I Live Here. This is MY Home.
I went to an amazing talk given by Elizabeth Gilbert last night. You all may know her from the book, Eat Pray Love (or the MOVIE with Julia Roberts by the same name—where she leaves her life to find herself in Rome, Bali and India [I think those are the countries]). She sold 10 million copies of that book, by […]
Kyle & Brent Pease: Together We Wheel
On Episode 4 of the Same 24 Hours Podcast, I interviewed two brothers who I just love, admire and think are two peeps YOU all should most definitely get to know, too. If you think you can’t do something, then think again. Kyle and Brent Pease are the ultimate “no excuses” brothers. Kyle was born with cerebral […]
The One Thing Today
If we feel healthy, we act healthy. If we feel well, we are kinder to others, we have more to give. It builds on itself. Happiness and health breeds MORE happiness and health. “BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE!? TODAY, I FEEL TERRIBLE!!!” When we FEEL terrible, other things also FEEL terrible. When things FEEL […]
The Bully in Our Brain
We train our bodies. We train our nutrition. But what about our BIGGEST asset –in LIFE—not just triathlon? That asset is our mind, and our thoughts. From someone (me) who has attained some really HUGE goals (goals that would arguably seem unobtainable by looking at me), I can attest to the importance of mental toughness, relentlessness and […]
The Life is Hard Checklist
People often don’t talk about what it is actually like to do the hard things in life. The hard things in life, we just do and we don’t really talk about them. My daughter came home today and lost her mind over the fact that we wouldn’t be attending “spirit night” at Mellow Mushroom, a local […]
Do You Want to Quit?
Someone sent me an email over the weekend. Actually, FOUR people did, about this same topic. Quitting drinking. I thought about it. And while I want to be VERY clear about a few things, nevertheless, I have decided to put myself out there, and go for this. I am starting a FREE addiction support group on […]
One Word
I have admittedly gone through a bunch of changes in the last year and a half, and most notably in the last year, I would say. (Giving up booze and quitting a legal career in search of another life that is completely uncertain–just to name a “few” changes.) And now, while I sit here on […]
Announcement! New Podcast
“The Health Nut and the Hot Mess” may be officially concluded, but there is more amazing stuff coming down the pipeline. Join Meredith Atwood in “The Same 24 Hours” Podcast, continuing on the iTunes, Podbean and Stitcher channel. New themes, new guests, and the same wicked sense of humor. New episodes coming soon! Sign up […]
The Skin I Am In
In 2002, I remember distinctly this one “date” night. I spent time carefully putting on my make-up, styling my hair in a way that was appropriate for a night out. And then I threw my arms into a thick black cardigan, black pants and a giant black purse. It was August in Georgia, and the […]