I've read many times that establishing and maintaining a morning practice can make a huge difference in your life, but I have yet to actually implement one, until today.  People have different versions, and the key is that you have to find what works for you because the main goal is to be consistent with it everyday.  That's always been hard for me first thing in the morning.  Read More

Yesterday, I gave myself the gift of TIME.  I am working hard to change my relationship with time at a deeper level.  All of my life, I have run by the clock.  Anyone who knows me know that I am ALWAYS on time (everywhere) or early.  That's because it's just a thing for me. Read More

If you are like most people, you can't wait for the weather to warm up.  The winter blues can be all too real, and being cooped up for so many months can be so dreary!  But add to that one too many home-made cookies and any excuse to stay in bed just a little longer during the dark mornings (which means missing your workout for the day), and you may have also ended up with a few extra winter pounds and some seriously low energy.  Read More

Life by design, living your values, intentional living, priorities....there's a million ways to describe it, but what does it all mean?  I came to this realization only recently, and it's been a wonderful eye opener...it's all the same thing.  It means living your life, the way YOU want to live it, each and every day.   Read More

Before I actually quit my job to start my own business, I thought about starting my own business for about a million years (or at least it feels like it).  My friends joke that every time I talked to them, I would complain about how unhappy I was at work and how much I just wanted to start my own thing....BUT xyz.  Read More

When I talk to people about what I am doing as a health coach, how I set off on this path about a year ago and enrolled in IIN and now have launched my own business, the first question I often get is: "Aren't you scared?" or "Aren't you worried that you don't know enough?" or even "How do you know you can help people?"  My answer is astoundingly NO. Read More

The coaching group that I am a part of recently brought up this idea of 10%.  What does that mean?  It's this idea that in our quest to live healthier lives, there is always a 10% something that we could do better, every day.  The beauty of this idea is that 10% is not a whole lot when you look at the span of your entire day, but doing this one thing every day, can truly make a difference in the long run.   Read More

I've been thinking about this for a while and I can't find a label that seems appropriate for the feeling and heaviness of what's been weighing on me for the past several months - it's not exactly guilt, it's not exactly jealousy, it's not "comparitis" but it's some combination of the 3.  Read More

I'm not a big fan of resolutions.  I don't like the idea of making a promise to myself that is hard to keep or that I will eventually break and which will then lead to disappointment.  That's why, instead, this year I'm continuing to focus on small, incremental lifestyle changes and HABITS.  Read More

Buddha said: "You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." As much as I know about the importance of self-care, one thing that has been a roadblock and challenge is "mom-guilt."  The premise behind self-care is obvious - we all deserve a little time and it's worth the effort to take care of ourselves.   Read More