I just got back from a morning trail run in 27-degree weather with 91% humidity and dense fog. Despite the chill, I stayed toasty warm, so I thought I’d share the gear I used and some helpful tips to keep you warm and motivated for your own winter adventures.

The Secret to Enjoying Winter Adventures

The key to loving any outdoor activity in the winter is staying warm. If you’re warm, you’ll have fun. If you’re cold, it’s a lot harder to enjoy yourself—and you might even skip it next time. My goal is to help you embrace outdoor adventures year-round!

Another common concern, especially for women, is safety. I totally get it. While I live in a safe area and usually bring my dog when it’s dark, there are other precautions you can take:

• Carry a small can of pepper spray. 
• Stick to well-lit areas or drive to a spot where you feel comfortable.
• If going out isn’t an option, do a workout in your backyard so you can still enjoy the fresh air close to home.

Now that we’ve addressed war...

As the seasons change, so do the foods that grow locally in your region. By choosing seasonal produce, you simplify your cooking, reduce kitchen clutter, boost your nutrient intake, and enjoy foods at their peak flavor.

Ever had a tomato in December? Likely, it wasn’t the best. But that same tomato in July or August? Absolute perfection, bursting with flavor no matter how you slice it (ha!). This peak summer flavor also signals that the tomato’s nutrient content is at its highest.

Another way to maximize flavor and nutrition is to buy directly from local farmers who’ve harvested the produce within hours or days. In contrast, much of what’s available in conventional grocery stores has traveled hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles. With each passing day after harvest, the nutrients in fresh produce naturally decline. One easy way to retain both flavor and nutrition when shopping at a grocery store is to buy frozen fruits and vegetables, which are flash-frozen soon after harvest to p...

When people think about losing weight, they usually turn to intense cardio, drastically cutting calories, or eliminating entire food groups. While these strategies often result in short-term weight loss, they are rarely sustainable and often leave individuals back at square one.

In my community, we focus on building daily habits that lead to sustainable weight loss and balanced hormones. If you spot a Summit Fitter in the wild, you might find them...

1. Sitting in the sun
2. Taking a nap
3. Going for a morning walk
4. Savoring a cup of coffee
5. Reading a book in a hammock
6. Playing with their kids, phone-free
7. Setting boundaries with screen time
8. Discovering small adventures in everyday life

So, how do these habits lead to weight loss and healthy hormones? They regulate the nervous system, keeping you calm and collected. Traditional diet and fitness protocols often leave us feeling exhausted, anxious, discouraged, and miserable as we strive toward our goals.

A calm and collected individua...

  You might be wondering why a health coach is writing a blog post about not exercising. Before you toss your running shoes and dumbbells in the trash, let me explain.

This isn’t a post telling you to stop exercising, but rather to rethink how you approach exercise.

We don’t have an exercise problem in this country—we have a sedentary problem. The issue isn’t that we don’t exercise enough; it’s that we don’t move enough in general.

To help clarify, let’s look at the definitions of exercise and movement:

• Exercise: Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.
• Movement: An act of changing physical location or position.

Until now, have you ever considered that your challenge might not be a lack of exercise, but rather a lack of general movement necessary to maintain strength, flexibility, and overall fitness?

For example, as I type this blog post, I’m sitting on the ground at my floor desk. I’m also baking a loaf of sourdough bread th...

After a decade of coaching women on the internet, I took over two years off from 2021-2023.

Taking two years off from anything is a really long time.

Truthfully, I lost a lot of momentum (I don't regret the time away as I had some amazing adventures; these are just the facts). I went from 3k Instagram followers to having a little over a hundred today. I went from whipping out emails and blog posts in a matter of minutes to staring at a blank screen for thirty minutes trying to figure out what to say to the internet (maybe postpartum brain is to blame a bit, ha!).

Running an online business requires a certain skill set that doesn't necessarily come naturally to me. The actual coaching part comes very naturally, but not the business side.

Truthfully, I was very frustrated in the beginning. I didn't want to go through the painful learning process again. But that's how you achieve your goals.

I love helping women get healthy and live adventurous lives. If I want to do that in this onl...