Hello friends! For as long as I can remember I have been a writer. Writing has always been the way I have been most effective when expressing myself. So it comes as no surprise that I am most comfortable sharing my feelings and issues on the page. I love this quote from the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Just as breathing exercises help integrate body and mind, writing is a kind of psycho-neural muscular activity which helps bridge and integrate the conscious and subconscious minds. Writing distills, crystallizes, and clarifies thought and helps break the whole into parts. Stephen R. Covey Writing is a great way to process…

Hello friends! Alas another new year is upon us and this one promises to be more full of possibilities than the last! Though everyone starts off with the new year, new me mentality, we all find it hard to stick to our very lofty resolutions and eventually go back to our old ways. BUT this year will be different! This year we will start things off on the right foot! On your journey to good health and living life to the fullest, it is important to try something new. Pick up better routines and make choices that work for you not against you. Any long-term change requires a complete mindset…

Hello friends! Today I want to bring you some serious positive energy to get you through this week. I want to inspire you to approach your day a little differently today and every day. I want to share a mindset shift I had that could be the key to turning things around with your goals. And it all starts with considering the past. The past is finite. It is fact. Already happened. Because of that there is no changing it. Book closed. Yet so many people choose to dwell there rather than move on. Some people are so stuck in the past that they live life in a constant state…

Hello friends! You might find that like millions of Americans today, you may not be where you want to be when it comes to your health. You may be living with one or more chronic diseases that may be related to your weight. You may be treating yourself with any number of medications and you may feel like there is no way out of this situation. Trust me, you are not alone. Millions of people suffer from chronic diseases every day. And modern medicine’s approach to treating these issues is very much flawed. There is a pill or surgery for almost every disease. However, 70% of diseases today are caused…

Hello friends! Today I want to ask you how you approach your life every day. Are you just strolling through doing your time, or are you living intentionally with purpose? If you’re lucky, life can be long. Are you making it mean something or are you just coasting? I ask you this because I want to help you get to a place where you feel accomplished and fulfilled. With the close of another year, many often use this time to plan ahead. Each new year, month, or even week is filled with possibility. Regardless of what time of year it is, every day is an opportunity to set a new…

Hello friends! So consider this quote: You are a sum of your habits. Think about it. You wake up to the same routine every day. Sleep. Work. Social life/family/kids. Every day (for most of us) the same. Those habits you have developed shape your life, your well-being, and everything you care about. They shape who you are as a person and direct your path. While it’s definitely necessary to break out of routine when you can, there is great power in using this structure to your advantage in your wellness journey. We all have bad habits, that’s a by-product of being human. But there are some habits that can really…

Hello friends! So starting a fitness journey is hard. Staying committed is so much harder. The feeling at the end is priceless. So how do we get there? Well there are certain components of the human experience that are big catalysts for change in your life. Working on these things could be the difference between getting the body you want and staying stuck in the same place. They are motivation, willpower, and discipline. When you think about what these words really mean and the part they play in your fitness journey, you will learn to cultivate them and finally make good on all the promises you made to yourself. Motivation…

Hello friends! So there is a lot of pressure put on us to become our “true selves” overnight. There are way too many YouTube videos about how this person lost 100 lbs. in 6 months or that person dropped 6 dress sizes in 3 months. It’s totally unrealistic! No one is successful that way, not for long. Getting in shape is a marathon not a sprint. Cliche but true. Success is a collection of a million choices that all work together to create big changes. We need to look at the choices we make every day that lead to the results we see. The best way to get started is…

Hello friends! So losing weight is probably one of the hardest things any one individual will ever try to accomplish. There is a billion dollar industry trying to help people reach this seemingly impossible goal. Millions of people are in this battle with themselves to succeed and finally have the strong, sculpted body of their dreams. One of the hardest parts of this journey is not seeing results fast enough. We check the scale too often and don’t really see beyond that number. When it doesn’t change in our favor, we become frustrated and lose sight of what we are trying to do. So getting past that number is so…