The Ultimate Journey of Self-Care

So what does your home environment suggest about how you take care of you? Think about it.  When we feel stuck, or uninspired--look at how you live. We identify our home as where we live--but it ultimately should be a ‘safe space’ for us to feel in alignment with what we desire from our lives.  So much of what we do is AT home. John and Sherri Monte are the founders of Elegant Simpl...

Do you ever wonder what kinds of movement and activity ‘count’ towards being active? Do you find yourself asking what you CAN do that isn’t ‘too hard’ or ‘too time consuming’? As we get older, our bodies change but the reality is that ALL movement counts.  In this episode, I chat with fellow fitness colleague Shawn Tegtmeier. She's a former ‘smoker and couch potato’ turned fitness enthusiast...

As we come out of the #covid19 pandemic, its KEY to have an idea of where you immune system is, and really WHAT makes it work. And a lot of that information is readily available to us--when we get lab work done.  Only you probably don’t really understand what a lot of it means, and how you can immediately know what you need to do with clarity. Take a listen to this week’s episode as I chat wi...

Spring Training can literally be as easy as fine tuning HOW we do our daily habits. You may not think that small habits we do daily are a direct reflection of our subconscious and how our beliefs can either move us forward, or hold us back. The small things we do daily actually feed our big beliefs about HOW we do ourselves--right down to simple habits like making your bed, and schedulin...

So what are you doing to START your ‘Spring Training’? Athletes win at their sport and game in the OFFSEASON. And we get to choose how we view OUR offseason.  Spring is the ideal time to adjust what we are doing for us--from the daily steps, to getting activity in, to the usual ‘clean and purge’ we do in our environments. Can’t the same apply to how we do our fitness or self care regimen...

Listen in to my chat with Kimberly Spencer--a high performance coach, and the founder of ‘Crown Yourself’ --her own platform of personal development and improvement programs. In order to really change things for you--we often wonder where to start--so consider this:  what if you were just CURIOUS about what it could look like? Where would that take you? Listen in for some tips on where to beg...

So how does Energy Eating actually fit in with keeping our metabolism working? You may think that in order to ‘jump start’ your metabolism that you should clean up and ‘fix’ your metabolism--what if you simply just FUELED your body?  Metabolism is the engine that runs everything--and energy eating serves as the FUEL.  The result? A flexible, adaptable metabolism that serves you, your bod...

How often do we talk to ourselves about HOW we eat? Tune in to this episode and hear my conversation around intuitive eating with my colleague Lisa Kilgour--author of the best seller ‘Undieting--become your Own Leader’. Lisa is a registered holistic nutritionist, and is a champion for helping you become your own health expert. Listen in for how you can get more Vitamin P, and how we literally can...

Does reading labels on foods, supplements and other things give you a headache? Do you often feel you need an advanced degree to figure it out? This episode takes a closer look at food labels--and what to look for so you don’t get caught investing in items that don’t serve your goals. The supplement industry is a BILLION DOLLAR one each year and knowing what you are buying is KEY to ensuring your...

The supplement industry is a BILLION dollar one each year.  In this episode I go into a little more detail on the key ‘supplements’ that are useful in boosting metabolism.   Most all supplements work better in conjunction with a well rounded eating plan.  And most of these supplements are present in many of the foods we already consume.  Tune in to hear my take and to find out...

Ever wonder what you can actually fuel your body with that boosts your metabolism? What we eat actually helps create energy, and that energy is taken to different parts of our body. Some foods can help make that process easier, and therefore we FEEL a difference in our energy. This episode touches on the role of food and our metabolism, and I share 6 tips on how you can fuel your metabolic ra...

This episode is a conversation I recently had with a fellow coach--she is also my mastermind partner. Nicole Cramer recently left her corporate job in sales to pursue her entrepreneurial dream, which means working to carve time out for herself too. Nicole is a health coach, but she has a specialty niche in sales--and has a slightly different take on what self care means to her.  Listen i...

