Fall is finally here! And I don’t mean just the first “official” day of fall. I mean the cold fronts have swept in and finally sent us indoors, searching for coats, blankets, and warm baked goods.

The first time I felt chilly walking outside, I could practically smell the pumpkin spice in the air.

I’m no stranger to weak arms. Growing up a runner, you can bet I never performed a dumbbell arm workout!

Heck, I never learned what a proper push-up looked like…let alone could do one.

My arm weakness became embarrassingly evident when I went to college. I struggled to get luggage into the train’s overhead rack while traveling during Christmas break. And turning a patient during nursing school clinicals was always accompanied by a snide remark about how I’d need help.

I’m definitely not the most buff human around now either, but I never wanted to worry about not being able to lift something by myself. Those little moments were the jumping off points for my dedication to weight training.

To me, mindfulness seems extremely broad. It’s become a big buzzword, but do most of us know what it even means?

My general grasp of the concept was that mindfulness is a mixture of self awareness and being fully present in your day-to-day life. But I felt like that was only a very basic understanding of the idea. So let’s see what the experts say!