Do you ever just have one of those days? You feel overwhelmed and like you just want to go home and snuggle on the couch? Yeah, that’s been me lately. Between getting sick, being bummed about the marathon, being crazy busy at work, having a seemingly endless number of social obligations, wedding planning and trying […]
Real Talk: Dealing with Fear
This week is “peak week” in my Shamrock Marathon training cycle. Even if you didn’t know that, you might have figured it out based on the fact that I’m eating everything in sight. I’m less than a month away from running my second marathon and I’m gonna be honest: I am starting to get scared a […]
My Fast
Last year, for the first time, I joined my church on a 21 day fast. I chose to do a Daniel Fast – which means essentially keeping a vegan diet and eating no processed foods. It was a great time of prayer and really allowed me to reset and focus on drawing closer to God. You […]
My One Word
Cori over at Olive to Run shared a fantastic idea on her blog last week that I wanted to take part in. Cori chose one word to focus on and center her year around. I loved that idea, so thought I’d share my one word. In 2014, I will be bold. I will take chances […]
Goals for a New Year
Happy New Year! I love celebrations and New Year’s is no different! I don’t really do New Year’s Resolutions but I do believe in goal setting. Here are some of my 2014 goals: Put God first. My relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important thing in my world, but sometimes that can get lost […]
On Faith.
When I chose the name “Eat Pray Run DC” I intended to primarily write about food, faith and running. I knew that I’d probably write much more about running and food but every now and again, something happens to leads me to take a break from writing about food and marathons and talk about something […]
Faith.
Faith noun 1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something 2. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Apprehension noun understanding, grasp I hadn’t planned to write about faith today. But that’s how it goes, right? Life throws you things you don’t plan […]
Virginia Beach Recap
Last week, I was lucky enough to spend a few days down in Virginia Beach with a bunch of my friends from my awesome church. It was an amazing time filled with food, fun, worship and incredible words of wisdom. I was in town to attend Wave Conference. Wave Conference is an annual event hosted by […]
Trusting in…
What do you trust in? I think it is so important that we all have something to believe in, something to trust. For me, trust is a central tenet in my faith. I trust in the Lord and that trust manifests itself in all kinds of ways in my everyday life. But sometimes it can be hard to trust. […]