This week’s episode takes a closer look at the relationship we have with ourselves. When we look at Valentines Day, we tend to focus on romantic love between two people. What about the relationship we have with ourselves? Take a listen to this week’s episode and hear 3 easy tips/strategies to helping us improve the love we have for ourselves.  The relationship we have with ourselves is the mo...

I recently had a chance to sit down with a very inspiring and special guest.  Michelle Kuei is a confidence and leadership mindset Coach who found her way through life after surviving a horrible childhood accident. Our conversation covers her trauma and how she persevered, made it through pharmacy school, and starting a business to completing a rugged hike in Peru. She is a living, breathing...

This episode is a special treat!  Jan Hoath is a Mindful Joy Mentor-she focuses on helping big vision leaders find Mindful joy in their lives. In today’s busy, fast paced world, we stay focused on what needs to happen, rather than ‘what is possible for us’.  Jan teaches a method called ‘The Happiness Prism’ in which she emphasizes the importance of her 3 important pieces--Play, Peace and...

Today’s episode is one you don’t want to miss!  Why do we do the things for a FIT LIFE?  It’s not always about the workout, the weight loss or wearing the smaller clothes.  It’s about what it DOES for us.  Listen in as I define what I consider to be the three BIGGEST differences in your life fitness can do/make happen for you.   What allows it to work for you is you make t...

This episode is a little challenge in how we frame our thoughts and choices around HOW we do us--from our fitness, to our self care, to all the things that we try to tell ourselves are hard, difficult, challenging, not easy and more. Maybe you start out on a new habit with the best of intentions, only to be thrown off track by life.  Like we teach, it’s never a question of IF, but WHEN things...

This time of year, making ‘resolutions’ for the new year is nearly common practice. There is something about January being the ‘perfect time’ as if a magic wand is waved and it is decided. In order to achieve what you desire--listen in today’s show and I share 5 tips on going a little deeper in strengthening your mindset--so your resolutions become long lasting--and not just another ‘new year’s wi...

The New Year always grants us opportunities for what is possible for us. If you look around the world, there is so much to take in--and much of it can simply remind you of all that is wrong.  The things that don’t serve us. But on the flip side, a big piece of your self care journey should include what makes you wonder, ask questions, be curious and overall--just be in awe of what is POSSIBLE...

As we head into 2021, what did you learn this year? Maybe this year has really challenged you and your thought of what self care IS for you, or you have really doubled down on it. And so many people put emphasis on ‘consumer’ self care as their MAIN way of recharging. Maybe this is you. But to be frank--real self care is often what we DON’T DO for ourselves. As in, what we don’t do NOW, but we KNO...

Like we frequently talk about on this show--HOW you do you can look any way you desire. It can be easy to let slide--especially this time of year--but allowing yourself to just LET GO is an amazing way to regain control. The single biggest game changer when you feel like things are out of control is to remind yourself that is just a thought--and you do in fact have control. Listen in to my chat wi...

This episode is coming to you live from our retreat location in Key West, where we just finished up our signature retreat experience! Part of what we do on retreat is work on creating not just the overall fitness and self care plan for you but NEW Fitness Beliefs. Beliefs are just thoughts we have thought often enough that they feel like truth. And in order to create change in us, and in our...

This episode is a closer look at our belief systems around Fitness. Belief systems are often engrained in us from an early age--and they influence to a large degree HOW we make choices and what action steps we take. That’s different from actual HABITS. The key is not only identifying what you believe regarding what you desire in a health/fitness and self care program, but allowing yourself to...

This episode is a closer look at what it means to ‘show up’ for yourself. With the holiday season upon us, how we show up for us is everything. This is the time of year when it’s so easy to let your own self care fall by the wayside. Maybe you tell yourself ‘I’ll focus more on it in the new year’. We can change that by adopting some simple tips today. Listen in for 5 easy doable ideas wh...

The holiday season is upon us--and regardless of how you are choosing to gather or not--this is the time of year when our own self care takes a back seat. In this episode I go into some basic tips for easy self care around this hectic, anxiety ridden time of year--with a focus on easy daily tips for keeping your immune system fit and strong. Looking after yourself should ideally include those thin...