You may have noticed the new addition of some blue-tinted specs to my day to day appearance. Well, there's a reason for that! Even though I have what is considered 'perfect' vision, my eyes developed permanent UV damage from overexposure to the suns harmful rays. This is not a new thing for me as I have been managing through it for a few years now. Overall, my vision is pretty clear but when you have this kind of damage, when looking at things are very bright (walls, lights, sunshine) I see what is called 'floaters,' i.e., tiny black dots that...

I was going through my past post from other projects and came across this post I made when the clock stuck Quarter Life. How far I've come in 4 years!   Quarter Life Crisis: The period in your life occuring between 20 and 30 years of age, when you realize that a quarter of your life is over and : a) You’ve done nothing constructive with it – AND – b) You’ve set yourself up for another quarter just like it. You may be experiencing a quarter life crisis if : a) You ever ask yourself what the h*** you...

THEN: (Second person on the left - me 6 years ago photos by Patrick Parenteau) (My twin sister Sara and I around the same time) NOW: (me on halloween this year, 2017) Subtle change. Needless to say... I look a bit different. I didn't realize how much of a change there had been until I was scrolling through my past images on the hunt for something unrelated and I landed on this. It actually took me a second to recognize myself. For those of you who may not know my background story, I was in a fairly significant car accident when I...

Wow. What a whirlwind of a year, 2017 has been such a blessing. turned 29 celebrated 9 years with my husband achieved my ACE Personal Trainer Certification launched MUERTO FITNESS and continue to grow my full-time small business went on a Caribbean Cruise, Toronto and Mexico with my family lost the matriarch of my family, Grandma Charlie strengthened my family bonds conquered some of the hardest challenges I have ever experienced   embraced fear embraced risk embraced total lack of control learned more about how resilient I can truly be   With every year, I am made aware of how much depth my...