Tonia Bartz 6/5/26 Tonia Bartz 6/5/26

Getting Cozy with Your Curiosity: Rekindling the Joy of Learning

I've been wanting to write about feeding our curiosity for a while. Not the productivity version of learning, but the joy of it, from the wandering, the wondering, to the rabbit holes that fill you up instead of draining you. This one's for all of us who got busy and forgot what it felt like to just be interested in something.

Tonia Bartz 10/17/25 Tonia Bartz 10/17/25

A Holistic Wellness Coach's Personal Toolkit for Life Transitions: Part 3 - Sustaining the Journey

This month, I’ve been sharing my personal toolkit for navigating major life decisions, changes, transitions, and all those sticky messy middles.

This final part is about the stuff we don't always discuss: how to celebrate progress you can barely see, how to trust a timeline when you have no idea where it's leading, and when to recognize that you need more support than your personal toolkit can provide.

Tonia Bartz 10/10/25 Tonia Bartz 10/10/25

A Holistic Wellness Coach's Personal Toolkit for Life Transitions: Part 2 - Creating Space

In Part 1, I shared the internal foundation for navigating life changes, but I also need the doing—what I actually do with my body, time, and energy. In Part 2, I'm sharing three actions that help me create actual space for change: externalizing what's going on inside, and protecting your energy ruthlessly Big life changes are invisible energy vampires. Here's how to stop letting them drain you.

Tonia Bartz 10/5/25 Tonia Bartz 10/5/25

A Holistic Wellness Coach's Personal Toolkit for Life Transitions: Part 1 - The Internal Foundation

Yes, I'm a holistic wellness coach. And yes, I'm currently navigating some major life changes myself. If you're expecting me to have it all figured out — I'm about to disappoint you. The truth is that change and uncomfortable situations are hard for me too. Over the last few years, I've navigated a chronic condition diagnosis, a complete professional pivot, and shifts in how I move, what I prioritize, and how I define wellness. This is Part 1 of my toolkit for navigating life transitions: the internal foundation that creates ground to stand on when everything feels unstable.

Tonia Bartz 9/15/25 Tonia Bartz 9/15/25

5 Little Things I Do To Keep My Brain Sharp

In our fast-paced world, maintaining mental clarity and cognitive sharpness has become more important than ever. As a holistic wellness coach, I've discovered that some of the most powerful brain-boosting strategies are surprisingly simple and can easily fit into your daily routine.Here are five little things I do every day to keep my brain sharp along with the science behind why they work.

Tonia Bartz 6/27/25 Tonia Bartz 6/27/25

Getting Cozy with Your Finances: A Gentle Guide to Money Confidence

I'd like to invite you to explore the interconnected relationship between money, body, and mind, as well as some ways to develop a deeper familiarity with the financial aspects of your life – ways to get cozy with how money shows up in your life. This isn't about finding the perfect financial plan or complex strategies, but about creating an imperfect balance that actually works for your life through gentle awareness and integration.

Tonia Bartz 10/27/24 Tonia Bartz 10/27/24

Embracing Imperfection: A Personal Journey

I am an imperfect human being. As a perfectionist, those words sometimes feel like sandpaper on my tongue. But they're true + they're powerful. It's a daily practice to allow myself to be human, to make mistakes, to be okay with forgetting to do that one thing. And while admitting it to myself is tough enough, saying it out loud is scary. Yet I've learned that voicing these vulnerabilities isn't just therapeutic—it creates space for others to breathe, to soften + to acknowledge their own journey too…

Tonia Bartz 4/1/23 Tonia Bartz 4/1/23

Dear Person That Just Wants to Help

Dear Person That “Just Wants to Help,”

You’ve seen my social media posts about the food journey I’ve been on. The beautifully plated dishes and the snacks I love.

I wasn’t asking for your advice, but you decided to mention that I should be eating all plant-based foods, that I eat too much, and that I really need to start on the fashion diet you’ve been on.

I wanted to let you know that I’m ignoring your comment, and that I find it biased and full of wellness myths that only bring us down. I work really hard to keep myself healthy, and my diet is a discussion between myself and my care team. I’ll have ice cream if I want to.

I wish you had shown some empathy instead, or said nothing at all.

Tonia Bartz 2/7/23 Tonia Bartz 2/7/23

Normalization. Or Lack Thereof.

Image description: Photo of a pink lined post-it note against a wood grain backdrop. The post-it is titled “To Do” and lists three items: shower, groceries, and try not to spiral.

I had a bit of a profound thinking moment earlier this week. It happened in conjunction with another moment in which I realized I hadn’t fully thought through a situation and, as a result, I had to last minute scramble to find an alternate way to approach what I needed to do.