Remind yourself what you deserve

When we are feeling rejected by someone or something, it’s easy to get down on ourselves and come up with all the reasons why it happened to us. It’s easy to try to rationalize someone else’s actions or decisions or find ways to defend them, even if they hurt us. It’s also common for usContinue reading “Remind yourself what you deserve”

Want something? Get there with #NoExcuses.

No Excuses isn’t just the theme of this season of The Biggest Loser (although it did inspire me to cement it as my mantra this year). It’s a choice, it’s a lifestyle, an instruction guide to achieving your goals and dreams. Moreover, it’s not just about fitness, although I’m using it as strong motivation inContinue reading “Want something? Get there with #NoExcuses.”

Resolving and Renewing in 2012

Millions of people are writing this very same post, or will soon. Resolutions, goals, aspirations, to-dos, whatever you want to call them, we all have them. Many will not write them down or say them out loud, but they are spoken in hearts and minds, in dreams, and in prayers. And many will have similarContinue reading “Resolving and Renewing in 2012”

Top 11 of 2011

Everyone else is doing a top 10 list, but you wouldn’t expect anything less than 11 from me, right? So here goes, my top 11 moments or things about 2011: 11. Celebrating the happy moments in my friends’ lives like new jobs, pregnancies, weddings, moves, and personal successes. 10.  Being on TV for Simply Leap’sContinue reading “Top 11 of 2011”

Take care of your needs, and everyone else’s, too

You may read the title of this post and think, hey, I’ve got enough to take care of for myself without having to worry about everyone else. And to a point, I grant you that it’s completely okay to be selfish sometimes, especially when you’re feeling overstretched and your body is telling you to slowContinue reading “Take care of your needs, and everyone else’s, too”