I think some people are born with a thirst for travel – a wanderlust, if you will – and I am one of those people. The small town I grew up in never felt big enough to me – from a young age I dreamt of being able to explore the word. The first flight I ever took was my junior year of college, to Cancun for Spring Break. I don’t think I was ever the same – I loved …
Author: Sarah Nicastro
My health and fitness journey has been a long and winding one. I don’t know if it was my generation or my household, but I didn’t grow up with any optimal examples of health and wellness. In high school I was active naturally, although I always carried insecurities about my stronger and “thicker” body type and envied my slimmer schoolmates. Come college, I put on the “freshman 15” and began viewing diet and exercise as a means to slim down. …
Yesterday I came across a photo an acquaintance posted on social media that said, “Anxiety is a signal alerting you that it’s time to pray.” I had an instant, visceral reaction to reading this – which made me pause and explore where that reaction was coming from. As I did so, I realized it was worth discussing here in a blog. I’ve had significant anxiety as long as I can remember (among other diagnoses, but that’s a blog for another …
Dear Uncle Ron and Uncle Anthony,I’m sure you’ve heard the quote by Maya Angelou, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” It’s one of my favorites, and I hope you’ll keep it in mind as you read this and know that the spirit of that quote is why I wanted to write this letter. I’ll get to the apology, I promise, but I hope you don’t mind if I take the …
Here goes nothing! I’ve thought of starting a blog many times over the years and for many different reasons am just now sitting down to write this first post. Distractions from this effort abound – in fact, as I type, I am listening to Ellis argue with Eric about getting a bath. I’ve been busy raising little humans and working on my marriage, I’ve been busy growing my career, I’ve been busy trying to become the best version of myself, …