Category: Social Topics

  • The First Time Someone Said I Inspired Them

    I remember the pride I felt for her and wondering where she would have gone had I not inspired her to believe in herself.

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  • One of the MANY times I quit the gym

    In real life, it’s important to make small, incremental changes. This helps guarantee that you can stick with them and they will have lasting change. I’ve told you this before and I’ll continue to tell you. We are training for the long term. We are training for life.

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  • I Completed Over 14 miles

    I Completed Over 14 miles

    When I agreed to run with her, she said she had 12 miles on the plan. That was the maximum I imagined running that day. I let the voices get to me and I was planning the finish before we even began.

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  • Power of Networking

    The quiz she gave told us to list people from various social categories and mine was limited. I didn’t have time for friendships that didn’t involve school or my daughter. I did NOT want to attend social gatherings that were outside of my family, especially school sporting events.

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  • AMA: Why don’t you have a weight loss plan?

    AMA: Why don’t you have a weight loss plan?

    Most of us have had diets, calorie counting and food shaming thrown at us our entire lives. There is always someone ready to educate you on the things you’re putting on your plate and how their diet is better for you.

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  • Things I Know To Be True

    Things I Know To Be True

    I often find myself thinking, and have even said out loud a few times, “I don’t know what I did to deserve you in my life, these blessings in my life, these friends, this support…”  But if I stop to think about it, that’s not true. I’ve manifested some of the best people in the

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  • Things Irina and I Have In Common

    Things Irina and I Have In Common

    Athletes who are looking for a Coach may have a gut reaction as to which one of us can best suit their needs. However, as I spend more time with her, I can tell you that while we may have very different Coaching profiles and backgrounds, we are quickly becoming great friends because we have…

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  • Small Business Saturday

    Small Business Saturday

    Why do we feel obligated to discount our goods and services for our friends and family, in order to ‘earn’ their support? Worse so, why do our own people often expect a discount in order to support us?

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  • Monterey’s Memorable Miles

    Monterey’s Memorable Miles

    Those inner critic voices in my head were screaming into their bull horns by this point. They were so loud that I was afraid they would take over.

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  • AMA – How Do You Combat Negative Self Talk?

    AMA – How Do You Combat Negative Self Talk?

    For many of us, that voice is not actually our own. It’s the resounding chorus of everyone who has ever put us down throughout our lifetimes.

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