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Striiving to Be Enough, Week One

November 2, 2011
striiv to be enough | C.Mom

It is no secret that I have had an on again off again relationship with working out. Setting goals and working towards a special event like a half marathon or a triathlon are very motivating to me. But after I finish those events, my motivation tends to take a nose dive into the abyss of [...]

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Taking Baby Steps back to Fitness

October 16, 2011
Taking Baby Steps back to Fitness | C.Mom

One month has passed since my last run. Two months have passed since my last bike ride (aka: triathlon). I even wrote abut finding my way back one month ago. And yet, I never did. You could say my body was on a fitness hiatus. The truth is that despite my best intentions, I did [...]

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Setting New Goals

October 3, 2011
Hot Chocolate 5K | C.Mom

This weekend I played with my family. I went out to a lovely dinner and even took in a show at the theater.  I brainstormed and looked into a future trip to Italy and I did some writing. There was one thing that I did not do that had been on my original to do [...]

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Finding My Way Back To My Body

September 25, 2011
One Month Later | C.Mom

One month ago, I was savoring the feeling of having finished my Iron Girl triathlon. Today, I am kicking myself.  I lost my way and my body.  I am sitting on the couch where I have nursed my elbow back from surgery and then made excuses that kept me out of the pool afraid that [...]

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Reclaiming Me: Motivation

August 8, 2011
BlogHer Motivation

Yes. It is true. I was one of the 3600 people congregated in San Diego for BlogHer.  And while I am not going to get in to the details of the conference quite yet, there is one thing for certain about BlogHer.  It is EXHAUSTING.  It is go, go, go all day and all night. [...]

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Magic Carpet Travels: My Life as a Runner

July 21, 2011
Run Like a Mother

Last year I learned about a book by two inspiring women. A book about a subject that I love. Running. The book:  Run Like A Mother by Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea.  It was inspiring. Truly. I even started my own Run Like a Mother Mission.  AND? I even met and ran with Sarah [...]

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Bite Me Cancer

May 1, 2011

Thirteen years ago (well ok, not quite, 12 years, one month, and eleven days) I was a patient residing in Georgetown Hospital’s Cancer transplant floor.  To combat my Hodgkin’s disease, we were going to bring on the full on army of high dose chemo and blast it with my very own sparkly clean stem cells.  [...]

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Reclaiming Me: New Steps

March 27, 2011

As runners go, I am a penguin—or maybe a turtle. Step after step,  I am slow and steady.  My legs will eventually get me to my finish line…but it is not always pretty. The fact of the matter is that I became a runner in part by accident and in part out of principle.  A [...]

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Reclaiming Me: Tears, Sweat, and Action

March 6, 2011

Every once in a while, everyone needs a good cry.  It happens, especially to me.  Last week, I hit the ultimate in tear ready symptoms:  congestion, sore throat, and oh right….my cycle in full bloom.  So it happened. I cried.  Actually more than cry, I got annoyed, I got mad, I was glum.  The subject [...]

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Reclaiming Me: My New Anthem

February 13, 2011

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day…and here I am in the midst of my Reclaiming Me “campaign”…which means, that this week, it is all about me.  I tried to banish my Inner Mean Girl a few months ago, and today, I am all about being true to me….being true to who I am, for better or for [...]

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