KIMBERLY PAIGE

As a therapist, I mainly work with those who want to improve themselves and their quality of life. This is, imho, incredibly meaningful and rewarding work. Grateful, I am. Although I am deeply connected to my clients, I am usually not working through the same issues they are working through—at least not at the same time. That changed. On Wednesday, November 9th 2016 I woke up with a deep sense of sadness and disbelief. I couldn’t quite wrap my head around what had just hap

I went out for a run a couple of weeks ago, and felt some serious pain in my hip right over my iliac crest. Weird. It actually hurt enough that I took 2 full weeks off of running (other activity didn’t seem to bother it, thankfully). I did a lot of stretching—specifically, yoga for runners. The pain didn’t go away, but it felt better. I went out for a run again 2 weeks later—same pain, same place. In all my years of fairly consistent running, I have never had an injury. I

Technology has made us soft. And lazy. Seriously, I order EVERYTHING from Amazon Prime. I have both an AC unit and a space heater in my office so the temperature can always be adjusted to my perfect comfort zone. If I chose to, I could easily go the rest of my life without ever cooking a single item of food—just pull it out of the package, and I’m good to go. I pay someone to do the yardwork. And occasionally, to clean my house. You get the picture, right? My need to move—o

I’m reading James Altucher’s book Reinvent Yourself and thoroughly enjoying it. In his interview with author Judy Blume* (y’all remember Judy Blume, right?), Altucher talks about how Blume’s “normal” life—marriage, kids, suburbs, picket fence—started making her sick. Although doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her, Blume was at times bedridden with a series of mysterious illnesses. Time went on, and Blume started turning into her inner voice that was telling her that