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How a Fitness Studio Saved my Life (opens the original)
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My first job ever was cleaning bikes at a spin studio. Each day, after class, I’d spray the seat, the handles, the resistance knob. And after the last class of the day, I’d take three bikes completely apart and clean them top to bottom. It was disgusting. And I loved it. I got the job my sophomore year after I’d spent the summer interning in New York City. I took my first SoulCycle class while I was there and was hooked. When I got back to San Diego, I was hard-pressed to find a place to do spin
What I'd Do Differently If I Was Starting Wilkes Wellness From Scratch (opens the original)
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What I Would Do The SameEducate myself. The only thing that someone can’t take away from you is your education. I was raised by the rule, and I live by that rule. Anytime I’ve ever had an opportunity to educate myself, I have. And no matter where I go in life, pieces of each degree, certificate, program, etc. stick with me. I moved to Paris and got my M… Read more
What If We All Stopped Trying To Be Original and Just Tried To Be Ourselves Instead? (opens the original)
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We’ve all seen it: a side-by-side of one person accusing another of stealing their idea—a design, a logo, a pattern. A TikTok captioned, “normalize having an original thought!” A screenshot in a group chat with an accompanying text, “hmm this looks familiar.” When I was in my graduate program at Parsons Paris, we spent an entire semester on the idea of inspiration vs. ripping off—the legal implications, the morality, what it truly costs to own an idea. I spent the next semester teaching undergra
The Price I Paid for Skinny (Part 1) (opens the original)
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The first time I ever thought about my weight, I was 9 years old, waiting in line for a sno-cone at the beach. A group of high school girls was in line in front of us. The person I was with looked them up and down and said, “Blech, look at how skinny-fat they are.” Skinny-fat. Skin-ny, fat. Skinny and fat? What does that mean? I learned that it meant that they weren’t overweight, but they didn’t have any muscle. It was genetic, not earned. The skinny didn’t count; the thin layer of adipose tissu
The Big Lie—What Women Deserve to Know About Our Healing Journeys (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Sitting in front of my shiny, white acrylic IKEA television console, I pulled the drawer open and looked in. I was hungover as shit, but it was 1 PM and I couldn’t lie in bed anymore. It was December of 2019 and I’d been fired the day before. Two Himalayan salt candles, a copy of The Daily Stoic and an empty Five Minute Journal. This is where it all began for me. Meditation and journaling became an anchor for me during the pandemic. Every morning (and to be honest, sometimes I was waking up in t
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