Archive for 2009

When You Just Want to Cry

When You Just Want to Cry

July 31, 2009 1 Comment

You know the feeling. When everything that can go wrong does, and it all seems to happen at once. You feel like going back to bed and either starting your day over or just sleeping until tomorrow because tomorrow is bound to be a better day than this. You have an overwhelming urge to just ...

What is Muscle Confusion?

What is Muscle Confusion?

July 27, 2009 2 Comments

This is a term that is growing in its popularity, although the principles behind it have been around for many years. I was first introduced to this concept when I signed up for a 6-month body transformation program called Elite Bodies. Muscle confusion is a specific way of exercising that ensures your body does not ...

Words to Live By

Words to Live By

July 24, 2009 No Comments

I recently watched Tyler Perry’s newest movie “Family That Preys”. There were some great life lessons, and I recommend you check it out, but what I specifically wanted to share with you from that movie is the words to the theme song, “I Hope You Dance,” originally by Lee Ann Womack. Most of you have ...

How to Stay On Task

How to Stay On Task

July 23, 2009 No Comments

Does this ring a bell? I decided I was going to clean off the coffee table. Small project. Piece of cake. I start by clearing off some computer stuff of my husband’s. I take it to the office, where my computer just happens to be located. I decide to check my email. There’s something from ...

Blast Away that Bad Mood!

July 22, 2009 No Comments

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner Each of us have days where we’re feeling a little “under the weather,” so to speak, and sometimes it’s a challenge to find a way to dig out of it. Here are some tips to turn your bad mood into a glad mood! ...

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Stop Excusing Your Happiness Away!

July 20, 2009 1 Comment

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner I hear it all the time. “I’d start exercising and eating better, but I have too much on my plate.” (Pardon the pun, but isn’t that the problem?) “I’ll start when — I’m out of school — I can afford a gym membership ...

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Trashing Your Future

July 17, 2009 No Comments

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner Every time I save things I don’t need Or make plans that I don’t really want… I TRASH MY FUTURE! Every time I let go of things and activities I don’t really need, I create s p a c e for a new ...

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Your Financial Latte Factor

July 12, 2009 1 Comment

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner A LATTE A DAY KEEPS RETIREMENT AWAY! What is The Latte Factor? The Latte Factor is basically an investment strategy that is derived from taking the money you would normally spend on coffee, snacks and other niceties, and saving it instead. It grows ...

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How to be Proactive Versus Reactive

July 7, 2009 No Comments

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner Do you ever find that you respond to a situation in a reactive way? Do you ever lose your patience, avoid confrontation, or lack self-discipline? I think most of us do at one time or another. The key is to choose wisely how ...

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3 Easy Questions that will Declutter Any Space

July 1, 2009 No Comments

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog: Delivered by FeedBurner If you are like the rest of us who, at one time or another, have struggled with organization and clutter, here’s a great exercise for you to do this upcoming week or anytime you want to clear up a stack of papers or ...

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How To Not Be A Loser: 5 Things That’ll Keep You Fat

Now, don’t get any ideas from that yummy picture! These bowls of sweet yumminess are part of the problem....

Today’s Lesson From Therapy

I had a bit of a breakthrough today, so I’m pretty excited. I’ve always seen my problems as just...

CrossFit: My New Fitness Family!

If you know anything about me, you know I’m a food addict and have challenges losing and maintaining weight...

My :0( Day Turned :0)

Today has been one of those days where I feel like I’ve been working hard, but there’s nothing to...

Self-Affirmations: What They Are & How To Make Them Work For You

For any of you who are unfamiliar with this term, “self-affirmation” statements are scripts that we repeat to ourselves...

Clutter Control: How to Manage the “Stuff”

Do you have too much stuff? Are your cars parked outside because your garage is filled with junk? Do...

Dollar Yoga: How to Stretch the Almighty Dollar

Here you will learn several effective and possible ways to make your month last longer and keep paying you...

Red Light Foods: Why They Make Us Fat

Red light foods are foods that you can’t resist when they’re around, and you rarely control how much of...

Personal Trainer Tips That Really Work

After entering a 12-week Weight Loss Challenge through my local gym, I decided to purchase some sessions with a...

Mother’s Day Poem

I’m thinking, mom, of you today Wondering what’s on your heart? Are you glad I’m all grown up? Do...