Giving Zero Fucks
I’m a huge nonfiction junkie and a couple months ago I read a book called “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” by Atul Gawande. Gawande is a doctor who has written a few best sellers,...
View ArticleNutrition for Pole Dancers
I’m lucky enough to have a very close personal friend who happens to be a ridiculously knowledgeable, awesome, and intelligent nutritionist. Ellen has agreed to do an interview with me to drop some...
View ArticleI did it all for the Likes
There is something crazy that has been happening in my social media feeds. You know what that crazy thing is? It’s perfection. I log in to Instagram and only see polished, beautifully executed tricks...
View ArticleTruth and Circumstance
Here is a truth: You don’t have to be the best at something, to love it. Love and passion must be given freely- without an expectation of return. And that’s why, about 9 years from the first time I...
View ArticleCross Training for Pole
I’m a huge fan of varied workouts! It’s always been hard for me to keep any interest in fitness for the sake of it, but now that I’ve been a pole dancer for some time now, I’ve seen a couple benefits...
View ArticlePole-Life Balance
Pole dancers tend to spend a lot of time thinking about a way to quit their “day job”. But imagine if you spent as much time and effort, and took as many risks, to make your “day job” fulfilling,...
View ArticleBack in Action
I spent a lot of time away from pole dancing last year. And the longer I was away, the easier it was to forget how much fun it was, and how much I love it. Because the only way to get better at pole,...
View ArticleFalling back in Love
I started teaching at a new studio in January. More then a place to teach, more then a place to take classes, it was a place to reconnect to my love for the dance. For the first time in over a year, I...
View ArticleA Retreat for the Pole Soul
Things happen sometimes that refocus your priorities. I’ve had a couple of personal losses lately. Rather than focus on what is now missing, I’m trying to continue in the spirit of the positive that...
View ArticleFearless February
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook (feel free to add me here), you might have seen my post earlier this week about handstands. I injured my left wrist badly when I overdid it doing back...
View ArticleHow to make real changes in 2014
One of the co-founders of the company that I work at for my “real life job” sent out an email at the beginning of the new year that I found to be hugely inspirational and a great reminder/kick in the...
View ArticleFocus
The universe has been talking to me lately. It has been crystallizing into words what philosophy has been for a while. But sometimes seeing something written down makes it real and clarifies it. First...
View ArticleValidation
We ALL want validation: someone to tell us we are doing a good job, that we are pretty or strong. But if you can’t find that within yourself– without looking at mirrors, without videotaping, without...
View ArticleThe Game Plan
The featured image for the day is: the transformation I made earlier this year. This is the target, for eventually/soonish, made even more realistic because hey, once I used to look like this! Ok, so...
View ArticleBack.
I believe that if you think hard about a truth that you want to realize, things can manifest in very unexpected ways. If you are ready for things to change, and you ask them to… well, sometimes they...
View ArticleThe Pain of Pole
Pole dance is not a forgiving hobby. Do you realize what it is that we subject ourselves to every time we step into that studio? It’s a battle, I tell you. Have you ever taken some time off? Whether...
View ArticleSomething nice to say
I have one distinct memory of a moment, and yet I find myself having difficulty placing the year, who I was with, or what was said. Yet, the feelings of that particular moment have stuck with me many...
View ArticleYou asked for it…
Hellooooo readers! January went by in a HUGE blur. I was super busy with my new job (pulling a LOT of super late nights) and then every weekend, I was travelling! I went to Texas, Canada, and North...
View ArticleReflecting on 2012
I’ll be travelling to North Carolina, Texas, and Canada in January for workshops! If you’d like to sign up, please check out this link for all information. Also, tickets for the Flight Club Pole...
View ArticleFor the Love of Pole
Hey guys! Before we get to the entry today– a couple things: #1- I’ll be in Maryland at Xpose Annapolis November 3rd and 4th, and in Seattle and Portland November 16th and 17th! Check out this page for...
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