Over the past month or so, I’ve noticed an increase in my confidence. I was reflecting on why that is and what came to mind is how good I feel in my body. I’ve lost 17 pounds so far and my blood sugar is more in range than it was a year ago. I’ve been … Read more
My wise therapist reminded me that I’ve been doing at least a triathlon worth of trauma healing the past few months. You see, I was profoundly activated by a recent series of events in my life. Trauma to the surface is a workout The activation resulted in old, so-far-unhealed pain and trauma rising to the … Read more
The humidity of Minnesota is borderline oppressive. My body doesn’t sweat very well or very easily, so I have a really difficult time regulating my body temperature when it gets as humid as it gets here in the Twin Cities. The hot humidity requires that anyone who wants to run get out there in the … Read more
I love triathlon. No two ways about it, I fell in love way back at my first ever triathlon, the Danskin, that I did in 2005, a week after I finished radiation treatment for my first round of breast cancer. I knew I had found the sport for me. It captured my imagination. Triathlon love … Read more
#TourTurns30 This year, 2021, the Tour de Cure, a major fundraising event for the American Diabetes Association, turns 30. That means that people have been riding their bikes, and some years, running and walking, for their health and to raise money for the American Diabetes Association. Due in part to this global pandemic and partly … Read more
I’ve known for a while that I survived a traumatic childhood. I grew up with a father who had type 1 diabetes and who nearly died at least once a year from low blood sugar. The paramedics came to our house at minimum once a year to rescue my convulsing, unconscious father. By itself that … Read more
Having grown up in a dysfunctional family, I learned early on to ignore my fears. Meaning I had so much fear that lived in my body that had I paid attention to it too much I would have become non-functioning. Instead, I became hypervigilant and super accommodating. I knew I was an inconvenience to my … Read more
Do you choose happiness over satisfaction? Maybe you ask, “do I have to pick one over the other?” Turns out there are people who study these choices people make. As someone who had a difficult childhood, I have a minor obsession with happiness. I have read quite a few books on the topic and I … Read more
Today I turn 56, which means I was born on May 12, 1965 on a Wednesday, which today, May 12, 2021 happens to also be a Wednesday. I like fun coincidences like that! I enjoy birthdays and today to celebrate I’m riding my bike to the pool for a swim and then I’m riding my … Read more
I’ve worn a continuous glucose monitor (cgm) more or less since 2006. I discovered early on, when they were invented and became available that a cgm was super valuable. After all, back in the days when I was getting into endurance sports, testing my blood sugar 20 to 30 times in a 24 hour period … Read more