Aerie Wellness

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I’m not about over-bloated optimism.

I’m not about ignoring our current predicaments or pretending that a new calendar date will somehow change all of it. (🙄)

Nope, but I AM about the possibility of leveling up.

I choose to see 2021 not as some magical utopian escape from 2020’s griefs, but as a year brimming with potential, offering the opportunity to level up

…beset with new challenges, nuanced obstacles, and still-uncharted terrain that requires skill and creative thinking to navigate.

Think about it - no new level of anything comes without its hard-earned progress.

Whether it’s the next level of Candy Crush, an Olympic event, graduation, or heck even a (finally) clean house, no one gets to the next level of their journey and says, “Eh, it was kinda easy.”❌❌❌

No way!

They arrive at the new level, sweaty and disheveled, maybe a little beat-up and tear-stained, but absolutely glowing with the energy of this new experience.✨

Will you choose this with me?

Will you choose to level up?

Real talk - while some people were pulling out their wreaths and candles as soon as October hit, I was not feeling the holidays. This time of year had me feeling anxious, very sad, stressed, and sometimes I want to skip the celebrating altogether. 😓

It isn’t anyone else’s doing; I just feel more like the Grinch (pre-heart growing) than anything else, and I couldn’t take the jolly holiday revelers.

It wasn’t until I wrote myself a permission slip to feel all of what was trying to be felt, and express emotions that needed expression, that I found a place of calm. I saw the sad things, I admitted my worries to myself, and my soul settled.

➡️ We avoid feeling things sometimes because we tell ourselves the lie that “If I admit this uncomfortable feeling, it will last forever, or at least a longer time.”

➡️ The truth is, only when you admit the uncomfortable feeling will it be able to dissipate.

So tonight, tomorrow, or anytime during the holiday season, if you’re feeling something other than delirious happiness, I invite you to spend some moments admitting what you’re feeling, in whatever words feel honest to you.

No judgment,
no “should”s,
no thinking of who has it worse or what you have to be happy about.

Just admit it. And do what you have to do to release it. Cry, scream in a pillow, go for a walk... a few ideas.

Wherever you are and whomever you’re with, I’m wishing you wholeness and health - inside and out - as you traverse the sometimes emotional holiday landscape of your journey. ✨

Real talk - while some people were pulling out their wreaths and candles as soon as October hit, I was not feeling the holidays. This time of year had me feeling anxious, very sad, stressed, and sometimes I want to skip the celebrating altogether. 😓

It isn’t anyone else’s doing; I just feel more like the Grinch (pre-heart growing) than anything else, and I couldn’t take the jolly holiday revelers.

It wasn’t until I wrote myself a permission slip to feel all of what was trying to be felt, and express emotions that needed expression, that I found a place of calm. I saw the sad things, I admitted my worries to myself, and my soul settled.

➡️ We avoid feeling things sometimes because we tell ourselves the lie that “If I admit this uncomfortable feeling, it will last forever, or at least a longer time.”

➡️ The truth is, only when you admit the uncomfortable feeling will it be able to dissipate.

So tonight, tomorrow, or anytime during the holiday season, if you’re feeling something other than delirious happiness, I invite you to spend some moments admitting what you’re feeling, in whatever words feel honest to you.

No judgment,
no “should”s,
no thinking of who has it worse or what you have to be happy about.

Just admit it. And do what you have to do to release it. Cry, scream in a pillow, go for a walk... a few ideas.

Wherever you are and whomever you’re with, I’m wishing you wholeness and health - inside and out - as you traverse the sometimes emotional holiday landscape of your journey. ✨

Did you make a New Year’s resolution last year? Can I take a guess? Was it something like…

• get in shape
• eat healthier 
• cut out *insert this-is-bad-for-you food trend here*

Did I come close? A great big goal that’s majorly different from your current lifestyle?

Seriously, no shame - I’ve been there too. And I don’t have to get very far into a year for these resolutions to get put in the “ignore this” pile in my brain. 🧠 👋

I hear this from people who are smart and capable - and I do it myself - so why the big FLOP at the new year?

I figured out why: they’re too broad, too nebulous, too ambiguous.

We say things like “get in shape” with no place to start and no parameters, so we set ourselves up for failure. 

➡️➡️➡️Here’s how to create a flop-proof resolution:

1️⃣ Accept it. “It’s okay for me to want ______.” In order to move toward something, you need to admit that you want it. Wanting is a good thing! Write it down, say it out loud. Quit playing hard-to-get with the universe and be okay wanting something.

2️⃣ Give up what’s in the way. “In order to get _____, I am giving up ______.” If it feels uncomfortable to give something up, that’s okay! You’re on the right track. Once you identify this, you are freeing up the space for your goal to unfold.

