After being reminded of Dr. Sims' works, I picked up her second book, Next Level - Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond.  Skillfully she explains exactly what our hormones are doing during perimenopause, menopause, and after.  Along with proper fueling, she has a specific training protocol for women in this phase of their life.  I'm incorporating her protocol into my clients' training as well as my own.  

In last month’s newsletter, I talked about this great book by John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.  One expression from the book that I absolutely love is: we need to “let our souls catch up with our bodies”. 

I've never really been a big "new year's resolution" person.  If there is something I need to stop, start, or refine, I generally look for ways to do that regardless of the time of year. Much of what I started to discover late in the year, I'm carrying forward now.  Namely, creating space and stillness.  Where many gyms will be blasting loud music in group exercise classes, I'm drawing a warm bath, sipping hot tea, and taking deep purposeful breaths.  In December I put much

I have really come to know that I need to make things less complex and more simple.  I've come to know that I must not neglect my body, mind, nor spirit and instead, pay more attention to them right now.  That came by way of feeling drained.  Trying to "keep up" with the fast pace of those around me and the feeling that things are getting a bit complex.  In other words, I've given myself a big "time-out" to stop.  Pause.  Think deeply.

I've been really focusing on purposeful walking every day.  Most days I will grab my weighted vest and go either for time or distance, making sure part of it is at an incline.  Wearing a backpack or weighted vest was part of pilgrimage training and I've enjoyed it ever since.

Walking from Sarria to Santiago: Lessons from the Camino. I like to think of my life’s journey as lessons learned and unlearned and relearned.