If you're anything like me—juggling work, kids, and a million other responsibilities—finding time to work out can feel like a luxury you can’t afford. But let me let you in on a little secret: strength training isn’t just another item to tick off your to-do list; it’s a game-changer, especially for women like us as we age.

In a world filled with fad diets, restrictive eating plans, and an overwhelming amount of advice on what to eat, it’s easy to lose touch with one of the most foundational and important aspects of health: our relationship with food.

Life is all about feeling the best you that you can be. Both self-esteem and self-worth are great catalysts to reaching that very best. The two are quite similar but have their differences.

Diets. It seems we all want the idea of dieting to be constructive and positive, yet the idea of “diet culture” makes that specific want–a little harder to achieve.

I’m here to talk about a specific kind of confidence–body confidence. Body confidence is what it spells out: how a person feels about their body and appearance, and their body's abilities. With body confidence comes freedom, stability in relationships and views, acceptance, and so much more. It is time we all show up body-confident to work, to the gym, to run errands. Let’s break it down.