Grandma’s traditions while improving on what we know better.