2017 in Review
I started my annual holiday card this year with “2017 had some big changes.” The most personal of those changes was the ending of an 8.5 year relationship over Thanksgiving week. Fitness Each year, I set health and fitness goals. …
Holiday Traditions
I don’t have many holiday traditions, but I watch the Sound of Music every year around Christmas time. One of my earliest childhood memories is watching it with my mom. While this YouTube clip doesn’t have the Rodgers and Hammerstein …
Jump Start your New Year’s Resolutions
Take Getting in Shape off of your New Year’s Resolution list once and for all. I am looking for 5 to 10 people who’d like to help me become an amazing nutrition coach. I am a few months into my …
Day 3: Harvard PON – Negotiation & Leadership
Last week I attended the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation (PON) 3 day course – Negotiation and Leadership – Dealing with Difficult People and Problems. I’ve already written up a summary of Days 1 & 2: Harvard PON – Negotiation & …
Days 1 & 2: Harvard PON – Negotiation & Leadership
Last week I attended the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation (PON) 3 day course – Negotiation and Leadership – Dealing with Difficult People and Problems. PON is a consortium formed by faculty from Harvard, Tufts and MIT, but this …
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Just do it again
My Precision Nutrition (PN) coach asked me if I would be willing to write a few sentences that speak to my experience doing the PN Coaching program for a second time. Why did I sign up again? What do I …
Singapore – Days 3 to 5
Christmas is apparently a big deal in Singapore. The decorations go on for miles. On Day 3, the person I was travelling with changed flights and flew home early. Definitely a life experience that I’d prefer not to repeat. I …
Thanksgiving | Gratitude
I don’t often celebrate holidays. Instead, I use them to travel, as I am now. But, I still find myself pondering gratitude on Thanksgiving. This year I am especially grateful for the opportunities that I have had, my health, the …
Singapore – Day 1 and 2
Singapore has been on my wish list of places to visit for years. Scheduling my trip during the rainy season was perhaps not my best decision. They say you can be paralyzed by choice. In the case of Singapore the …
Mortgage Insurance Vultures
I refinanced my 30 year mortgage into a 15 year mortgage earlier this month. This week I received 7 offers for a “Revolutionary New Mortgage Protection Plan.” All of them used similar urgent language warning me of my potential death, …