When one of my clients realizes how poorly she’s treated her body—whether it’s the low quality food she’s fed it over the years, a lack of consistent exercise, or a never-ending stream of critical thoughts and beliefs—there’s often guilt. It is normal to feel shame and want to throw blame on yourself. But I don’t encourage it. What’s past is past. What if you instead claim the power of having 100 percent responsibility to create the body you want—from this moment forward? This means focusing on what you can do about your wellness right now. But there is often an emotional gap between feeling guilty and feeling empowered to make new choices. How do you create a bridge? One process I share with my clients is a variation on the Hoʻoponopono (ho-o-pono-pono), an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. Author Joe Vitale, who appeared in the movie, The Secret, was the first to bring this practice to my attention. In my process, get into a meditative state and begin to appreciate your body. Begin by appreciating your toes, the balls of your feet, your arches, your heels, your ankles, your calves, etc. Work your way all the way up to the top of your head, making sure to acknowledge internal organs, bones, muscles, tendons, even cells and your hair. Wherever you notice pain or you come across an area of your body you feel resistance around appreciating, say “Forgive me. Thank you. I Love You” and really feel it. You may have to repeat this process numerous times, but you will begin to shift the underlying thoughts, feelings, and energy. You will begin to take responsibility for you wellness. You will begin to love you. And loving […]
Signs of Progress
One year ago today, I published my first blog on this site. That was me lining up my thoughts and beliefs with my actions and desires, and saying a big “Yes!” to the future I envisioned. Since then, I have not only published a wellness tip and a blog six days a week, but I have interacted with you fabulous readers, read some amazing writing on others’ blogs, been inspired and hopefully given inspiration—maybe even to you. I also successfully dealt with my own wellness challenges—including a major surgery—improved my nutrition, and have maintained my weight and fitness level. In addition, I completed my coaching certifications and my business has taken off—I’ve even hired a business coach to help me with it. I’m super excited about the changes I have coming as a result, including a new website, coaching programs, e-book, beach-side Love Your Way Slim retreat, and much, much more! More importantly, I love my life—and the people in it—more than I ever dreamed possible! My intention with this blog has been—and will remain—to inspire and provide value to you fabulous readers. Each blog is an expression of how much I appreciate your time, your energy, where you are in life and on your wellness journey, our connection, and Who you are as a person. Thank you for all the follows, likes, awards, support, and comments. They have all been felt and appreciated. And the greatest honor of all has been your letting me know when a blog has moved or inspired you. And I especially want to thank all you readers who have been with me from those early days. Knowing you were reading and cheering me on made all the difference in […]
I’m Healthy and I Know It!
Last night after brushing our very furry Keeshond dogs, I picked up the grooming table to put it away and dropped it on the ball-joint of my foot. To say it hurt is an understatement. It hurt so much, in fact, that I thought I had broken it. After hearing the crash and racing up the stairs, my fabulous husband found me writhing on the floor with my foot already turning dark shades. Remembering the RICE rule (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), David immediately got me up on the sofa to ice and elevate my foot. Once the initial wave of pain eased, I hobbled into the bedroom where I remained for the rest of the night. For about the first 20 minutes, I lay there trying to think about how I could alter my exercise routine to work around my injury. As I pushed myself up to a sitting position to take some Advil, I realized I’d also hurt my hand. As if reading my mind, David said, “I think it’s safe to say this is going to impact your workout routine.” In the past, this is where I would have started freaking out. Visions of backsliding and weight gain would have filled my mind. I would have been totally focused on the worst-case scenario. Ahh, I love how much I have changed. Instead, I made peace with it, started looking for the opportunities, and invited in wellness. My thoughts went something like this: This is temporary. I will heal and recover and I will be working out to full capacity again in no time. And there will be a lot of opportunities to get creative with how I move my body. Just because I’m […]
Sharing A Prosperity Blessing
One of the first things I do every morning is read inspirational emails from a number of my favorite teachers. Today, before I headed upstairs for my workout, I read Veronica Hay’s Prosperity Blessing, which was shared by Bob Proctor in his Insight of the Day. Abundance and prosperity–which are indeed a part of optimal wellness–have been on my mind a lot lately, and this blessing captured how I woke up feeling. Since these are the wishes I have for you, I am sharing her wonderful words. May you be blessed with an amazingly abundant day today! May the clouds break and the heavens pour down upon you more joy, more love, more laughter and more money than you could have ever dreamed of. May the sun shine its golden light of prosperity through every cell of your extraordinary body. May you be cleansed today of any resistance or feelings of unworthiness that you may still be holding onto. May your false illusions of doubt, fear and scarcity gently fall away like soft white feathers on a gentle breeze. May you be willing, simply willing, to allow the Universe to shower you with miracles today. May the Angels wrap you in their shining wings of opulence. May the fairies deliver you to their pot of gold at the end of a majestic rainbow. May your eyes shine with the glorious truth of who you really are and may that truth uplift others in your presence to their own inner knowing. May your ears hear the sound of perfection ringing in your soul. May you taste the deliciousness of every precious bite of life as your day unfolds moment by moment with amazing grace, heartfelt love […]
Do You Know Who You Are?
What if Who you are at your best is Who you truly are? That your very core is the person who responds with a kind word, helps others, and engages with and loves life? What if all you had to do to be the best possible version of you was to accept that higher vision as Truth, and let go of some long-practiced inaccurate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about Who you are, what you deserve, and how great your life can be? Would being that bigger, brighter, happier version of you be worth the time and effort to let go of everything but the belief that you can be that person? If you at least hope that these words are true, then you can become the best possible version of you. If you don’t believe they are true, then that is all that is holding you back from doing the same thing. During coach training this weekend, I got some clarity on all those things that I think and tell myself that hold me back from being the best possible version of me. It all boiled down to old messages that I picked up along the road of life that are not true. Thoughts like: “Don’t try because it will only lead to failure and rejection.” “No one listens or cares about me.” “I’m not capable.” “I should have known and done better.” “I am stupid, forgetful, thoughtless, lazy, etc.” “Life is hard.” “I have to do everything myself.” “I must protect myself.” “I must control all aspects of my life.” “Eating helps me relax.” “I don’t want to be told what to do.” There are of course lots more, but I expect you get […]
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