I’m often asked what I’m reading. I posted a list back in 2011, but here’s what I’ve been snacking on this past year as well as some of my favorites. Please note, I’m not suggesting…
GUEST POST: DIY Heel Height Hack
This post from 2015 was lightly edited (resources updated) in 2020. For more information on feet and gait, read through Our Favorite Feet, Footwear, and Walking Resources. All of the shoes we’ve purchased in the…
Your child might be wearing heels, right now
This article from 2015 was lightly edited/updated in 2020. For more on kid-movement, read through our favorite resources on More Movement for Kids and Babies. For more on feet and walking, including kid-feet, read through…
Sitting (in heels) is the new smoking
Interested in feet, footwear and gait? Check out our Favorite Feet, Footwear and Walking Resources. It’s National Foot Health Awareness month, and I’ve been going foot-fact crazy for the last two weeks. Yesterday I thought…
Soft Star Shoes: The Interview
The first (and the latest) pair of shoes I bought for my kids were Soft Stars. (Spring has clearly gotten the best of them, as you can see here.) I love Soft Stars, and not…
#wholebodybarefoot
The amount of information I’ve put out in the last 8 years is overwhelming to me. And to you as well, from what I’ve heard. “Where should I start?” “What should I read?” “Which exercises…
Ladders=Kid Play
Say that you’re not able to ditch the couch or install indoor monkey bars. Guess what you can do: get a ladder. A couple years ago, my husband came home with a bamboo ladder he…
Furniture Free Freak?
This article from 2015 was lightly edited to update resources in 2020. I’ve written a lot more about going Furniture Free; you can start with Why I Went Furniture Free. Joe Rogan called me a…
Vitamin “Flat and Level” OVERDOSE
This is one out of a handful of our favorite articles on walking, including topics covering what various “walking parts” do as well as other whole-body considerations. Find the rest of them in the walking…
A list of body casts.
If you’re interested in reading more on ideas presented in the article below, I suggest reading Move Your DNA, Expanded Edition. If you’d like movement instruction via video, start with Daily Movement Multivitamin. Body cast…
The 2014 Health Recap
I do some version of a year recap every December. I used these “Health Recap” questions back in 2011 (I haven’t looked at my answers back then but I just *know* that there will be…
Day 6: Don’t HEAD OUT on a walk.
When I’m in a hurry, I tend to walk with my torso and head leaning slightly forward. I see this in other people too. Leaning forward to reduce work is totally natural, but the way…