Movement Connect

Movement Connect Trauma-informed personal training for busy people with chronic pain.

Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.We celebrate the...
02/05/2026

Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.

We celebrate the small wins here. We cheer each other on and work on being nicer to ourselves when we make mistakes. We find a balance between self discipline and self compassion and show up for ourselves because we're worth it.

Stoked! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're stoked too!

January, featuring getting back on my feet. I’m still having more bad days than good ones, but thanks to the magic of ph...
02/03/2026

January, featuring getting back on my feet. I’m still having more bad days than good ones, but thanks to the magic of pharmaceuticals the good days have more good in them, and the bad times don’t last as long.
But there’s painting, and silly cats, and a potato dog, and sometimes feeling good enough to play in the backyard.
I’m grateful for every day I get to move, and every time I feel good enough to do something I love. I don’t take that for granted.
The hardest part of chronic illness is feeling like you’re just stuck in a body that feels terrible all the time, while you desperately want things to be different. And it sucks. And the thing I keep coming back to is the thought of, what can I do anyway? What am I capable of right now? What can I do amidst the s**t?
Lately, that hasn’t looked like a lot of forward progress. I’ve been making changes at work, figuring out my schedule and how much energy I realistically have. I’ve been figuring out the combination of medications I need to feel human again. So, while I haven’t gotten more awesome at anything, I’ve been putting down a lot of pieces that should let me move forward eventually. So that’s really good.
I hope you’re having a good day. 💖✨

01/22/2026

Me: “Do all the things!”
My body sometimes: “Bitch NO. Maybe tomorrow satan.”

For the last few weeks I’ve been in one of my worst flare ups in quite awhile. And while exercise is something important I use as part of my care and management, sometimes it’s not the right thing.

So I’ve been resting. And I hate it, and complain a lot. But the other side comes sooner if I work with my body instead of against it.

If you relate, that sucks. I hope it eases soon. ✨💜

It's that time of year where everyone and their mom wants to get fit, and there's 5,000 different people with 5,000 diff...
01/08/2026

It's that time of year where everyone and their mom wants to get fit, and there's 5,000 different people with 5,000 different plans, all claiming that they have the answer.

Nothing wrong with plans, or working with someone to get to your goals (I do that!). But sometimes you just need the basics. So here's the basics.

Don't worry about doing it perfect. Just do something. You got this.

01/01/2026

“I can’t exercise in the evenings because I’m so tired, and I can’t exercise in the mornings or afternoons because I’m working.”

I have that conversation with clients, a LOT. Because everyone is busy, and working hard on something, and trying to figure out how to take care of themselves when their job doesn’t care to help them.

So one of the things we end up working on a lot, is can you take a few minutes between tasks, to do something for yourself? Walk around the building, do some squats, or stretch for 5 minutes.

Everyone doesn’t have the same 24 hours in the day, but we can practice finding time if we’re willing yo be a little bit creative.

Here’s me putting that into practice: I finished my 6th session of the day and had a break. I have a ton of admin work to do, but my introvert brain is fried. So I’ll take 5 minutes to drink some tea before I keep working, and the world will keep on turning.

Do you struggle with this or is it just me? 🥲🔮

Movement Connect client appreciation day was a success!!! And I got a handful of blurry pictures to prove it! I’m so gra...
12/30/2025

Movement Connect client appreciation day was a success!!! And I got a handful of blurry pictures to prove it!

I’m so grateful to my clients for this year. For being so understanding of my health struggles, for showing up for themselves, and for working really heckin hard. They’re the best. I’m so lucky. This rocks.

Also, thank you .lizziemac for showing out and bringing the man of the hour (Kol) for everyone to pet! Stoked!!!

12/23/2025

If you’re anything like me, you struggle with being able to do things if you’re not able to do them perfectly.

Can’t go for a walk today? Yell at yourself.

Can’t do your full workout? Don’t do it (and yell at yourself).

Don’t have a lot of energy? Yell at yourself.

Sometimes you just don’t have it in you—and that’s fine. Practice setting it down until you can pick it up again. Do less instead of doing nothing.

Are you a recovering perfectionist or is it just me?

12/16/2025

You fix it, or as close to it as you can. It takes a long time because that’s the time it takes. It’s hard and it’s not fair and it sucks and you do it anyway.

Because I’ll be damned if I’m gonna spend more months of my life unable to walk, too sick to move, and being told “adjust to a new normal” by another goddamn healthcare professional who’s supposed to help me.

You with me? 🔮✨💜

Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.We celebrate the...
12/11/2025

Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.

We celebrate the small wins here. We cheer each other on and work on being nicer to ourselves when we make mistakes. We find a balance between self discipline and self compassion and show up for ourselves because we're worth it.

Stoked! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're stoked too!





Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.We celebrate the...
09/11/2025

Every month I do a check in with my clients to see how things are going and how we can make them better.

We celebrate the small wins here. We cheer each other on and work on being nicer to ourselves when we make mistakes. We find a balance between self discipline and self compassion and show up for ourselves because we're worth it.

Stoked! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're stoked too!

August was strange.I got diagnosed with lupus/UCTD in July, and started on medications for it. Suddenly I’ve gone from n...
09/04/2025

August was strange.

I got diagnosed with lupus/UCTD in July, and started on medications for it. Suddenly I’ve gone from not even liking to take ibuprofen to taking six pills every morning. But, you know what, if it actually gets me my life back, I’m all for it.

I’m always really impressed by people who can live blog their diagnoses. I’m still trying to figure out how much I’m comfortable sharing. I feel like this whole year has been a parade of doctor’s appointments and feeling like I’m constantly falling down a bottomless hole. I’m still trying to find my way out.

I’m grateful for having a good doctor, who listens. I’m grateful for clients and work and my partner, who rocks, and my weird dog and the stray spooky cat who may or may not agree to being adopted by us.

Chronic illness sucks but I’m nothing if not obstinate. So, I keep working on the plan. Keep looking for things I can do anyway. Because I want to keep doing things, even if looks different than the things I did before.

If you’re here, thanks for being here. I’m really glad you’re here.

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Reno, NV
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Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
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