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May 11
2 min

The Dreaded Pregnancy Lightning Crotch

Ah, pregnancy. The time when you try to get into a car or lunge forward to pick something up and bam! A firey pain shoots up your crotch!...

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Tara Abel

Mar 16
2 min

Diastasis Recti: Let's Bust Some Myths

When it comes to diastasis recti, there is a whole lot of panic and confusion. I want to address some of the most common questions I get ...

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Tara Abel

Mar 9
3 min

Diastasis Recti: Let's All Calm Down

Diastasis recti. (I can almost hear someone dramatically shrieking in the background.) We've gone from never having heard of it, wonderin...

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Why It's Not as Simple as The Excuses You're Making

Tara Abel

Feb 10
2 min

Why It's Not as Simple as The Excuses You're Making

You may have noticed that I talk a lot about things like mindset, self-care, and motherhood. What does this have to do with fitness, you ...

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What You Can Do Instead of Waiting for For Success on Monday

Tara Abel

Feb 10
2 min

What You Can Do Instead of Waiting for For Success on Monday

Monday has that fresh start feel that so many women look for when they want to start making some progress on their goals. The thing is,...

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The Game-Changing Nutrition Mindset Shift

Tara Abel

Feb 10
2 min

The Game-Changing Nutrition Mindset Shift

When women turn their attention to the things that they’re eating, especially for women with fat loss goals, they tend to approach it fro...

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I'm Not the Mom Who Likes Playing With My Kids

Tara Abel

Jan 29
2 min

I'm Not the Mom Who Likes Playing With My Kids

When I see the dinky cars, dolls, or Little People come out, I all but hide and hope that don't ask me to sit on the floor and join them....

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How What Your Butt is Doing Could be Related to Your Pain or Pelvic Floor Symptoms

Tara Abel

Jan 29
2 min

How What Your Butt is Doing Could be Related to Your Pain or Pelvic Floor Symptoms

Hey, what's your bum doing right now? So bold of me to ask, I know, but it relates to one of the tools we have available to us when we ar...

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How Our Breath Can Help Free us From Core and Pelvic Floor Pain and Symptoms

Tara Abel

Jan 29
2 min

How Our Breath Can Help Free us From Core and Pelvic Floor Pain and Symptoms

So you're experiencing symptoms. What next? First of all, there is no need to panic! Symptoms are information - feedback from our body ab...

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The List You REALLY Need When Returning to Exercise Postpartum

Tara Abel

Jan 21
2 min

The List You REALLY Need When Returning to Exercise Postpartum

I know you want the list. The list that tells you which exercises are good and which exercises are bad. The list that makes everything su...

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Sheet Pan Pancakes: The Greatest Life Hack

Tara Abel

Oct 8, 2019
1 min

Sheet Pan Pancakes: The Greatest Life Hack

Not only are sheet pan pancakes really difficult to say ten times fast, learning how to make them was easily in my top ten favourite life...

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Tara Abel

Oct 8, 2019
3 min

10 Healthy Kids' School Lunch Ideas

Being a mom already makes me feel crazy enough without cutting food into animal shapes or listening to whining about how bored they are o...

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Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
5 min

Love Yourself

...when I lost weight the first time, it was almost solely because of how uncomfortable I was in my own skin and how much I hated my body.

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5 Tips to Make Sure You Get Your Workout In

Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
2 min

5 Tips to Make Sure You Get Your Workout In

If you're having trouble getting moving today, here are some tips to start your week out strong: 1. Pick the exercise out of your workout...

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Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
6 min

Young Mama, Your Life is Just Beginning

I found out that I was pregnant in a Starbucks bathroom. I was 18, which tells you why I was taking a pregnancy test in a public bathroom...

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Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
5 min

Why I'm Saying Goodbye to Fad Diets

Let's talk about diets. There was a time in my life that I could be standing in the open door of my fully-stocked refrigerator, experienc...

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Beyond the 6 Week Postpartum Check-Up: What You REALLY Need to Consider Before Returning to Exercise

Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
2 min

Beyond the 6 Week Postpartum Check-Up: What You REALLY Need to Consider Before Returning to Exercise

Is the six week clearance from your doctor or midwife enough? Often times, I hear women say that they are waiting for their six week chec...

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Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
4 min

It's Not Me. It's You.

How the scale held me back and why I finally said goodbye. The scale and I have had an interesting relationship. I have had times where i...

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We're Seeing Other People (They're Our Children)

Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
4 min

We're Seeing Other People (They're Our Children)

I remember when I was about twelve, my parents came up with this new system to try to encourage me to finally behave myself. It basically...

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Not Again: When Pelvic Floor Pain and Symptoms Come Back

Tara Abel

Jun 30, 2019
2 min

Not Again: When Pelvic Floor Pain and Symptoms Come Back

Why stress can be the culprit in a re-occurrence of pelvic floor symptoms. How do you know you're stressed? Is it the headache? The pain ...

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