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Lifting Your Spirits
It was a good weekend — the weather was awesome, my family was home, my good friend, LIz, had her baby and I spent time with one of my dearest friends – Lani. I’ve been feeling unsettled with all the changes going on and needed to be around someone who really understands me outside of my…
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Being Human is a Guest House
This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, Who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture. Still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing…
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Communicate.
I am on a quest to renew my inspiration and motivation for lots of facets of my life -especially my fitness plan. So far, Boxing has been the most fun and I can already see the effects of the heavy cardio and I am leaning out. After class today, I went and did some back squats as…
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Stop and Look Around
How cool is this Luna moth I came across yesterday? It was a great reminder that you need to look around and appreciate the beauty around you. We are all so busy with our lives – that if you don’t stop and look around, you are going to miss some really cool stuff. Read This…
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Dismantle Your Stress Triangle
Have you heard of the stress triangle? You know how sometimes your shoulders get tense, your neck aches and your head feels as if it is going to blow off your neck. These are the areas where most people hold tension-the “stress triangle”. Stress can also wreak havoc on other parts of your system too – your skin, your internal…
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Focus on What’s Really Important
You know how you are worrying about something that happened in your life – an argument with someone or a situation that happened – and then something big happens that reminds you that the little shit isn’t that big of a deal? Well that happened late last week. I was distracted worrying about a disagreement…
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The Goal Is To Get Fit And Have Fun
What I have discovered over the course of the past month or so and mixing up my fitness routine is I was/am burned out from strength and conditioning training. I think the one year mark tends to be the time when I start craving something different. With that in mind, I have decided to stop going…
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Learn To Communicate
I like to think I am a fairly good reader of people — so when I sense there is something up with someone, I usually find out I’m right. And what I find out in almost every situation that bubbles up into some hurt feelings, communication was the issue. Poor or lack of communication is at the…
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Sick Days
I have been fighting off a chest cold for a few days now and it finally kicked my butt last night and today. It hurts to cough and that’s all I want to do, so I have rested quite a bit today to make sure I am not making it worse. Some rest days are…
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Free Yourself By Quieting Your Mind
While I am resting my shoulder, I’m trying out some new workouts in the area. To date – I have taken some cycling classes at CycleLuv in Leesburg, hot yoga at Flow Yoga in Ashburn and yesterday – I took a Power Boxing class at Title Boxing in Ashburn. The boxing class was fun — it was high intensity…