Is a Simple Life Even Possible Anymore?
As some of you know, one of my resolutions this year was to “slow down”. To live simply, plan less and enjoy more. Things were going great in the first few months of the year, I got into a good…
My take on being “fit and pregnant”
Having a background in personal training for 7+ years and having worked with pregnant clients (AND having numerous pregnant friends in the past years), I thought I knew exactly how this whole “staying fit and pregnant” thing would go for…
Don’t put “courage” in a box
There are two words that have been hot topics as of lately. Courage and Love. One would not think such words would be controversial topics. The legalizing of same sex marriage has caused the word ‘love’ to be discussed and defined.…
Confessions of a Crossfitter
NEWSFLASH: I love Crossfit. A LOT. I have been consistently going 3-5 days a week for three years. I still get jitters the night before a workout when it is finally posted. I still am challenged and never bored. I have…
Feeling Challenged? Keep Going.
Ever feel like you are stuck in a rut? Meeting challenge after challenge with no end in sight? No matter how positive your intention is to start the day, you end the day in frustration. I know how you feel…
A Master’s Degree in Servant Leadership? Huh?
Last month, I knocked something big off my bucket list. I finished my MASTER’S DEGREE! Why is this big? Because it took me 2 years longer than I thought it would to finish it and of course it was a…
Still Trying to Slow Down
Remember how I told you one of my big resolutions for 2015 was to SLOW DOWN? A weird goal to have I know, but in order to stay balanced and happy; it was something that I needed to intentionally set…
A Different Perspective on “Hate” and “Bullying”
Taylor Swift was on to something with that song of hers… “Haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate, I’m just gonna shake shake shake shake shake, shake it off.” In other words, don’t let the negative energy of others bring…
Who is your authentic self?
One of the daily devotionals that I have been reading talks about finding your authentic self. It’s been said that your most authentic self is who you were around age ten. When you knew what you liked, you wore what you…
Finding Your Happy
We all have those people in our lives. The whiners, the negative nellies, the people who sometimes suck all the good energy out of a room without even realizing it. No matter what kind of gold arrives on their doorstep they…
