I read these words the other day... Fall in love with your life. Wake up early, buy your favourite coffee, go for walks, eat good food, wear what makes you feel confident and listen to your favourite music. Purposefully create these small moments that make you fall in love with your life. Read these words again if you have to. We ALL get caught up in life. Yet we forget that we are SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE!!! To BE YOU is approximately a 1 in 400 TRILLION chance. 😳 (that's

Yesterday, the day after our first snow storm of the season, I was out enjoying the "loud silence" of the woods. I was on what I called a "Reconnaisance Mission". That's the way I framed it in my head. It made it fun! I hadn't slept great the night before (just ok). Between that and the mess outside, I wasn't sure a run would be able to happen. After my morning client sessions I thought, "I'm going to get my boots on and do a 'reconnaisance mission' of sorts, to see if I

I mentioned in my first poem post that I am a huge fan of Donna Ashworth's work . She shared a poem recently from her latest book, "Joy Chose You" and it certainly speaks to what many of my thoughts and posts have been recently. Here is Donna's Poem called "Stop": The world won't stop still if you do the tides will not cease to flow the sun will still rise and set if you take some time out alone the sky will still rumble if you rest the days will still move the night the

A follow up to my original small pushup habit post last month

I've been diving in to poetry this year for a few reasons; 1) We don't use our CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION much anymore - And I want MORE of that in my life again. It feels FUN, it creates SPARK and SMILES, AND... it's healthy for our brain. 2) I want to read, write and study poetry to help with songwriting . I've written songs, but they usually come out when strong negative emotions are happening and I want to open up the possibility of utilizing MORE emotions in my songwrit

We need to LEARN how to BALANCE our incredible technologies and opportunities today that available to us, with MOTHER NATURE (our physiology) to PROMOTE rather than PUMMEL our deep health.

We HAVE EVERY ABILITY to GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY, SLOW DOWN and EXPERIENCE LIFE. And it's more NECESSARY with every passing day in North American society. It truly is an EPIDEMIC in my opinion.

We modern humans have this notion that things have to be "perfect". "On paper it needs to all be the same" kind of mentality. Or if we do something differently in another set it may "magically throw the body for a loop" or something. This is a common mindset; if it's not done in a particular way it won't count or it'll do something "all of a sudden" to us. The REALITY is, the ACT OF DOING something (to me) IS the perfection we think we have to have.

An important element of our nutrition that we RARELY factor in is our "likes and dislikes", "willing to do's and won't do's". THESE ARE CRUCIAL to figuring out your next steps. Also crucial is what the client WANTS in regards to her health, lifestyle and wellbeing.

It's a post to remind us that sometimes OUR OWN CHOICES can add stress to our days; when we CAN CHOOSE another option. We have the CHOICE to change it . We CAN control it. The question is; How often DO WE?

Ok, let's get right to this... Disclaimer: You don't "have" to do pushups. You don't "have" to do this number. Read on to see what 'Coach D' is going on about now 😂 The point of sharing this post is to REITERATE the absolute AWESOMENESS of "Tiny Habits" (as BJ Fogg calls them) or using the approach of Strength Coach, Dan John; "Little and often". It's also to share how it can make you FEEL and how it can move you from NOTHING to SOMETHING with little to no energy or thou

In health and wellness, more often than not we talk about change. Change, at first, seems scary. Understandably so. However, it's NOT CHANGE that's scary... The "scary" part for most of us when it comes to change, is the UNKNOWN . As individuals, we WANT the change - especially in positive ways for our health. The UNKNOWN however ( like the effort, time and energy that we need to put into creating change ) is the "scary part". It's unfortunate how often this holds (too ma

It may feel like you've hit a wall at times with your health goals, but 99% of the time it's just a natural "eb and flow" happening. A "speed bump" on your path if you will. In understanding this (like REALLY understanding it - not just saying "I know, I know") you can help avoid that "all or nothing", "on or off the wagon" mentality, while at the same time realizing you're doing just fine! 🙂 Resistance is where MOST people fail I struggle using the word "fail" in health,

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