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While I LOVE to cook for others, I really cook for myself - it's my creative outlet and my favorite thing to do after a long day. I'm looking forward to Winter and cooking soups all the time. Do you all have a favorite recipe(s)? My favorite soup las...  Read more

Hi AthletaWell friends! Happy Friday! Did you find any mindful moments during your busy week? Read my personal experience here of how transferring my mindfulness practice off my meditation cushion and into my every day life (IE deep breathing in my c...  Read more

When was the last time you offered yourself a deep conscious breath? Women are everything to so many people, that sometimes we forget to pause and take a moment for ourselves. It’s common to reach the end of the day and notice that you’ve gone the en...  Read more

I am hyper competitive. Without my professional sports career (retired 10 year soccer pro- in US and Japan) to funnel my "drive", that mentality can spin out in all sorts of crazy directions. When I am not well rested and around "like minded", positi...  Read more

Advice needed - I’m going to be living on my own soon. And as excited as I am, I tend to get bad anxiety. I’ve never been an animal person, but I’m thinking about getting a dog to live with me (looking into small or medium dogs atm; no/low shed and n...  Read more

Hi Athletawell family! So a week ago I got rear ended while at a stop exiting the freeway... thankfully, me and my car are okay. But it was still a bump and I was looking left when I got the slight whiplash and have had pain all week, especially the ...  Read more

Just here for date ideas! Because of covid, all my boyfriend and I do as of lately is Netflix and chill. We have fun and enjoy each others company, but I’d love some date ideas that are more romantic and help get some intimacy going.( + its nice to s...  Read more

Calling all Athletawell members who work at a desk or are working-from-home! Last week I shared some tips on how to best set up your workstation for optimal comfort. You can find the post here. After chatting through conversations in the Recovery & R...  Read more

Hi Athletawell family! As part of this month's physical therapy topic of Ergonomics with Working at the Desk, I wanted to continue the conversation beyond just set up. How do you take a typical desk work day, and make it healthier? (P.s. If you misse...  Read more

How is your daily 1-minute body scanning practice going? How are you tracking your progress? Any challenges, achievements, or insights?  Read more

I’m getting burned out on eating the same things for breakfast usually:\n- Eggs with TJs everything bagel seasoning\n- rice cakes w cream cheese and smoked salmon\n- greek yogurt with almonds and honey\n\nI’d love some inspiration to broaden my horiz...  Read more

Yesterday I posted (somewhat jokingly) to my Instagram story: "Hi hello, where do I sign up for the Parents of Three Year Olds" support group?" And if you have parented/taken care of a three year old—or toddler in general— you know. Right? Kiddos are...  Read more

Paying complete attention to parts of the body is one of the best ways to practice meditation. When we are paying attention to our breathing, we can help to calm our nervous system, but the same applies to paying attention to the body and our movemen...  Read more

The poet Rumi once said, "Life is a balance between holding on and letting go." I found this quote very appropriate for conversations around sleep. I've met people who strongly believe that they can never learn how to improve their sleep because they...  Read more

Anyone else feeling this? I'm not actually hungover from drinking, but sometimes it feels hard to get back into the swing of things when I step away from the desk for an extra day. Then it compounds with squeezing 5 workdays into 4 and I'm ready to r...  Read more

It's easy to get caught up in the idea that a "proper' meditation practice means sitting in an uncomfortable position for 10-20 minutes or being able to turn your brain off for a duration of time. The truth is, meditation can be as simple as taking a...  Read more

How is your weekend going? Hope it’s safe and relaxing. Do you tend to sleep later on the weekends? Have you heard of “social jetlag” which can feel just like regular jetlag. Sometimes we tend to stay up later on the weekends to hang out and socializ...  Read more

I remember the days when I would be prepping to go out by this time (it’s 5p here in SF) and instead I just did my nighttime face routine  let’s normalize quiet time and replenishing weekends, by sharing our “BIG” plans for tonight 藍 I’ll go first...  Read more

For me, working with a therapist has been such a big help for me on this and reminds me that I don’t have to take it all at once. My therapist used the phrase “just as we take it off the shelf, we can also put it back and return to it another day”. T...  Read more

Hey Athletawell family! As a local in the Bay Area, I have a lot of friends that work in tech. I understand most companies were working from home for the last year... but now things may have shifted back to the office for some. As a PT I see tons of ...  Read more

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I'm seeing a lot of talk these days about self-care rituals for Sunday evenings. Honestly Sunday evenings feel stressful for me getting the house ready for the week and cooking dinner. What's everyone doing—are you taking bubble baths, reading, burni...  Read more

Hi lovely Athletawell Members! I'm Leada, your physical therapy guide. As I help prepare some content to best suit your needs, I'd love to get an idea of what you think physical therapy, rehab, injury prevention, or any other related term means to yo...  Read more

I come from a community where most people believed that therapy was only for those with serious mental health issues or something only for white people. I grew up in South Central LA in the 80s. At that time, our communities were being targeted by po...  Read more

Hello everyone.I retired 2 months ago, and looking for new and excited things to do. I have been trying to keep myself busy and active. I recently bought a house so I've been doing DIY projects to make it a home. I also like to garden, explore my new...  Read more

“Cool down’s” have taken on a number of different definitions over the last couple decades. From brisk walking to static stretching to more of a dynamic cool down with foam rolling, it’s all been adopted at different points and for different reasons....  Read more