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Why You Want Your Butt to Hurt

by AnnSheybani | Jul 29, 2013 | coaching, Confidence, connection, Courage, desire, goals, running, Self-Esteem, tenacity, weight lifting

I attended an exercise boot camp at a local gym this past Friday.  Three days later, I can barely walk.  Walt keeps making fun of me because every time I bend over, I make these awful sounds. Compassion, as you can see, is not his strong suit. I’m coaching a group of...

Be a Better Bear

by AnnSheybani | Dec 11, 2012 | desire, expectations, goals, reinvention, role model, running, weight lifting, Writing

One day, when my daughter was seventeen, I asked her to vacuum the living room carpet.  She looked up from the magazine she was flipping through, thought about my request for a moment, and said, I shit you not, “I don’t feel like it.” Now, like you, I spend a good...

No One Wants to Be Your Agony Aunt

by AnnSheybani | Sep 17, 2012 | coaching, dieting, Elizabeth Anderson, goals, reinvention, role model, weight lifting, weight loss

I hate to admit that I’m not the world expert on EVERYTHING.  Particularly when it comes to weight and fitness.  See, I think I’ve got it going on.  I run ultra-marathons, I climb high mountains.  I’ve been on every freaking diet known to man....

Musty Old Laurels

by AnnSheybani | Sep 24, 2010 | aging, Chris Crowley, Confidence, goals, Henry Cabot Lodge, kedging, M.D., marathon, Mount Washington Road Race, mountain climbing, Vietnamese, weight lifting

 The other day, a fellow at the gym showed me a photo. Circa 1967, a young man in fatigues posed before a large, stone Buddha. “That’s me in Japan,” he said, pointing at his yellowed image. “R&R during the war. Man, that trip was something else.” He sighed...

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