I think we should have a running Monday morning community connect for 15-20 minutes. This would allow everyone to get to know each other more personally and have a real connection. Which is exactly what the Honest Cut is all about! Personally, I was thinking a quick LIVE connect at 8am on Monday mornings. What do you think?

This week, I want to highlight fiber, a nutrient that most Americans are not getting enough of. Fiber is a type of carbohydrate found in plant foods that our digestive enzymes cannot fully break down. Instead of being completely digested and absorbed, much of it travels through the digestive tract to the large intestine. There, fiber can help add bulk to stool, support regular bowel movements, and feed beneficial gut bacteria. Those bacteria can break down some types of fiber and produce compounds that help nourish the cells lining the gut, supporting overall gut health. Fiber may also support heart and metabolic health. The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report notes that higher dietary fiber intake is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease. Despite these benefits, only about 6% of Americans ages 1 and older consume fiber above the recommended Adequate Intake level. Fiber is found in foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, and seeds. A few easy ways to add more fiber: - Choose whole grains - Add fruit to breakfast or snacks - Include beans or lentils in meals - Add more vegetables, nuts, or seeds throughout the day Small changes can add up. Try adding one more fiber-rich food to your meals this week.

Let's talk about tenacity 💪 I want to share something personal today. When I started college, I was pre-med, working, dating, and trying to keep up with a full course load. I wasn't failing, but I definitely wasn't excelling either. I was just... surviving. And honestly? That feels almost worse than failing, because you're stuck in the middle wondering if you're even cut out for this. So what did I do? I changed my major. Then I changed it again. Then a third time. 😅 Every time, I felt like I was starting over. Like everyone else had it figured out and I was the one wandering around lost. Then life kept happening. I got married. I worked full time (plus some). I had three kids. There were so many moments I could have said, "Okay, that's it, this just isn't for me." But I didn't. I kept showing up. Some semesters I was barely hanging on. Some days I was exhausted, behind, and questioning everything. I just kept trying again. And I graduated with my bachelor's magna cum laude. Here's what I want you to take from this: the path doesn't have to be pretty for you to get there. Changing direction isn't quitting. Going slow isn't failing. Being tired doesn't mean you should stop. Tenacity isn't about being the smartest or having the perfect plan. It's about not letting "this is hard" turn into "I'm done." So if you're in the messy middle right now, wondering if it's worth it, keep going. Try again. Then try again after that. You've got this. 🙌 What's something you almost gave up on but kept going? Drop it below, I'd love to cheer you on! 👇

A wise man once told me something I have never been able to shake. He said, "If you don't have integrity, you have nothing." Just like that. No big speech, no dramatic pause. But it landed on me like a ton of bricks, and honestly, it has quietly shaped more of my decisions than almost anything else anyone has ever told me. Here's what I have come to understand about it. Integrity is not the thing you post about. It's not the story you tell at dinner about the time you did the right thing and everyone clapped. Real integrity is quiet. It's what you do in the room by yourself, when no one is watching, when no one would ever know, when there is zero credit on the table. It's the extra change you hand back. It's finishing the job right even when a shortcut would go unnoticed. It's telling the truth when a lie would be so much easier. I think about doing the right thing when no one is watching more than I think about almost any other principle I try to live by. And I promise you, it changes you. It changes how you sleep at night. It changes how you trust yourself. Proverbs 10:9 says it so simply, "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely." That word securely has stuck with me. Not flashy, not celebrated, just secure. Steady. You don't have to look over your shoulder or keep your story straight, because there is only ever one story, the true one. I am not the only one who has landed here. C.S. Lewis said it plainly, that integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching. Warren Buffett has said for years that when he is looking for people to hire, he looks for intelligence, energy, and integrity, and that if someone doesn't have that last one, the first two will actually work against them and hurt you worse. Researchers who study trust have found the same thing over and over, that consistency between what people say and what they actually do is one of the strongest predictors of whether others will ever trust them, more than charm, more than talent, more than good intentions spoken out loud.

Another week another hotel gym! Don’t love treadmill runs, but in an unfamiliar city in the early morning, treadmill it is!