None of it means "you're failing" or that you "should" or "need" to push more on yourself.

The change YOU need to make in this case, in order to get MORE movement in CONSISTENTLY during busy times (and non-busy times alike) is to do the following things, that come from your MINDSET....

"Quiet Victories" by Jessica Kate

Beginning to practice one or two of these will help give you TWO things NOW: 1) You WON'T keep practicing putting yourself and your wellbeing off for "later". 2) It will help you more easily reach for SIMPLE and DO-ABLE practices instead of TOO BIG TOO SOON.

We "should" be striving for something. Wait... Isn't "striving for something" another way of saying "making progress"? Isn't "making progress" still moving forward? ... I KNOW it is! And moving forward is creating positive change!

We are in an EPIDEMIC of "BUSY" that is negatively impacting our deep health. Period.

"We don't have to talk to ourselves cheesey or unrealistic, but rather more like a coach!" ~ Dan Harris

My most successful clients are those who take their health and wellbeing into their own hands.

"I didn't do it EVERY DAY, so I 'FAILED'"... "I got busy two days last week, so now I guess I'm 'STARTING OVER'"... "Since I didn't do it every day, I guess this just isn't what's going to work for me"... Every single one of these is very REAL and very much the kind of BS that we tell ourselves in our minds!!

Recently while she was showing me her latest project and answering some of my questions about it, she said: "It (the hobby) keeps my head out of garbage". What an awesome way to put it!!!

Some thoughts brought on by the wonderful poem, "Thinking" by Walter D. Wintle

Mel Robbin's shared this quote; "You'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling - It's a decision." Clients and I have this conversation often when they're waiting until "next week" to "get back to their routine" or waiting until things "calm down" before they're ready to make a change. The "perfect" time to start/do something WILL NOT happen!! You will be MORE ready once you START vs when you're "waiting to be ready". This is common in health and wellness. Here's m

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.