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Meredith Atwood

About

Meredith Atwood is an author, speaker, and podcaster. A former practicing attorney, Meredith is the author of the best-selling triathlon book, Triathlon for the Every Woman: You can be a triathlete. Yes. You. Her new book is The Year of No Nonsense: How to Get Over Yourself and On with Your Life.

Since starting her triathlon blog in 2010, Meredith helps her audience take tangible actions to change their lives—to be the best versions of themselves.

Her podcast, The Same 24 Hours, aims to help the listener make the most of their 24 Hours. The podcast has over 1 million downloads and is a Top 100 on iTunes (Fitness). Some recent guests include Gretchen Rubin, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Tony Hawk, Bob Harper, Laila Ali, Gary John Bishop, and Kate Northrup. (Same24HoursPodcast.com)

She is based out of Boston, Massachusetts with her husband and two children, and originally from Atlanta, Georgia.

Books by Meredith Atwood
Recent Posts
Willpower Is Nonsense
Each and every week, I handed over my little booklet and stepped on a scale at a meeting. I felt out of place. I felt large, yet small. I had "no willpower."
Happiness Is Nonsense

People speak of happiness like something we can buy, or find, or meditate to. And therefore, marketers rejoice and try to sell it to us.

People speak of happiness like something we can buy, or find, or meditate to. And therefore, marketers rejoice and try to sell it to us.

FOMO (Pandemic Version) Is Nonsense

A global pandemic is not the time to beat yourself up for not accomplishing all your life’s goals.

A global pandemic is not the time to beat yourself up for not accomplishing all your life’s goals.

"I Am Not Racist" Is Nonsense

Many run to the "good" neighborhoods so we can raise privileged “color-blind” children who pick up the torch and repeat it: a new generation of I-am-not-racist racists.

Many run to the "good" neighborhoods so we can raise privileged “color-blind” children who pick up the torch and repeat it: a new generation of I-am-not-racist racists.

Mother's Day Is Nonsense

When you think, “Have mercy, I hate Mother’s Day,” take comfort in the fact that many of us do. Mother's Day can be a sad, repeating annual trauma.

When you think, “Have mercy, I hate Mother’s Day,” take comfort in the fact that many of us do. Mother's Day can be a sad, repeating annual trauma.

Self-Sabotage Is Nonsense

Are you the one constantly in your own way? A little dose of truth might just be what the "doctor of nonsense" orders.

Are you the one constantly in your own way? A little dose of truth might just be what the "doctor of nonsense" orders.

Finding Your Purpose During Quarantine Is Nonsense

The quarantine life—depending on what's going on personally, of course—is turning into a nightmare of "shoulds," to-do lists, and the ridiculous goal of "finding our purpose."

The quarantine life—depending on what's going on personally, of course—is turning into a nightmare of "shoulds," to-do lists, and the ridiculous goal of "finding our purpose."