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Several times a week I take a bike ride in prospect park in Brooklyn. There is a MAJOR hill that is difficult for almost everyone going up it whether walking, riding or running. This morning as I was getting up the hill this guy who was running proba...  Read more

I recently turned 31 and as a millennial I see a funny but alarmingly large amount of peers complaining that their back feels like its a lot older than they are.. and I can't help but take a moment to educate them on why age doesn't mean you have to ...  Read more

Happy Monday! One of the ways I like to show my body love is by the food that eat and making mindful decisions isn't always easy so I am continuously in the kitchen testing out new things and I am sauce girl for sure! I mean who doesn't love somethin...  Read more

I've spent a lot of my life worrying about being too big or "too much." From growing up in the ballet world and constantly receiving messaging about not letting my body get too bulky, to being told I'm "loud and intense" when I'd speak up about uncom...  Read more

Just wanted to drop a note to all of you who participated in the Body & Self Love Challenge for the month of September. I know some of the challenges brought up some mixed emotions but I hope that they gave you some tools to start your body/self love...  Read more

Hi Athletawell Community. Here we are in week 3 already of our Body Self Love Challenge and I hope you are feeling more connected to yourself and remembering all of the reasons why you are so special. This week I challenge you to do no less than 15 m...  Read more

Hi Everyone!Today starts weeks 2 of the Body & Self love challenge and this week we are focusing on setting boundaries. If there is one way to show yourself respect it is to set boundaries with those around you. While it isn't always easy to say no e...  Read more

As health and wellness educators/leaders/guides it’s tough to be in a business where size seems to matter most and image can, truly, be everything. The hardest place to be sometimes is comfortable in our own skin. For ALL the reasons. I loved watchin...  Read more

Grab your Post-it notes, and get ready to stand in front of your full length mirror every morning for a week for THREE MINUTES each day. Learn more about Margeaux's month long Body & Self Love Challenge by checking out the video below.  Read more

It's unfortunate that we live in a society that promotes shame around size, celebrates smallness instead of fullness, has created so much bias around what we think able bodies look like, and pushed movement as a form of punishment for what you eat in...  Read more

Remember when Leo was running around some beach, with his tummy out and everyone was like “omg! He’s so hot! Dad bod in full effect” (though, he’s a consummate single). Why, may I ask, is the same consideration not made for women? Why is it that duri...  Read more

There's been such a pleasant evolution of body positivity over the last 10 years and I am HERE for it. But, as a physical therapist, I see people when they're injured and their body isn't exactly doing what it normally can do, which sometimes trigger...  Read more

I think most of you know that I'm a toddler mom. I'm also very open about my struggles with a history of eating disorders (yes, plural) and even when I wasn't actively throwing up or restricting calories, I was still VERY disordered in my thinking ar...  Read more

Here we are in the height of summer and here in NYC the weather has been like we are living in a jungle. It couldn't be more hot and humid. Even with this crazy heat I still see and hear women saying that they "can't" show there arms because of whate...  Read more

I am fully in menopause and put on a few lbs during covid which was to be expected with less movement for a year. But, now I have been mindfully eating and moving reguarly for a while trying to get back to my pre-covid weight but feel like menopause ...  Read more