There was a moment in my ultra running journey when everything changed, and strangely enough, it began with a simple question: what am I asking my body to recover from? For years, I followed the typical rhythm that so many athletes fall into, training hard while occasionally enjoying a beer or tw...

Earlier this year, I woke up feeling an overwhelming sense of stress—the kind that sits heavy on your chest before the day even begins. My first instinct, like many mornings before, was to grab my phone, check messages, and dive headfirst into work. But something inside me stopped. I knew this pa...

When I made the decision to drastically cut back on alcohol, I found myself asking a big question: what am I going to drink instead? That question might sound small, but for anyone who’s built habits, memories, and social rituals around drinking, it’s a defining one. I quickly realized that remov...

As someone who has lived with asthma my entire life, I’ve learned that my symptoms shift with the seasons. What triggers my asthma in the spring is often completely different from what challenges me in the winter. Over time, I’ve learned to tune into my body, my environment, and the patterns that...

When people find out I’m an ultra-endurance athlete, they assume I run every single day for hours on end. They picture endless miles, blistered feet, and early mornings where all I do is hit the trails. But the truth is, that approach nearly broke me. I don’t train like most runners anymore—and t...

Until recently, I worked out almost always in the afternoon or evening. For years, I justified it by telling myself it was my transition from work to play, a ritual to mark the end of my professional day and the beginning of my personal one. And in many ways, that was true. Having a transitional ...

A little over a year ago, my life changed in a way I could never have anticipated. I was 45 minutes into one of my favorite workout classes when suddenly, my right eye went completely dark. One moment I was pushing through another set, and the next, I couldn’t see a thing out of half my vision. P...

Most people stop training the second they feel a cold coming on. I take a different approach. Instead of curling up under a blanket for a week, I decided to move—lightly, intentionally, and consistently. I worked out every single day while sick. What happened over the following days genuinely sur...

I’ve had asthma since birth. Doctors told my parents I would never play soccer, run a marathon, or do anything that demanded serious endurance. They handed me an inhaler and said that was the best I could hope for. Yet here I am, decades later, an ultra runner who has won 100K races and continues...

For much of my adult life, alcohol was simply part of the routine. I enjoyed drinking in college just as much as anyone else, and for years I saw it as normal social behavior. But when I made the decision to take a break from alcohol, I had no idea how transformative it would be. Fourteen months ...

Endurance can feel impossible when you live with asthma. I know this firsthand. At four years old, I was told I would never play soccer. Doctors warned me I could never be a runner. They insisted I would need an inhaler every time I moved at speed. For years, that belief shaped my identity.

But ...

For most of my life, asthma was my shadow. I was born with it, and the diagnosis came early. Doctors warned me about what I could not do. They told me to be careful on the soccer field. They said to avoid overexertion. The message was simple: I had limits.

But I was stubborn. I refused to accept...

For most of my life, alcohol was never a central part of my story. I didn’t start drinking regularly until I was 20 years old, while studying abroad in London. Up until then, I was mostly alcohol-free. But once I began incorporating drinks into social life and weekends, something shifted. I was c...

If you’re anything like me, you're probably tired of being told what not to do. “Don’t run too far.” “Avoid intense exercise.” “Don’t eat this, definitely don’t eat that.” As someone who grew up with asthma, I’ve heard it all. But instead of shrinking my world, I decided to grow stronger inside i...

I still remember the look on the doctor’s face when I was four years old. He told my parents that I’d never be able to run. Not with this kind of asthma. Soccer was out of the question too. That one moment stayed with me. That single sentence etched a story into my body I would spend the next 30 ...

When I say sugar is killing us, I’m not trying to be dramatic. I’m speaking from years of experience managing asthma, training as an ultra-endurance athlete, and digging deep into what fuels and fails the human body. Most people have no idea how much sugar they’re actually consuming—and what it’s...

Ice cream is one of my favorite things in the world—right up there with guacamole. So I’m going to be honest with you: this post (and video embedded above and linked here, and podcast) was hard for me to write. I’m not here to demonize dairy or tell you to go full vegan overnight. I’m here to tel...

Let me start with a question that might rewire how you think about your energy, mood, and focus: Are you sleep deprived… or functionally drunk? The CDC reports that one in three adults in the U.S. are not getting enough sleep. But it’s not just about feeling tired. Studies show that sleep depriva...

I still remember sitting in the lunchroom as a kid, pulling out my homemade sandwich and thermos of soup while the other kids lined up for pizza, fries, and pudding cups. My mom, a nutritionist, packed my lunch every single day with care—fresh fruits, raw veggies, and whole foods that fueled my b...

For many people, mornings are chaotic. We wake up, check our phones, scroll through email, get sucked into the news cycle, and spend the rest of the day reacting to life rather than creating it. But what if you could start your day with intention—without needing caffeine—and take full ownership o...