I waited for the truck…

  The Universe wants to be noticed…and heard. Problem is, we aren’t always listening.   Did you ever get a gut feeling to do something and not do it? Have…

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The Three Most Powerful Words You Can Say

  Gratitude is a bit like a magic elixir, benefiting us on all levels from the emotional, social and physical to our career and health. Most of us know gratitude…

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How I’m Measuring My Life

  Years ago, there was only three things I measured in my life:   1. My weight   2. How many hours I worked out at the gym/ how many…

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Why You Should Care a Little Less

  “I’m really struggling with this one class I teach,” my friend told me over lunch.   I nodded, knowing how stressful the last year has been for her in…

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Kick Self-Sabotage to the Curb

  The other day I was talking to my dear friend, Kevin Michael about his dreams and aspirations.   “You know,” he said, taking a long, dramatic pause, “this,” and…

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Abandon hope of a better past

  Over the last week in California, something shifted for me. It wasn’t a singular action that spurred this shift in consciousness, nor was it the trip itself. But, removing…

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Read this if you’re struggling

  Someone asked me the other day how long I had been teaching fitness and I told them that I had been doing this as a full-time gig for three-and-a-half…

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Are You Stuck in the Middle?

  It’s no accident that Dante began The Inferno, his allegorical journey through Hell, “Midway upon the journey of life / I found myself within a forest dark”.   In…

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Confront Your Duck

    We all complain.   Your puppy pees on the carpet for the umpteenth time. Your favorite series airs its final episode. Your laptop crashes and the repair technician…

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The Sugar Cookie Effect

  Life isn’t fair.   Most of us struggle with this basic tenet of life. We don’t always understand why some people get the good end of the stick of…

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