Question from a friend: How’s your affiliation with the 'diet' movement going? My response is the same. It’s SO much more than weight reduction. Take Shape for Life is a portal of entry. It successfully addresses 2 important tenets I hold tantamount. 1. Clients learning to take charge of their health and life. They become proactive by enhancing nutrition and physical activity. They become more mindful, not reacting to disease as much. Clients discovering and owning their power and gaining … [Read more...]
Cocooned
I humbly share with you my poem Cocooned, written in response to a new friend’s Margaret's thought provoking poetry. I am constantly amazed at the power of words to connect others and enable us to share in the human experience of life! She wrote, David Bowie: 'Part 3, Right Now', David Bowie Reflection in 3 Parts upon his death. She found herself pondering, "What insights, what counsel on how to be an artist, how to live fearlessly, how to love whole-heartedly, how to die with … [Read more...]
Joy, Freedom, Health: My Childhood Bike
'S' on the seat- I thought it was for SLATTERY! A Schwinn, model name Fiesta. All I knew was that I LOVED TO RIDE MY BIKE around the Bronx! Man it represented FREEDOM and JOY. I walked past the same model recently visiting Atlanta; what a surprise! My daughter was waiting for me, but I stood there transfixed, probably for 15 minutes. I became lost in the moment, and the memories quickly flooded back. Hours and hours spent each day spent giddily riding around, meeting up with my friends, … [Read more...]
The Power of Positive Affirmations to Manifest
Positive Affirmations in Action Just stumbled upon this e-mail I sent my son Chris 4 yrs ago!! Hey hon- 1/1/12I really believe in the power of positive affirmations, esp in the last 10 min before sleep.So here's a few for you to ponder. Keep thinking them, & you WILL manifest them."I have the ability to accomplish … [Read more...]
Unexpected Benefits of Living a Healthful Lifestyle
Hugely preventable heart attacks, a larger more balanced brain, reduction in chronic stress, less health problems = more time to do things that matter. A few of the MANY benefits of living a healthful lifestyle! These resonated with me from the article below in ‘Huffpost Healthy Living’. "70 to 80 percent of heart attacks in the United States occur not because of genetics nor through some mysterious causative factors, but... because of lifestyle choices people make when it comes to diet … [Read more...]
Are You Who You Choose To Be?
How do YOU see yourself, describe yourself? The words we choose to use and the self-talk we have in our head ARE who we become. How do you want to BE in the world? I AM.... … [Read more...]
‘For A New Beginning’
For a New Beginning "In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge. For a long time it has watched your desire, Feeling the emptiness growing inside you, Noticing how you willed yourself on, Still unable to leave what you had outgrown. It watched you play with the seduction of safety And the gray promises that sameness … [Read more...]
I Start With Gratitude
Hey Blog Readers! I’m glad you’re here. Thanks for taking the time to read my very first post! As you can glean from my website, I am a Registered Nurse and Health Coach who is passionate about helping others see the possibilities for creating the lives they desire. Often we need guidance to get started, to hope, to dream, to develop a solid action plan. Change can be hard; overwhelming, paralyzing and scary as hell. Yet I maintain that we ALL hold infinite untapped power, and that life is … [Read more...]