How Do You Talk ABOUT Yourself?

How Do You Talk ABOUT Yourself?

A couple of weeks ago, I was at a conference with coworkers. While there I was meeting a lot of our partners and clients for the first time. Basically, I found myself trying to make and keep conversations constantly. A few days into the conference, I realized something about myself that I had never realized before - the way I talked about myself to others - especially around new folks. While I am constantly working on my inner self talk and the way I talk to me, I never really stopped to notice how I represented myself in a conversation. And that weekend, I learned that I tend to outwardly make fun of me.

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How I Managed to Lose and Maintain My Weight WITHOUT Dieting.

How I Managed to Lose and Maintain My Weight WITHOUT Dieting.

In late 2015 and early 2016, my journey with food and exercise started to change. I started learning how to listen to my body and look at food/exercise differently. I didn’t deprive myself and for the first time, I was able to lose weight and keep it off… WITHOUT restricting or eliminating food groups and without spending hours hating every minute of my workouts. This post includes my takeaways/key learnings.

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The Burrito Kerfuffle of 2017

The Burrito Kerfuffle of 2017

30 minutes later I found myself alone, on the couch, with TWO empty burrito wrappers. It wasn't long before the shaming started. It has been a while since I have eaten so mindlessly, why now? From this point, I had two choices. I could either continue down the rabbit hole of shame and embarrassment and beat myself up OR I could use everything as information to move forward.

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What My ACE Personal Training Exam Taught Me About Failure.

What My ACE Personal Training Exam Taught Me About Failure.

On Friday I took my ACE Personal Training exam.. A test I have been preparing for since March of this year. It was something I have been wanting to do for years but had kept putting off.. And looking back it was this thing called failure that was pushing me away from taking those steps towards my dream.

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Knee Deep In Domino's Pizza

Knee Deep In Domino's Pizza

I think a lot of us find ourselves in this situation - we try to be superwoman and do all of the things and before we know it we find ourselves sprawled on the couch, knee deep in pizza from Dominos, 6 episodes into another season of the Amazing Race saying f*ck all of this today, please don’t talk to me (me last week). So what can we do to avoid this type of burnout? Not to say that it’s not okay to enjoy some pizza and alone time. But how do we keep ourselves from feeling like pulling our hair out every single day

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