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When I started doing yoga ten years ago, I was appalled to find out that the teachers went around the room touching people. I was a self-proclaimed “touch-me-not.” I never understood why people would reach out and touch people without asking. So, in those early yoga classes, I wished there was a little pebble system…

“This is about you and your story, because, in your story, somebody can be healed.” – Iyanla Vanzant Valentine’s Day is coming, and I want to tell you a love story. When I was a teenager, I fell in love with my camp counselor. He was a few years older and was an actor and…

One night, on a heart-wrenching episode of “Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab,” (I loved it. What can I say? You can judge.) one of the celebrities in a group therapy session shared a tragic story about his abusive father. His recollections were interspersed with sobs, and tears started rolling down my face too. I wanted to…

During my dating days in Montana, I went out with a bearded guy who flipped houses, rode a unicycle, and had a whitewater canoe. Yes. You read that right. A whitewater CANOE. We got in it and flew down Rock Creek. Yes. You read that right. It was, indeed, a CREEK FULL OF ROCKS. Then,…

Last year, a group of my friends did an extensive challenge for eight weeks where they worked out and didn’t eat sugar or bread or drink beer. At a brunch together after the challenge was over, my friend Maria said something like: “You know how we all felt so great after that challenge? Well, to…

Success! Over the holidays, I spent a migraine-free week with my mother without a single argument. Instead, I gathered data on her. I tried to keep a curiosity mindset, like: “Isn’t all this information interesting!” UGGGGH. Yeah, I get you. It can be tough. People’s opinions are not always interesting. Or kind. Or politically correct. That’s…

Do you hate the title of this week’s blog? Yeah, I thought some of you would, because, well, maybe you’re like me, and you LOVE coffee and pizza and creamy chocolate peanut butter ice cream. But, I’m sorry to tell you that, although you love food, it doesn’t love you back. How could it? It’s…

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver The winter solstice marks the longest night of the year: the darkest night. Here in Utah, the earth and plants are being buried under a bounty of snow, animals…

Recently, I’ve been sitting in my office alone. And, when I am alone, I tend to time travel. There I am, clicking around on the computer grading a paper from a wonderful woman who is on the basketball team and Whoooooooosh: I am back in high school. My basketball coach is yelling at me that…

Dr. Lindsay Kite visited my class last week. She runs a nonprofit called Beauty Redefined with her twin sister, Dr. Lexie Kite. The twin PhDs message is simple: “You are capable of much more than looking hot.” I’ve heard the twins’ presentation three times. I have a PhD too. You’d think I might be more…