Pam Moore

National champ Tanner Filion ’23 says his teamates and coaches make him stronger, faster ... and happier.

On March 19, 2022, Tanner Filion, ’23 won the NCAA Division III National Championships in the 200 backstroke in a record-breaking performance he never saw coming. The then junior’s time of 1:41.49 not only smashed the previous record by two seconds, it was a hairsbreadth from the qualifying time for Division I Nationals. Filion also made Whitman history as one of the few Blues to win a na...

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Relaxation, improved sleep, reduced aches and pains. Sounds pretty good, no? All these—and more!—are the purported benefits ...

I've been hiding food from my husband to avoid fights.
Keeping my own stash of sweets has been key to helping me heal my relationship with food.
He understands that I can be more present with him and our kids when I'm not preoccupied by food-related anxiety.
"Where is the Chocolove bar I just bought?!" I say, enraged. My husband is blushing and has a sheepish grin on his face. "I might have eaten it," he admits.
This was a common interaction between my husband and me — until I started stockpi...

This article is part of All the Rage, an editorial package that digs into the science of anger. SELF will be publishing new articles for this series all week. Read more here.
We’ve all done it. You hit the gym for a lifting session or lace up for a rage run when your anger is brimming and you need an outlet. Feels amazing, right?
Of course, as a certified personal trainer, I wouldn’t exactly recommend rage over consistency, quality sleep, or adequate fuel as a way to help you meet your goals....

The fitness world can feel intimidating for anyone. But as folks in larger bodies know all too well, it can often be exclusive, unwelcoming, or even unsafe.
Diet culture is largely to blame, Nancy Ellis-Ordway, Ph.D., LCSW, a Jefferson City, Missouri, psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders and weight stigma, and author of Thrive at Any Weight, tells SELF. It can work its way into physical spaces, like gyms and studios, where fitness instructors can rely on harmful, body-based “motiv...

If you’re overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Even before the pandemic, 60 percent of adults in the United States reported sometimes feeling too busy to enjoy life, according to a report from the Pew Research Center, and 52 percent said they were usually trying to do at least two things at once.
Some experts say the antidote is free and accessible to anyone willing to try it: setting aside some time to let your mind wander.
This practice has been portrayed recently as “doing nothing,” thanks in pa...

Jim Edmunds wasn’t sure what his next step would be after graduating from Whitman College.
“Like a lot of students, I was sort of a blank slate as to what I was going to do,” he says. At the time, he didn’t see himself creating a company that would ultimately give back to both Whitman and to the greater Walla Walla business community.
Fast-forward 44 years, and not only is Edmunds the founder of software firm Ingeniux, his company is helping create technology to support regional entrepreneurs...

As wildfires, floods, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters grow more frequent and severe, many people think businesses need to step up their sustainability efforts. According to a 2015 Public Affairs Council survey, 59 percent of Americans believed major companies were generally not doing a good job of protecting the environment.
Some fitness facilities are trying to do their part. In April 2021, for example, gym chain Life Time updated its five-year sustainability plan. The company...

If your sleep life tends to not be great and you find yourself dreading bedtime, it’s time to flip the script. Your thoughts about sleep can frame what happens when you shut your eyes. Will it be the restful night you need, or are you in for hours of tossing and turning?
Sleep can go awry for many reasons. While changing your sleep mindset can’t counteract poor sleep habits or a health issue that’s keeping you up, your expectations do matter.
Yale Medicine behavioral sleep medicine expert Sus...

After a debilitating ski accident, Ben Davis trusted his instincts — and found a surgeon he could believe in.
In 2021, Ben Davis, 39, saw himself falling into a depression. His Lafayette, Colo. Window washing business had survived the COVID-19 shutdowns, only to be threatened when a ski accident stopped Ben in his tracks. “I was watching tens of thousands of dollars slip away,” he recalls. With back pain so severe he could hardly think straight, Ben was cancelling clients left and right. “I r...

You might think of pull-ups as an upper-body exercise you’d never have the strength to tackle, but your first one might be closer than you think. While you need full-body strength, tenacity and patience to master the move, according to Angela Gargano — a certified personal trainer, four-time “American Ninja Warrior” contestant and founder of Strong Feels Good — it’s worth it. “Being able to lift yourself above a bar is invigorating,” she says.
Pull-ups, which require you to hang on to a bar u...

When Michelle Mathieu ’92 was approved to join the Clubhouse networking app by Sam Geschickter ’20 in January 2021, she was pleased—and slightly perplexed. Mathieu, whose promotion from chief investment officer of Fulcrum Capital to chief executive officer becomes official Jan. 1, 2022, had been wanting access to the then invite-only platform, but Geschickter’s name didn’t ring any bells—which is understandable, given the timing.
Not long after the two met at a 2020 Seattle Whitties Helping W...

The pandemic has come with many disruptions — not all of them bad. One example is the spike in popularity of electric bicycles, which are like regular bicycles in every way but one: They are equipped with a battery and motor that allow riders to pedal with less effort. In the first half of 2021, sales of e-bikes were up 64 percent compared with the same period in 2020.
According to Megan Hottman, a.k.a. the Cyclist Lawyer, “e-bikes really are the future of transportation in so many ways.” The...

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