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I woke up this morning not wanting to work out. I realized in that moment I could make a choice. I could show up as an adult and do the work, even though I really didn’t want to. I didn’t feel great because of the food I ate last night. I was just in that sluggish place.

I said, “Just show up. Do the work and see how you feel after. Cut yourself some slack. Do what you can do,” that kind of thing. So I went and I worked out. It wasn’t a bad workout. It was fine.

What I realized was [Read more…] about How To Get Back on Track

I see people in my gym wearing these T-shirts that say, “Make me proud to know you.” There’s some kind of a baseball team or basketball team, and it’s on the back of their shirts, so they’re all supposed to be keeping up with each other.

It really got me thinking about this idea of worrying about other people being proud of us, whether it be at our jobs or as good parents. No matter what the role, we want people to like us. We want thema to be proud of us.

But do we want that from ourselves? [Read more…] about Why You Should Be Proud of Yourself

I have a coaching client who’s working on reducing her wine consumption. She had a little bit more than what she had planned one night this week, and the next day, she chose to be nice to herself. She chose not to beat herself up for overindulging in the wine, and guess what?

Her next day of eating was phenomenal.

Why did this happen? [Read more…] about Why You Should Be Nice to Yourself