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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
Jesse Jackson

Grief and loss can take a terrible toll on the body. We stop eating, we eat too much, we eat empty calories instead of nourishing our bodies. We can’t sleep, we don’t want to get out of bed, all we do is sleep. We can’t bear to leave the house, much less go to the gym, take the dog for a walk or go for a run.

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Margo Fowkes in Sweat

Telling The Untold Story

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou

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Margo Fowkes in Sweat

Margo and Jimmy after a race in 2006. Margo is on the right wearing a long sleeve white t-shirt that says "Portland Children's Museum". Jimmy is on the right, bald from cancer treatment wearing a short sleeve white t-shirt with the number 3186 pinned to the front

Finding Your People

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life. Amy Poehler

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Erin Benson in Sweat

Michael and Erin kissing Sam on the cheeks. Michael is on the left wearing glasses and a light green short-sleeve collared shirt. Sam is in the middle wearing a very light short-sleeve blue collared shirt and a blue baseball cap backward. Erin is on the right wearing a short sleeve tan blouse and black pants

Death, Yoga and the Spaces Between

I started practicing yoga consistently about a year before my son, Sam, died. I had tried yoga in the past but as a form of exercise and a way to stretch. In the months preceding and following Sam’s death, yoga became something else entirely. It gave me permission to spend time focusing on simple things […]

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Margo Fowkes in Sweat

Silhouette of a woman in bow pose on a beach at sunrise. There's a band of orange low in the sky. The sand she's standing on is smooth and wet.

Living in the Body

Body is something you need in order to stay on this planet and you only get one. And no matter which one you get, it will not be satisfactory. It will not be beautiful enough, it will be not be fast enough …

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Margo Fowkes in Sweat

Seven women at Kaia holding plank in a row on the sidewalk

The Wisdom of Natalie

Be gentle. Be kind. Be honest. Be true. Be real. Be you. Natalie Terry

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Margo Fowkes in Sweat

Homeless man laying on a bench asleep. The man is wearing a long sleeve light blue shirt and long gray green pants

Dying Alone

There’s no greater misfortune than dying alone. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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