3️⃣ Zoom in. Way in. More, a little further, almost there… okay, you get the point. Take your idea from step one, and ask ✨how, ✨what, ✨when, ✨where, and ✨how long.

❕For example, if you want to “eat healthier,” maybe your HOW is by cooking more, your WHAT is organic foods, your WHEN is once a week, your WHERE is at home, and your HOW LONG is two months. So we’ve transformed a vague idea with loads of pressure behind it - “eat healthier” - into a very specific target with clearly identifiable parts - “home cook an all-organic meal once a week for two months.”

That’s a big CAN DO! 💪

What are your New Year’s resolutions, before and after this revision? I want to hear them!

At Aerie Wellness, it’s never just about fitness.

>AUTONOMY
>SELF RESPONSIBILITY
>RENEGADE REALNESS
>(COM)PASSION
>CURIOSITY

These 5 values are how we do what we do. It centers around self - all the fun parts and all the sh*tty parts.

Working with mind, body, or spirit requires the courage - the audacity, even - to fully embrace and engage with the self.

I do not take this work lightly, and I also know what it *absolutely* takes for the work, to work. It takes autonomy, self responsibility, renegade realness, passion and compassion, and curiosity.

Whether we’re working on your squat, building your diet, or dismantling on a fear-based story from your past, I will meet you with these values, and I will expect them of you.

If that excites you, you are in the right place, and I want to meet you! I’m not your average fitness industry avatar, so if this resonates, there’s a reason. Let’s start the conversation. “Book Now” in my bio.

Together we will build a healthier inner and outer self. I believe there is more in you.

ONE MORE WEEK to enroll!

We kick off our next PLANWELL cohort January 3.

9 weeks of personalized fitness
9 weeks of lifestyle and nutrition coaching
9 weeks of 1-on-1 coaching calls
9 weeks of Knowledge Series group calls
PLUS how to progress your plan beyond 9 weeks

ENROLLMENT ENDS December 23. “Book Now” to save your spot!

Your 👏 health 👏 is more 👏 than 👏 food industry fads and heart rate spikes.

⓵ I’ve villainized because the trends told me and my coaches to do so.

② I’ve staved off holiday workout guilt with sprints because my studio buddies and coaches were doing it.

I’ll tell you without hesitation that NEITHER HELPED. Both fed parts of my shadow self that I wanted to ignore. Both stressed out an already-stressed system and hijacked my metabolism.

PSA - now is not the time for stressed-out nervous systems, immune systems, or metabolisms. Now is the time to build RESILIENT bodies, SUSTAINABLE strategies, and fitness that integrates the WHOLE SELF.

If you already get that, you’re way ahead of the curve. And you deserve to work with a coach who gets that and has been there, too. “Book Now” to start the conversation.

BEHAVIOR - FITNESS - FUEL

because whole-self fitness is so much more than reps and sweat.

🔘How and how often we move
🔘How we sit or stand at work
🔘What kind of light we get and when
🔘How we chew
🔘How we sleep
🔘How we deal with stress

These actions, repeated over and over, become a lifestyle. That’s what we’re building in PLANWELL: a lifestyle.

10 more days to enroll for the next PLANWELL cohort, kicking off January 3! “Book Now” to get started.

No fads, gimmicks, or shortcuts here. 👐

Want to work with a coach who values your whole self and not your before and after pictures? 👉“Book Now” for a one-on-one call with me. Let’s start the conversation.

Unpopular opinion: no one is coming to save me (or you).

Realizing this can be challenging, grown-up-temper-tantrum-inducing, even infuriating. I’ve seen the kicking and screaming. I’ve done a bit of it myself.

But then, it becomes empowering.

My health is my own, and no one else’s. Your health is your own, and no one else’s.

Self ownership is our level-up. How many lives would be improved, even saved, if we STOOD UP and took personal responsibility for our health?

As a collective,
We NEED to be moving, and moving well.
We NEED to be fueling, and fueling well.
We NEED to be making daily choices that support our
▪️ rhythms
▪️hormones
▪️sleep cycles
▪️immune systems
▪️nervous systems
▪️body compositions.

Our future depends on it.

Don’t let this next round of lockdowns merge your ass to your couch.

Here’s my hand🤝 - get up! I will teach you how to build a healthy lifestyle that fits YOUR body and YOUR environment. If you want to learn the tools, “Book Now” to book a Clarity Call with me.

I love you! Get up!

$100? Uhm yes please…

Past and current clients: make $100 for each person you refer who signs up for January's PLANWELL cohort. You either get $100 off your final payment, or $100 in your pocket. 🤑

New PLANWELL clients: if you’re here because you know someone who was or is a client of mine, it’s a great time to jump in! You get $100 off January’s PLANWELL cohort. Consider it a good excuse to reach out to a friend - ask them about their experience.