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The Vacation Variable

Natalie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

I was on a roll. Swim, bike, run, swim, bike, run, write about it, tweet about it, three square meals, healthy snack choices…a few weeks ago I was doing great. Mentally I’d been preparing for quite some time for the full week vacation I would have in Jamaica in order to be at my best [...]

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The Vacation Variable

The Puppy Power Walk

Natalie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:44 +0000

A key element to living a healthy lifestyle is simply getting in some form of exercise that is enough to raise your heart rate and which is typically recommended to be 30 minutes per day. It doesn’t sound hard, but for some reason, sometimes getting in 30 minutes of heart pumping exercise is the last [...]

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The Puppy Power Walk

Be Contagious

Natalie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:10:58 +0000

They say that happiness is contagious, that good energy spreads like the best virus possible, and being around people who are happy and positive is highly likely to rub off on others. I firmly believe this. Having just spent a weekend with a group of girls, most of whom I hardly know and some of [...]

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Be Contagious

The Influence of Women

Natalie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:24:23 +0000

Women. We are daughters, sisters, mothers, wives, friends, best friends, teachers, mentors, multi-taskers, hopers, achievers, thinkers, and influencers. This was the point made by Brae Blackley, founder of ZOOMA Women’s Race Series at this morning’s kick-off event at the local Annapolis Fleet Feet store. Women have an amazing power to influence and it is one [...]

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The Influence of Women

Pura Vida

Natalie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:25:19 +0000

Pura vida, pure life in Spanish, is a mindset, a way of living, a goal, an experience, something to create, something to share. Pura vida came to life for me and my husband on our honeymoon in Costa Rica where we first heard the phrase. Pura vida was a greeting, the answer to “how are [...]

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Pura Vida