For the last few years, I took the #TopNine trend from Instagram, and instead of sharing 9 posts that were popular from my feed, I share my

For the past 2 years I've shared my top 9 books, instead of photos from instagram, for the new year. I'm continuing that tradition this year; posted below are my TOP 9 in 2019! THE BOOKS: #9 Other Minds Not about paddling, athletes. It's all about the lovable Octopus. With my background and Master's degree in Marine Biology, I like to read at least one book involving that subject each year. The more I try and understand human cognition from a self-improvement point of view, t

These are my "TOP 9" for 2018 in books. Each has given me a little something in terms of my athletic pursuits. If you're considering reading any of them, I seriously beg you to click the links below to purchase, so Amazon doesn't shut down my attempt at being an affiliate. Thanks... #1 Peak Performance This was hands-down my favorite book of the year. I even bought it as a hard cover after reading the kindle edition so I could write notes and have a quick reference. Stress +

My first ever #TOPNINE list where I decided to do books instead of popular pictures! I didn't do a lot of summaries like I do these days, but here is the list regardless: #1 ROAR Hands down the BEST book I had ever read for female athletes. It helped me understand why sometimes things didn't always work as planned and it prevented me from beating myself up at times. I used the information to align my recovery weeks with higher hormone weeks, and that has made a HUGE differenc