Goals

Alright, I can’t have a fitness blog without having a post about goals. Goals are crucial to having a healthy life. They tell you a lot about who you are now and who you want to become or accomplish in the future. In this post, we will covering basic goal setting principles, but (there’s a…

Getting Healthy? Let’s Get Vulnerable

Getting healthy is not an easy endeavor. You are not only changing physically but you are also changing mentally, emotionally, and many times spiritually, or at least that’s my story. One of the first changes I had to make in my health journey was developing an ability to be vulnerable. Vulnerable is what Brené Brown…

When I Compare: Scarcity Series

For the past couple of articles we have been discussing the scarcity mindset. It is the perspective of not having or being enough. Not pretty enough. Not fit enough. Not healthy enough. Not rested enough. Not wealthy enough. You name it. We are spending three articles to look at each component of the scarcity mindset:…

Health and Wellbeing Shame: Scarcity Series

Last article we talked about the scarcity mindset which is the mindset of  worry about not having or being enough. There are three components of the scarcity mentality: shame, comparison and disengagement. This article will be taking a brief look into shame. Now you might think that shame doesn’t effect you because you haven’t been…

Never Good Enough: Scarcity Series

“I am not good enough.” “I am not skinny enough.” “I am not strong enough.” “I am not fit enough.” “I am not healthy enough.” “I don’t get enough sleep” “I don’t have enough time.” I have never met a living soul that didn’t have thoughts like these. It has plagued our world from creation….

Being Fit is Not Glamorous

Being healthy takes consistent effort. You have to wake up everyday and choose to exercise, eat right, get sleep, and drink water. Only to wake up and do it again. It is not glamorous.

#Hustle

The popular hashtags that describe my life are #riseandgrind #hustle #fakeittilyoumakeit and #iamfine. From the interactions I have, this is a common way of life for others as well. In this blog, I am going to explore the #hustle mindset and provide some helpful alternative perspectives.

Let Go of Your Dreams…Or Not?

So I just made my way through the book, “How Badly Do You Want It?” It’s a great book talking about how athletes can master the psychology of mind over muscle and accomplish their dreams. In the book author Matt Fitzgerald, tells the story of World Champion triathlete, Siri Lindley. Siri had a goal of…