Love Yourself, Even When It's Hard

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Love Yourself, Even When It's Hard

The voice in our heads is lying.  You know, that voice that tells you that you’re not enough.

  • Not pretty enough

  • Not thin enough

  • Not nice enough

  • Not smart enough

  • Not, well, you get the idea

Perhaps most of the time that little voice stays quiet and in the back of our heads; until something triggers it and we have to remind ourselves that we ARE enough.

Here are a just a few of my favorite affirming and loving quotes for those days when you (and I) need to be reminded of the amazing and wonderful people that we are.

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Learn to Love your Workout Routine

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Learn to Love your Workout Routine

11 years ago I hated anything to do with fitness.

  • 9 years ago I would only workout in the privacy of my own home (so no one would see)

  • 8 years ago I got certified to teach TurboKick... But never planned to teach.

  • 6 years ago I taught my first TurboKick class.

  • 4 years ago I surprised myself that I not only had learned to enjoy fitness, but I was okay with early morning workouts.

  • 4 years ago I “found” my soulmate workout in PiYo, and immediately got certified to teach.

  • 3.5 years ago someone convinced me I would be a good personal trainer, and after some initial persuasion, (hesitantly) I jumped.

  • This morning I woke up excited to start a new and (always) challenging day of helping people change their lives.

  • This morning, instead of convincing myself to workout I have to convince myself to skip or heavily modify my workout to allow my body to recover from my injury last week (Big toe injuries are the worst!)

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Take Back your Time this Holiday Season

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Take Back your Time this Holiday Season

Please pardon this emergency interruption of your regularly scheduled blog reading… but have you realized what time of year it is?!?

That’s right. For the bajillions of people around the word (rough estimate) who celebrate the “Holiday Season,” it’s here. It’s Holiday time.  You probably noticed the inflatable snowmen, wreathes, and gingerbread house kits that have been showing up on store shelves for about 3 weeks now. Or maybe you’ve noticed all the Turkey themed projects and toilet paper roll pilgrims on your Facebook news feed (or maybe that’s just me?). 

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