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The 21 Day Gratitude Journey, Day 2

Tweet New to the Gratitude Journey?  Here’s a quick overview! Join in whenever you’re ready… Here’s the plan:   I’ll spend the next 21 days focused on gratitude. Each day I will focus on one aspect & each day I will show my gratitude & appreciation to someone new. And what I’d love is for…

The 21 Day Gratitude Journey, Day 1

Tweet Gratitude is one of my all time favorite words, hands down. I was listening to a business audio this afternoon & I got bowled over by an idea that I just could not ignore. The idea is this: I’ll spend the next 21 days focused on gratitude. Each day I will focus on one…

I’ve Just Gotta Be Me

Tweet There’s this song that goes through my head every so often.  I’m not the world’s best singer, so I won’t post a video of me attempting to sing but if you’re lucky, you might catch me singing along while I run. That is, if you ever find me in Central Park or on the…

Deconstructing Cravings, Part 3

Tweet In Parts 1 & 2, we’ve talked about the whats, whens and whys of cravings. Here is a quick review. For every craving, there is an equal and opposite cause & probably another craving right behind it. The reason why cravings are so important to think about when you’re trying to get healthier is…

Guilt Sucks!

Tweet I don’t know if it was my upbringing, but I learned from a very young age that if you don’t have anything nice to say, then you don’t say anything at all.   Well, in my opinion, that only works half the time.   And this is not one of those times.   If…

Admitting My Truth: I’m Really an Onion

Tweet I’ve been working on this truth thing for a while but it’s only been lately that I’ve been getting easily frustrated, anxious and generally not easy to live with.  You see, I’ve been trying to hide something, to ignore a simple truth and to pretty much procrastinate as much as I can for as…

Why Do You Crave? Part 2

Tweet   For every craving, there is an equal and opposite cause & probably another craving right behind it.   Say what?   What do you mean that there’s another craving right behind it?  I get the cause, that makes sense, but another craving?   Not fair!!!   The reason why cravings are so important…

Who’s Fighting Who?

Tweet I’m writing this blog post to you as I sit on the floor next to my locker of the gym that I work at.   Yes, I’m sitting on the floor because I’m fighting another battle today.   What kind of battle?   I’m not really sure who I’m fighting.   Let me explain….

Get Out Of Your Own Way

Tweet I almost hate to admit it but I am the Queen of getting in my own way- at the very least a princess of sorts. I don’t know where I picked up this habit, but it’s alive & well & going strong. That is, until this very moment. You see, writing this little piece…

Free Yourself from Goons, Turkeys & Trolls

Tweet Okay, okay, okay. What a start to a blog post! What are goons, turkeys and trolls and why do we need to free ourselves from them?   Let me take you back to just a few weeks ago. I’m on twitter.  A lot. I really enjoy twitter because it forces me to get to…

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