Let’s be honest it’s not as easy as we would like to think it is to stick to our goals. It’s the same old song for most of us. We start out with very clear and specific goals that we want to achieve.

Once we actually begin the process of working towards them, we start out really strong. That momentum may last about a week or two, but eventually we hit a wall. Once that wall has been hit our momentum begins to slow down, and once that happens some of us just abandon ship altogether.

In the end we don’t achieve any of the goals that we set. Instead, they just get pushed back further away and becomes all the more daunting for us to work towards.

I’ve been down this road many times before. If I’m being honest it’s a very natural part of the health and wellness journey. You’d be a fool to believe that you were going to get everything right the first go round. This is because our bodies are not the only part of us that is undergoing a change.

Our minds and emotions are as well. This naturally makes your first attempt at reaching for your goals challenging because you don’t know what to expect mentally, physically, and emotionally. Whenever we are faced with something new there are two things that always happen.

In the beginning we embrace the challenge and actually look forward to being an active participant for it. Once we get a little taste of what the challenge has to offer, we get this overwhelming instinct to run for the hills because we trick ourselves into believing that at some point we will fail.

So we enter this fight or flight mode where we’d have save ourselves from failure rather than risk it for the biscuit. I’m telling you not to run, and here’s why. [Read more…]

I love a good sweat session! There’s nothing like moving your body as a means to take care of yourself and knowing that all the sweat your building up is because you’re being physically active. Not only does this feel so good mentally and physically, but emotionally as well.

For a while now exercising consistently has been my greatest source of release. Especially when I’m feeling super stressed and overwhelmed! There’s nothing like releasing all that tension and built up negative energy in a workout that is going to make you sweat. Especially when you sweat, because sweating means that you really are putting in the work.

Now don’t get me wrong. There are many moments when I would much rather not sweat. Like when I’m going on nice walk, I’m sitting outside reading a book, or even when I’m just at home watching a movie. In very simple moments like that I do not like to sweat. In my mind there’s no rhyme or reason.

And yes, I will go to great lengths to prevent myself from sweating as a result of lack of physical activity. However, when I’m sweating because I’m being physically active, I embrace it completely! This is because I know for a fact that I put in a lot of effort to achieve some small goal, and the sweat is validation for me to know that it was 100% worth it.

But this post isn’t about sweat. I know you’re wondering where I’m going with this topic so let’s not stall any longer.

With sweat, especially after a workout, may come some pain. The good kind of pain though, the type of pain I encourage you to embrace. I’m talking about the pain you feel when you know your muscles are tightening because you just crushed your workout.

For so long I never really knew how to get rid of that pain. After a workout I would literally just lay out on the bed and wait for the paid to subside. However, earlier this year I made a commitment to myself to better my health in all aspects. That included the way in which I recovered after a workout. [Read more…]

Do you set goals? If so, how often? What type of goals are they? What is the average time span you give yourself to achieve these goals?

I’m such a big believer in setting goals for a number of reasons. For starters I believe that when we have goals that we are actively working towards it gives us something to focus on. This allows us to invest our time, money, and energy wisely so that we walk away feeling a strong sense of accomplishment.

Another reason setting goals is so important is because it helps to paint a clear picture of what direction we want our lives to go. It’s so easy to get caught in the “what if” or the “if only” mindset that we tend to lose sight of the little things that matter.

Things like what we already have, what we naturally have to offer the world, capitalizing on our greatest passions, and really just living life to the fullest for our own happiness. Having goals can keep the line between what it is we think we want in life and what it is that we really want very clear.

I’ve been here many times before. My approach?  Look at the bigger picture and find what you can do weekly to help make that picture a reality. The goal? To achieve that goal over the span of three months. Three months is enough time to be able to work towards a goal, or the bigger picture, without feeling the pressure to succeed immediately.

In a world where we are so use to instant gratification it’s important to pace yourself as you navigate through life. Especially when it comes to reaching a specific goal. In this post I’m going to share with you 8 goals that can be achieved over the span of three months. [Read more…]

There are so many areas of our health that need to be taken care of on a daily basis. These areas include our mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical health.

As you guys know I talk a lot about self-care and the power of wellness! It’s so important that we practice this on a daily basis for a couple of reasons.

For starters, it improves our mood significantly. If you’re ever having a bad day, or you feel a little down in the dumps, seriously engage in some form of self-care. Your mood will improve almost instantly.

Secondly, self-care helps to keep our mental health in check. There are so many things that can have a negative impact on our mental health. Stress and anxiety, arguments, reading about negative news, watching devastating events unfold on the news, and so much more.

Life is unavoidable which means all the things that come packaged with living life is unavoidable. Care for your mental health by actively engaging in self-care daily.

Most importantly self-care helps us keep all areas of our health in balance. When we do the necessary things to be happy, to be well, to keep our stress and anxiety levels low, we are doing our best to keep everything that makes us human balanced. And that’s not always easy!

Since my journey with practicing self-care and wellness consistently began, I’ve learned a few things about the way these practices positively impact my health. It’s really amazing all the benefits that result from practicing self-care, and from actively engaging in wellness practices on a daily basis.

So today I’m going to share with you some of my favorite wellness practices that have improved my health for the better. [Read more…]