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  • Family,  Grief & Loss,  Health

    The Measure Of My Mother

    May 7, 2022 / No Comments

    As a daughter, there were always three sure things in my life. Death, taxes and the deep, passionate love my parents have always had for each other. So it seems fitting that every year my parents’ May 11th wedding anniversary occurs near Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Because from my perspective, they are who they are as individuals and parents, then and now, because of their love, their commitment, their devotion to, and their bond with each other, first and foremost. Although their marriage has not always been easy, their love transcended all circumstances and has always been the solid foundation of our family dynamic. But this year, my mother…

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    Pritam Potts

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    March 2, 2017

    Make Every Holiday Moment Count

    December 21, 2020

    Since When Did Simple Shredding Become So . . . Complicated?

    April 19, 2018
  • Fitness,  Health,  Nutrition,  Self Care

    How do you want to show up for your future self?

    November 23, 2020 / No Comments

    This has been an unprecedented and overwhelming year. Even as we move into winter, Covid is not letting up. Our lives have been compromised by the significant consequences of this pandemic and we all feel the cumulative and collective stress and worry. We’ve figured out various ways to cope this year, and with good reason to do so; if a pandemic doesn’t give us license to do whatever we have to do to keep our chin above water to get through this, then nothing does! Consider what habits you have leaned into this year as a survival mechanism. Are you overeating? Drinking too much or too often? Not exercising enough…

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    This Too Shall Pass

    January 15, 2015

    Moving Forward, Not Moving On

    August 28, 2017

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    August 15, 2015
  • Family,  Health,  Love

    Contemplating What Could Have Been

    May 12, 2019 / No Comments

    Because yesterday was my parents 47th wedding anniversary and today is Mother’s Day, this weekend would be celebratory regardless. But this year in particular it is truly something to appreciate. My mother—my healthy, vibrant, active, vegetarian, teetotaling, slender, yoga-teaching, meditating, dear mother—had a heart attack five weeks ago. When my father Skyped me at 10:30pm EST, I knew something was wrong. He informed me that my mother was in the hospital and they were testing her for possible cardiac issues based on the initial EKG readings. Both of my parents were convinced it was a severe case of gastro-intestinal distress. But after several days of feeling terrible with what she…

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    April 19, 2018

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    January 15, 2015

    An Edmonds Kind of Homecoming

    June 16, 2019
  • Fitness,  Health,  Self Care

    When Indoor Cycling Becomes A Community

    February 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Years ago, I heard a reverend say to her parishioners, “If you can’t find the faith you need then you can borrow it from me.” Similarly, in my role as a strength coach and trainer, I provided energy and motivation to my clients that they may not have been able to find within themselves 100% of the time. But last year, as I struggled to make sense of my new life after relocating to Texas, I wondered who—or what—would provide me with the motivation that I was unable to find anywhere within myself. Isolated in a new location, limited by an ongoing painful foot treatment that prevented me from walking,…

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    June 16, 2019
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    Every Year I Forget My Own Anniversary

    March 12, 2019

    Instant Pot Tips for Beginners

    April 19, 2018
  • Fitness,  Grief & Loss,  Health

    The Most Stressful Time Of The Year

    December 16, 2018 / No Comments

    The fact is, the holidays are very stressful. Even if you don’t manifest your stress in illness, like I apparently do, it can be an overwhelming time for so many of us. It never hurts any of us to minimize stress regardless. Here’s my plan, it’s not too late to join me!

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    Every Year I Forget My Own Anniversary

    March 12, 2019

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    August 28, 2017

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    February 13, 2015
  • Fitness,  Grief & Loss,  Health

    The Last Athlete

    November 19, 2017 / No Comments

    There’s a young man who holds the distinction of being the Last Athlete to work with Coach Dan Potts. I still remember the first day I sat in the living room with you and Dan, glove in hand, not knowing what to expect that day let alone the years to come. His name is Lukas. He was a tiny little thing, just on the verge of turning fourteen, when and he and his mom came in for a consultation four years ago. His dedication and commitment to baseball was apparent. Those first few sessions in the garage were the first time I had really ever learned to push myself. My…

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    May 7, 2022

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    December 21, 2020

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    August 28, 2017
  • Fitness,  Health,  Self Care

    Finding Your Perfect Personal Trainer

    July 15, 2017 / No Comments

    These days there are endless opportunities to work with a personal trainer! Small independent studios, large commercial gyms, specialty studios, trainers that come to your home, trainers that train out of their homes, to name just some of your options. But with so many options, how do you find the trainer that is right for YOU? We each come with our own set of physical limitations, injuries, fitness goals, etc. So it’s going to be on you to find the right trainer, but what do you look for when you decide you want to start training with someone? Here are a few ideas to help narrow it down. Referrals: Talk…

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    November 20, 2020

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    June 16, 2019
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    Life’s Second Chances

    July 15, 2015
  • Health,  Home,  Love,  Self Care

    A Simple Thank You

    June 13, 2017 / No Comments

    Has this ever happened to you? You: Oh I love your dress, it looks so good on you! Them: It’s just this old thing I haven’t worn in years Or this: You: Your hair looks great today! Them: Well I really need to get a haircut Or in my case: Me: That workout outfit is so flattering! Client: Ugh I hate my belly I’ve been noticing this type of thing a lot lately. And I don’t like it! It seems to be widespread, the way that we can so easily deflect a compliment, or downgrade a positive comment directed toward us by responding with a negative. Why do we have…

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    March 16, 2015

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  • Health,  Self Care

    Wisdom From Weeds

    May 2, 2017 / No Comments

    Spring has sprung, although even as I write this it’s 47 degrees and drizzly outside on May 1. Our flora and fauna is coming to life again! But . . . along with the blooming of flowers, growing of grass and reappearance of leaves . . . the weeds are growing in full force. I abhor weeds. I loathe, detest and cannot stand weeds. I hate weeds! Yet every year they reappear to torment me. Despite my very best efforts (endless amounts of time and money spent year after year with no end in sight) weeds just grow back again and again. The process makes me feel very powerless, and…

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    May 7, 2022
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    March 12, 2019
  • Family,  Fitness,  Health,  Self Care

    The Ripple Effect

    March 2, 2017 / No Comments

    It was the summer of 2010 and my sister had left me a voicemail. In her typical stoic way she informed me that she was on her way to the ER as she had woken up that morning with one leg twice the size of the other! She lived in Albuquerque and I was here in Edmonds. She’s my only sister, younger than I, just mid-30s at the time. She could have died from that blood clot in her leg, and she needed surgery pretty quickly. They placed a couple of stents in her arteries and kept her in the hospital for three days to recover. She was on blood…

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