Maria stood in the doorway of her local gym, paralyzed by the overwhelming array of equipment stretching out before her. Treadmills hummed rhythmically, weights clanked in the distance, and a group fitness class pulsed with energy through glass doors to her left. At 42, she’d finally committed to getting healthyContinue Reading

The sound of something heavy hitting the floor echoed through my living room, followed by my eight-year-old son’s triumphant “Yes!” I rushed in to find Marcus standing over a bright orange kettlebell—his kettlebell—grinning from ear to ear after completing his first set of ten swings without stopping. Six months earlier,Continue Reading

I’ll never forget standing in a Tokyo convenience store at 2 AM, jet-lagged and starving, staring at rows of packaged foods I couldn’t read. My stomach growled as I desperately searched for something—anything—that wouldn’t derail the paleo lifestyle I’d worked so hard to maintain. That moment of panic taught meContinue Reading