08/17/2026
If you would have told 30-year-old me—chronically dizzy, exhausted, stressed, full of pain and making OYful choices :(—that I'd be 60ish, stronger, fitter and still getting better…
I would NOT have believed you.
I didn't crack the code overnight. I started listening to my body, questioning the OYsters, making Tiny Tweaks and—most importantly—believing there was WAY more JOY possible for me.
For years I thought PAIN was the enemy.
Then something shifted in my brain.
PAIN IS A GIFT.
Not because pain is fun. 😂
But because it can be your body's way of saying:
P.A.I.N. = Pay Attention Inside Now.
That little shift changed the way I listened to myself.
You are more capable than you think.
Don't give up on your amazingness.
More JOY. Less OY. 💙 "Adventures With Butch: You Can't Chase Two Squirrels at Once" coming this Fall
