“Someone” should do something about that… then I realized that person was me. While I do wholeheartedly believe that my life and everything that happens to me is my responsibility….I have struggled with taking responsibility in places that were outside of my little world. For example, when I see something in the community that needs…
A Homemade Christmas
Last year after Christmas, I felt gross. I felt like I let the commercialization of my favorite holiday ruin the experience. It could have just been the hormones…I was only a month out from delivering Avery. Anyway, I made a decision shortly after that I was going to do something drastically different this year. I…
The illusion of balance
Oh yes let me be the first to admit, I am a sucker for the “balance” speech. It sounds so good right, you have to have “balance” in your life, work hard play hard, take a break, go on vacation, watch TV at night to relax, take a day off, take a night off, take…
The Scale is a LIAR!
How many years have you been letting the scale lie to you? I promise you this, if there was a person in your life that lied to you as much as the scale did…they wouldn’t be in your life long. The scale lies about your worth, lies about your attractiveness, lies about your athletic ability,…
"Regular" people
Courage doesn’t always roar.Sometimes courage is the quiet voiceat the end of the day saying,“I will try again tomorrow.”– Mary Anne Radmacher Don’t underestimate your ability to change the world. Don’t lose site of your strengths. Don’t become a victim of circumstance. Sometimes I think we get caught up in the fact that we think inspiration, greatness and…
If words can do this to water
Dr. Masaru Emoto’s Water Molecule Experiment I first heard of Dr. Emoto in 2004 when I watched the movie What The Bleep Do We Know? In the documentary-style film, Dr. Emoto’s findings on the energy of thoughts are demonstrated. If you haven’t seen it yet, you need to. The reason I’m sharing is because I…
a tug at the heartstrings
“When God tugs on your heart, follow it don’t over analyze it.” – Joel Hunter, Northland Church Every Sunday Jeremie, Avery and I join online worship in our living room, live streaming from Northland Church in Orlando, FL. A couple of weeks ago pastor Joel Hunter said something that has been on my mind and…
Accepting Ourselves & Wanting More
I was part of an amazing call last night…sorry men this one was all for the ladies! This was one of the calls in The Ladies RX discussion series put on by Stephanie Vincent at Radical Hateloss. Here’s a quick overview: “Last night women from all over the country gathered to talk about an important…
YOUR Very Best
It’s just you and the bar It’s so simple yet so hard to do. I preach it to my clients all the time…”focus on yourself, don’t worry about what others are doing around you…Compete with yourself… Be better than yesterday” Saying we like to compete with one another in CrossFit would be an understatement, it…
Stick it Up Your Nose!
There’s something about the smell of Crayola crayons that reminds you being a kid. I can’t take credit for this idea, my favorite professor from BGSU who specializes in entrepreneurship and creativity in business, Gene Poor, wrote a whole book on this topic. I remember coming into class one day and he handed us all…
It’s NEVER what you expect
Isn’t that one true fact in life? Nothing ever pans out the exact way you expect, no matter how much you put into planning. I imagined and replayed over and over in my head the day that my son was born before it happened. I created what I thought I was going to feel, what…
Coach Shanna Marie 