Author: Katie Taylor

Katie • 27 years-old • Providence, rhode island. A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete, digital marketing manager, interactive design student, and caffeine addict. This page launched in Autumn 2020, after months of putting it off. My vision was to create a page where I could tie together my interests in writing, grappling, and inner growth. I want this to serve not only as an outlet for my own creativity, but as a shared community for others grappling with life on the mats.
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Fitness, Mental Health, Motivation, Training

Nail Your New Year’s Resolutions

by Katie Taylor

After the roller-coaster that was the year of 2020, plenty of us are looking forward to a year with bigger, better possibilities.

Each year, we make New Year’s resolutions promising to transform into the best version of ourselves.

NEWSFLASH: turning a new page on the calendar is way easier than kicking old habits.

Keep reading to learn how I made lifestyle changes that stuck for good!

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Competing, Interviews, Motivation, Repost, Training

REPOST from the Girls in Gis Blog: Just Crazy Enough to Do It

by Katie Taylor

As we’ve all tried to adjust to what the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ‘scene’ looks like during a global pandemic, I had the great pleasure of interviewing April Parks. She is a BJJ Black Belt out of Syracuse, New York and founder of Grappling Getaways: grappling camps with world-class Jiu Jitsu instruction in exciting destinations.

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