Body Soiree

  "Friendly reminder: You control only yourself..." One of the hardest things I had to learn, was that people do what they want. It doesn't matter if they know that what they want is a detriment to their health, mental and physical. I was very naive to the game.  As a Personal Trainer, I had to learn this lesson. As a Mother, I had to learn this lesson.  As a FW(Former Wife)I had to learn this lesson.  It's hard seeing someone you care about hit their head against that figurative brick wall.  You try to save them... you can't. You give advice... they ignore it. You try to steer them in the right direction... they resent you for it. You see the wall. You know this isn't going to end well for them... they also know it isn't going to end well for them.  What do you do? Here comes the real hard part: Sit down and be quiet.  Yes, sit down and let this go. "We don't walk away to teach people a lesson.  We walk away because we finally learned...

There isn't anything that will make you love life like a health scare. I say this with levity, because life is short and we must laugh...even when it is somewhat serious. These past months I have been on a mission to go to all of my Dr.'s appointments, from the Ear, Nose and Throat, to the Gynecologist, nothing will be missed. I am pretty good about going to the Gyne, I'm not one of these women who choose to ignore their vagina and the parts attached to it; so I go. Well, to be honest, I thought all of my tests, mammogram included, would come back wonderful. "Nothing to see here Ms. Morris!" the Dr. would say. "Your body is just as boring and healthy as can be. Go! run free." That wasn't the case this time. "Dawn, you have a suspicious mass and abnormal cells in your pap."We(who is we?) want you to see another Dr. that specializes in gynecological issues." I couldn't help it, when they called the mass 'suspicious' I got a v...

I say something to my Personal Training clients that I always said to myself and still do: "Don't make this whole weight loss thing bigger than what it is(excuse the pun). In fact, don't make most things going on in your life bigger than you! Put everything that is going on in your life in the correct place and order; from the issues that are out of your control to what can be done right now to make your life better. No one can tell you what is the most important issue, because what might be a problem for me, might seem like a non-issue to you, and this is why you have to sit quietly and go over your priority list. I try not to say write a "Problem List" I use the word priority instead; it is way more positive and why turn it negative if we don't have to? So, sit and write your priority list, once you have finished, look and see what is number 1, is it your health?  9 out of 10 times, for most of us, it isn't. The list usually goes like this: 1. Pay car/h...