Jessica

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Workouts

Hip Stretches – A Home Workout For Tight Hips

I remember doing hip stretches in grade school as a part of the Presidential Fitness Test. I always felt embarrassed when I couldn’t reach much past my …

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Kids

What I’ve Learned Having a Two Year Old

And just like that, she’s three years old. My baby no longer holds a baby’s place in the world. She can run, skip, jump, somersault, tumble, …

kale salad

Recipes

The Perfect Kale Salad – Work Lunch or Dinner Party

I love spinach. Really I do. I just have one teeny little problem with this amazing green. It’s delicate. It wilts easily, doesn’t travel well and …

pilates

Pilates

Pilates Day – Joy, Community and Great Prizes!

Who else out there is excited to celebrate Pilates Day with me this year! Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? That’s what I thought. Gather round and let me …

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Kids

When Your Baby Turns Two – The Toddler Years

This post was originally published one year ago, when my daughter turned two. She has a birthday this week, and it’s now my tradition to write …

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Inspiration

How To Meet New People

It can be hard to meet new people. When my husband, daughter and I moved to California from Hawaii two years ago, the hardest thing was …

prenatal Pilates

Kids, Prenatal/Postpartum

New Moms – What I Wish I Would Have Known

  Nothing can prepare you for how miraculous and wonderful (and sometimes confusing and exhausting) being a parent really is. Everyone finds their own way as they …

happy hour mama

Inspiration

Worth the Wait

I’ve talked a lot about lessons in waiting, patience, holding tight to your dreams and accepting the unknown over the past year. Some of this has …

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Pilates, Workouts

A Classical Pilates Home Workout

I have been a Pilates instructor for over 15 years, and it’s only in the past 5 years that I’ve really come to appreciate and love …

Pilates Happy Hour Love

Inspiration

Use Your Pain

  “When you write your truth, it is a love offering to the world because it helps us feel braver and less alone.” Glennon Doyle Melton …