So long January 2017! As we move into our second month of the year, do you feel good about the direction your headed? When asked how he accomplished so much in his career, former Major League Baseball pitcher Danny Cox was quoted as saying...... "Success is knowing...
Choose Well
"Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well." At first when I read this quote, I argued with it in my mind. Then I thought about it longer and as I did, a real sense of freedom and peace washed over me. I'll be darned....it IS true! How...
What Are You Thinking?
"Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it faith. Feed it truth. Feed it with love." Perception is reality. What we think becomes true for us, whether it is true or not. If we think we can't control our eating, 9 out of 10 times, we won't. If...
Hitting The Reset Button
"When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself." -ISAK DINESEN One of the best parts of being mindful and engaged in living a healthy life...
Saying NO To Negative Self Talk!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbqwrKD4lJA Are you having a fabulous 4th of July weekend??? The weather is beautiful in the Chicago area and I hope you're able to get outside and enjoy it with family and friends!! I had to work yesterday (sold another...
Week One Check In
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B4mKROnsRag It's been almost a week since I threw out the idea of "The Getting Back To A Healthy Lifestyle Challenge". I'm just checking in to say THANKS to everyone joining me, PLEASE JOIN US, to anyone who's on the fence about getting...
“An Object In Motion….
....tends to stay in motion. An object at rest, tends to stay at rest." I'm no scientist, but I sure know this to be true in my life! Darin and I recently went on an amazing trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with my sister, her hubby and Darin's brother...
Honor Who You Are Now
In life, the line from point A to point B isn't always straight. We may set a goal for ourself and end up not being able to take the fastest, shortest route to accomplishing it. Life isn't neat and tidy like that, most of the time, but it doesn't mean that we...
Enough.
Just a reminder [the above quote] as you go about your day!! Our value, our completeness doesn't come from a number--whether that number is the one on our scale, on the tag of our jeans or on the display screen of the treadmill!! Goals can be terrific motivators, but...
Try It Again…
Today I am writing to anyone who is out there struggling with getting back on-track OR on-track in the first place. It's easy to be all fired up on New Years Day about committing to changes we want to make in our lives but in fact, statistics say that most...