When I Went to Las Vegas and Didn’t Drink.

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When I Went to Las Vegas and Didn’t Drink.

Over the weekend, I got on a plane to Las Vegas for a work event. And I guess it just never lined up in the past but here I was at almost 27 years old, standing in front of The Strip for the very first time. A few years ago, I would have dove head first into the culture of Vegas- the lights, the party's, the drinks. But today, I felt nervous. I was walking into a weekend of conference events, late night networking, and lots of opportunities to drink... with the intention of staying completely sober.

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

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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

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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.

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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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Your Reason To Exercise

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Your Reason To Exercise

When you hear the word exercise - what words/phrases/thoughts come to your brain right away?Does it look something like this: To burn all of the calories. A must every single day - can’t miss a workout. To keep weight off and to keep from putting weight on. To prove myself…. etc. So with those things aside let me ask you this: What is it about moving your body that you enjoy? What if we made decisions about our movement from enjoyment rather than the place of fear?

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What It Really Means to Listen to Your Body

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What It Really Means to Listen to Your Body

Learning to listen to my body has allowed me to make the kinds of decisions that are right for me in the exact moment I am living in as well as create a deeper connection to my intuition. This lesson is the reason I have decided to shift my brand and my message because it is one of the most important and life altering lessons in my life thus far. If I can help just one person learn how to listen and trust their body again, then holy moly that is all I could ever ask for.

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What if your workouts didn’t have to be “have to” workouts?

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What if your workouts didn’t have to be “have to” workouts?

I’ve been experimenting with the concept that exercise doesn’t have to be this fear based thing - that we can actually get up and want to spend a portion of our day moving our bodies because the activity itself truly brings us JOY. What if we started letting that love part of us drive instead? To take care of our bodies in a way that feels good to us.

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Knee Deep In Domino's Pizza

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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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Dealing With Rock Bottom Doesn't Have to be Pretty or Perfect

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Dealing With Rock Bottom Doesn't Have to be Pretty or Perfect

While working on Eric's birthday gift last week (a photo album of our past year), I was forced to reflect on this past summer and all of the hardship and growth behind the beauty of the some of those photos. And I thought now that the dust has settled and I have had some time to reflect, it would be a good time to talk about everything that went down and why I am now so, so thankful for all of it.

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Last Weekend, I Put Fear in the Drivers Seat..

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Last Weekend, I Put Fear in the Drivers Seat..

I’ve been discussing these topics of love vs fear based decisions along with worthiness/ approval, and how to navigate our feelings to find those things internally. I wanted to talk about an experience from the weekend that challenged me when it came to all of the above and to remind you that this is a constant practice, that it is something I work on every single day. And while it may not always be easy, it is always worth it.

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I Am Enough

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I Am Enough

The single concept that I alone choose my worthiness and self approval was one of the most drastic, ah hah, life changing realizations I have ever experienced. I’ve touched on this in the past but I wanted to make it a focus today because it is so important in our journey to discovering who we are and what truly makes us happy. And until we realize that we choose how we feel about ourselves, we will be forever be searching externally for some of the most important pieces of us, those pieces that we can only find within.  

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The Decision Making Process: Love vs Fear

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The Decision Making Process: Love vs Fear

Making a decision out of fear is choosing to listen to the part of you that is always pulling on your fear strings. Most often than not, we make this choice because we are, obviously, afraid of something. Whether it be saying yes to take on another task even though you are completely maxed out but you don't want to hurt the other person's feelings by saying no. Or you decide to spend extra hours in the gym and cut back calories because you are feeling guilty about something you ate last night, or you deny a promotion because you are afraid you will fail.

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What Lights Your Soul on Fire??

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What Lights Your Soul on Fire??

What is it in life that makes you feel so alive, so happy, so excited to be living and breathing right at this very moment? Are you living your life with this in mind? When was the last time you felt like that? In this post I talk about rediscovering what lights your soul on fire and how you can start living the life you have always dreamed of.

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Recovering ControlFreak - The Final Post

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Recovering ControlFreak - The Final Post

The final post of my Control Series! Here I discuss the aspect of control that I struggle with on a daily basis - actually learning to deal with feelings of being out of control rather than resorting to the comfortable, unproductive methods of my past. I also share five ways I have learned to calm my tantrum throwing inner control freak and how adopting those methods can help you reach your True North. 

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Recovering ControlFreak : Part 2 (Mountain Lion Edition)

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Recovering ControlFreak : Part 2 (Mountain Lion Edition)

The only thing I actually can control are my reactions.

Since we are on this topic of control I thought I would talk about a situation that occurred this past weekend for Part 2 of my Control Series. One of those situations where truly the only thing I had in my control was how I reacted to each situation I was presented with. Saturday night some deep fears became reality and I had a choice to either let them win or take a different path.

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"Would I Speak To My Best Friend This Way?"

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"Would I Speak To My Best Friend This Way?"

I felt called to share this particular story not only because future posts will make a lot more sense but because I think negative body image is something so many of us struggle with - and I really want you to know you’re not alone in it and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have to talk to ourselves this way anymore.

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