by Terra Ayres | Jul 19, 2011 | Emotions and Perceptions
“Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are”. -Dr. Wayne Dyer If you think of getting healthy and losing weight as something...
by Terra Ayres | Jul 7, 2011 | Emotions and Perceptions
“JOY IS NOT IN THINGS; IT IS IN US.” ~Richard Wagner Not only is joy in us, it is in us RIGHT NOW. Joy does not have to be contingent on what the scale says today or on what’s in your tracker. Let’s put joy FIRST so that the other things can...
by Terra Ayres | Jul 6, 2011 | The Journey Of Self Compassion
“Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.” ~Kak Sri I was so happy to see so many of you at the WW meetings yesterday. I know how hard it is sometimes, to get right back in the swing of things after a holiday weekend. Can...
by Terra Ayres | Jun 23, 2011 | Counting Our Blessings, The Journey Of Self Compassion
After two and a half years of writing this blog and almost 10 years of leading WW meetings, many of you know me pretty well and you know that every June my family takes an annual vacation to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. I write about it every year and...
by Terra Ayres | Jun 9, 2011 | Emotions and Perceptions
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.” ~Author Unknown Our health and our weight are things we manage. We don’t own a goal weight nor do we get to the “end” of achieving good health. It’s a continuous...