I am excited to launch this website to provide resources, support and community in an effort to live a healthy lifestyle. Click on the blog title or picture above to read the entire blog.
Welcome to The Healthy Giraffe
I Am Thankful For
Everyday I identify something I am grateful for or will show gratitude to and that is before I roll out of bed. It is part of a short mindfulness exercise I began three weeks ago I have found to put me in the right headspace to start the day. Since we are in Thanksgiving week... Continue Reading →
A Beautifully Confused Off-Season
I'm three weeks into a beautifully confused off-season and loving it. It's been so important for my body and mind to break the year into chunks and I'm just coming off a big one. Here I will share some things I am doing in this chunk that are a bit of a contradiction with what... Continue Reading →
Breast Cancer – Not Once But Twice
Not once, but twice diagnosed, battled, and beat breast cancer. This is what happened to one of my best friends, Peggy Markovic. In the spirit of raising awareness of breast cancer prevention, I asked Peggy if she would be willing to share her story and she accepted. Here I will share a bit of our... Continue Reading →
The Key out of Key West
What do you do when you are in Key West, the key to your car doesn't work, and the dealer tells you it will be over a week before they can get you a new one? I was pondering answers to this last Monday morning during a short excursion to Key West. Here I will... Continue Reading →
A Commiserating Bond
I forged three pretty special bonds on Saturday competing in my final duathlon race of the year at the Great Floridian Triathlon via Clermont, Florida. Here I will share about what transpired in what I will call a brutally fantastic race and everything surrounding it. This race is one of the longest running multi-sport races... Continue Reading →
