Body Soiree

  "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." Ms. Winfrey I was frustrated.  I was burned out.  It was time to wipe the slate clean. I was scared.  As any entrepreneur knows and understands unless we have clients we don't eat.  Well, I think all business owners know this!  But what if you start to lose the joy you once had?  What if you just aren't attracting the type of clients that actually want change?  It is time to have a sit-down with yourself. Go over what you deem as important to your career. What will make you happy? And what is it that you want exactly?  "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Dr. King This is where things get scary.  I sat down with myself after a very disappointing Personal Training session. The questions I asked myself were not easy: 1. Do you still love what you do? 2. If you do, then why are you attracting people that don...

Hello Everyone! It is time for my annual reminder to NOT be hard on yourself and to NOT create New Years Resolutions. Every year I must talk people off the figurative 'Resolution Ledge.' What is this sick need in us Humans to set ourselves up for failure? And you do know that is exactly what we are doing when we take on the New Years Resolution tradition. So I wrote a list of ways to help you reach your goals(in whatever you were going to vow to do by the end of 2017) Here goes: 1. Set the Goal(s)! Get your goals down on paper. This one action will set you apart from most of the crowd who have decided to create New Years Resolutions. 2. Create 'The Plan': This is So important it gets capital letters and brackets! Sit down and think/visualize where you want to be in, say, three months, then write that down. Goals without a plan is like Faith without works...feel me? 3. Ask yourself: "How badly do you want it? And "What are you willing to do, within integrity...

I have always said how much I don't like the word Challenge or how people will try to make everything a challenge. I don't like weight loss challenges, squat challenges(really?! you don't like your knees or your back much.) or don't drink wine for a month challenge( this one is just down right evil). But I realized that every day that I get up, I am and have been challenging myself to do something new or something that takes me out of my comfort zone: This has always been my Challenge. Talk to someone new, smile and speak to strangers, get out of my own head. Most people don't understand how hard this can be for some of us, when you would rather be reading with a cup of coffee. They tend to think I am full of it when I say it is hard for me, seeing the profession I am in. Just because we can do certain things, doesn't mean it is easy, right? So, when I wake up most mornings, I do try and set a goal for the day, albeit small(some days the big goals are just too b...

I heard a story the other day that made my hair stand on end(that says a lot seeing that my hair stands on end anyway!) My hair on end and anger growing, I listened to this story told to me from a young lady that I have known for some time regarding how she was hurt by a Personal Trainer. Hurt how? I asked.  She responded by telling me this Trainer's training style: If you say the exercise is hurting you, they respond by saying "PUSH THROUGH!" You say it is really hurting your back, they say "NO PAIN! NO GAIN!" Really? She told me a few more things that were upsetting and I apologized to her for all of us Trainers that try and leave our ego's at the door. Here is the deal everyone, and I need you to remember this: Exercise, though sometimes difficult to get through, is done to make you feel better! Hiring a Personal Trainer is a smart and honest move for people that understand they aren't going to go the distance on their own. So I wonder: Why hire some...