Category: mental-health
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Trail Tuesdays: The Path to Strong is Never Straight
Trail Tuesdays Murph Prep, Mindset, and Muscle on the Move Some Tuesdays, the trail is dusty and wild. Other days, it’s made of air squats, push-ups, and sit-ups in a quiet room while my muscles burn and my mind fights to stay present. Either way, it’s always a trail—a path that winds through challenge, grit,…
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Snapshot Sunday: Finding Light in the Canyon
Some people wake up on Mother’s Day with breakfast in bed or brunch reservations.Me? I woke up and laced up my boots. I hiked into Palo Duro Canyon yesterday — Texas’ own quiet giant — where flowers bloom between rocks and the wind carries more grace than most conversations ever could. These moments in nature…
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Sunshine Says: What Being Called Sunshine Means to Me
I didn’t choose the nickname Sunshine. It found me—gently, over time—through the people who saw light in me before I always could see it in myself. Sometimes it was a passing comment:“You’re such a ray of sunshine.”Other times, it came in moments when I was holding space for someone else—offering comfort, encouragement, or just showing…
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Burning Love: Texas is on Fire, Y’all!
This has nothing at all to do with fitness, and everything to do with the beautiful state that I call home…more specifically, the Texas Panhandle. Since Monday, over a million acres of land have burned. If you don’t know anything about the great State of Texas, let me educate you just a little bit: Texas…
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Journaling: The Sky Is Falling – Processing Grief
I have no real plan for this post, just feelings. This last week has been a beast! Do you ever have weeks like that? We all do, right?! Let me lay it out for you just a little bit… So both of my amazing kids are going through their own struggles right now…we are also…