Body Soiree

As of today, I have decided that I dislike technology! Though I am using a laptop as I write this(which kind of makes me hypocritical)we will forget this and move on. Not only do I dislike technology, but I dislike the people that sell it, install it or fix it for that matter. What set me off? The phone store. You need to know this about me: I love the Flip phone. Stop laughing! I would have never gotten rid of my Flip phone if my children hadn't conspired against me! Okay, and the fact that I really couldn't see the pictures(yes! my phone received pictures!)that people were sending me. But anyway, I went to the store with a heavy heart(and my Eldest Daughter who was sent by the Kid-stapo to make sure I went through with it)to find a new and updated phone. The Millennial that was assigned to me did what any salesperson would have done, try and get me to buy the most expensive phone there. He didn't know who he was dealing with. I can squeeze two cents from a penny! Plus, hi...

In the present environment with all of the sexual harassment and sexual assault cases flying about, I decided to write this. Some people would say that sexual harassment is the same for all. It isn't! But after reading or listening to some of these stories; the one thing most of us do have in common is the silence after we have been harassed/assaulted. I remember being hemmed up in a stairwell, fighting this "man" who was bound and determined to rip my pants off. A co-worker he was married with children. We both worked third shift. I was on break and decided to take the stairs that led downstairs to the vending machines. He followed. Anyone who has ever had to fight to not be assaulted knows the terror and adrenaline that is running through your body when this happens. Fight or flight has totally kicked in, and you are incredulous that it is happening to you. Since that long ago time I have been accosted either verbally or physically again and again. I use to ask myself ...

"Show me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are" Anonymous I am a believer in the Law Of Attraction. I believe that you can, knowingly or unknowingly, attract people or situations into your life. I also believe that old adage: Birds of a feather flock together. So often we ignore this. We don't want to rock the boat and stop hanging with people that we know it isn't in our best interest to kick it with. We don't want to exit from a situation that is toxic because everything else is going so great! We will create excuses or just pass the buck all the way around just so we won't have to confront and be emotionally mature. Are you here? Do you find yourself doing this? Creating excuses for people and their bad behavior(s)?Hanging out with people that you do love, and there isn't anything wrong with loving them, but not really having a good time when you are with them? Wasting time and energy on situations that you know nothing fruitful can gr...

I am a prideful person. I have never denied it and I have learned, through trial and error, to ask for help. To write about it is even harder! But I had a one-woman intervention and this is part of my "therapy." As some of you know, at least the ones that follow my blogs, this past Summer was an eye-opener. My health was out of control and the pain my body was, sometimes still is in, was something I couldn't control...or so I thought. To be a Fitness Professional, to be a Woman that is used to being able to move and lift at will, my body IS my business. How does this happen? And how do I stop this? I am not going to go into the lurid details of all of my symptoms. This isn't a blog for me to gripe. This is all about me trying to help someone, anyone who might be in pain right now. Steps to help all of us lessen our pain. Here is my disclaimer: This is not a cure for getting rid of the swelling. What I do for myself, might NOT help you. Any autoimmune disorder needs to...

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...

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...

The greatest love of all is the love you feel for yourself. How many times have we all heard this? There have even been songs written. But how many feel it? My Mama used to say: "If you can't love yourself, you won't and can't love anyone else." It took me some years and mistakes to figure out that that Lady was right(I'm still mad about that!)  I am not discussing the vapid love of self; that outer self. This is the love of all of You. Those bad moods, weird, random thoughts that crack you up, those big hips that "Beauty" magazines tell you aren't right and that nose! Do you love it all? Are you comfortable just sitting and being with yourself? With no criticism? Love is: Waking up in the morning, looking in the mirror and loving all that you see; bags and all. Love is: Knowing when you have made mistakes, owning them , so that you can move on. Love is: Asking those that you have hurt for forgiveness, so that you can forgive yoursel...