Aging Beautifully

Ok, ok, ok....."true confession" time ;) Here are a couple facts about me that hurdled me headlong into navigating how in the world do I support my body during this chapter of my life? #1 I never expected to go through menopause at age 47. I thought I had a good 10 years left of my perimenopause years (Actually, I'm very thankful perimenopause did NOT last that long. In my experience, perimenopause was MUCH worse than menopause is for me and I think it's all because of what I am going to share with you. #2 Because I never really gave much thought to what I was putting into my body until I was forced to at age 35 (more about my 6-year run with doctors every 3 months in another blog post)--but let's just say that I thought I could live on Ramen Noodles, Chinese take-out (Mu-Shu Pork can be addicting--just sayin'), and chocolate frosted Entemann's doughnuts (do they even make those anymore?) during both of my pregnancies and beyond while plopping myself d...

Honestly, I COULD NOT wait to write this post and have a chance to share my Barre class experience with you here in this video  . In the video, you may have heard me say that I made the transition to Barre. Well, to give you a little background: as a young girl middle school through high school, I was IN LOVE with dance! My favorite was Jazz-Ballet. I grew up just outside of Atlantic City where I had a dance instructor who was a leading star on stage at one of the casinos in Atlantic City. Then I moved further north closer to New York City and continued my dance classes with some friends. I loved it so much that I decided this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Well, that dream didn't grab hold of me. This was mostly because it was time for college and I decided on switching up my career (more on that in another blog post). All that to say as an almost-49-year-old-girl-at-heart, Barre class is "MY ADULT VERSION OF MY DREAM" ;) where I get to plie, pirouett...