Category Archives: Wellness

Wellness Wednesday – 52 Hike Challenge 2021

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Thistle

A couple members of my hiking group posted about this yearlong challenge at the end of December. I waffled on it. I wanted to sign up, but I didn’t want to spend the money on a challenge I could do … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – True Changes in Body Image

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Thistle

Last spring, I took a five-day body image course through Girls Gone Strong. It was an adaptation of a 28-Day Love Your Body Challenge that Molly Galbraith, one of the founders of GGS, originally hosted in 2014. I participated in … Continue reading →

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WW – What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Thistle

This weekend, I discovered something that had me crawling-out-of-my-skin livid, and simultaneously felt like a giant ah-ha moment. Actually, it felt more like a blazing, blinking light going off that I’d somehow ignored for too many years now, ignorantly blind … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – YWA Breath

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Thistle

Some years, I do more yoga than others. This is one of my more off years. My fitness-time has been rather preoccupied with other things: running and hiking, specifically. The only time I was practicing yoga consistently was when I … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – An Attack

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Thistle

Last week, I had an Experience. Let me start by making a confession. After doing really good in November to cut back to only a single cup of coffee almost every single day that month, the stress and worry of … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Alone

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Thistle

For the last week, I’ve been operating at greater-than-normal stress levels. My son has covid, his school kicked him out of the dorms because of that (there may be a lawsuit involved here), Jason had to travel to get him … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Disbelief of Doctors

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Thistle

I am frustrated. Back in September, I mentioned a new medication I was taking that had suddenly made it so that I could sleep through the night without sleeping meds. For the first time in nine years. This medicine, originally … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Grounding, Hunger, Change

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Thistle

In mid-October, when my extended family was in a crisis in four different ways, my anxiety went through the roof and I began a combination of not-eating mixed with drinking 5-6 tumblers of iced coffee per day. This was bad … Continue reading →

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At the Top of a Mountain

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Thistle

Do you remember where you were on 9/11? Where you were when President Obama made history as the first Black president of our country? How about now – will you remember where you were when Kamala Harris became our first … Continue reading →

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Race Report: Dia de los Muertos (Virtual) 5K

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Thistle

When I signed up for the Dia de los Muertos Night Run 5K, it was still an in-person event. Of course, it had to go virtual as you might expect, and so back in September, they sent out our swag … Continue reading →

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