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There’s something incredible that happens when you’re surrounded with people who get you.

This past weekend has been nothing but another reminder that I am where I am meant to be.

Being surrounded by beautiful, like-minded women with an intention to impact lives for the better…. This is exactly the place where I know I belong.

Heading home with:
- a full ❤️
- a 🔥 within me like never before
- a 😁 that literally cannot be wiped from my face

Thank you to all the incredible humans who were there and the time we spent together
Xoxo

I think the greatest disservice we can do to mankind is to underestimate the power that our actions have on others.

Recently, I’ve been having a harder time going to bed early and therefore waking up early. I have gotten away from the healthy habits that make me feel incredible each day….and it’s caused a ripple effect.

Here’s the dangerous part tho: I didn’t think it mattered. I didn’t think anyone would notice. I made the mistake (that so many of us make) in thinking that it wouldn’t effect anyone but me…and of course, I was wrong 😕

We are fully responsible for how we choose to carry ourselves and part of that is in acknowledging how it impacts others, too.

I can’t deny that in not waking up early, my kids saw that.
In not getting my workouts done, my community has seen that.
In not being my best in my business, my coach team has seen that.

I know I’m capable of more. I know I deserve better. I know my TEAM and community deserve better from me. I know my girls deserve to see their mama at her best.

So I’m not only owning it, I’m taking the steps to change it.

Moving forward, I’m taking responsibility for the IMPACT of my choices and I’m CHOOSING better ❤️👊🏼

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Get ready for all of the 😻

The girls have been BEGGING us to get a new kitten ever since our cat of 13yrs passed away in June.

Needless to say, it wasn’t a hard ask since Dave and I are both big car lovers.

We were going to surprise Lily for her birthday in a month, but we found these babies who needed a home and we pounced on it (no pun intended 😝).

Welcome to the family, Callie & Bella ❤️

Lots of opposing opinions in my stories: which team are you? Team 🐱 or team 🐶?

Wishing all of our friends + family a very Happy Thanksgiving ❤️🍁🇨🇦

It’s never easy for us to be away from family during the holidays, however learning to enjoy + soak in this time together with just us is such a gift.

Plus, nothing like some goats + pumpkins to take our minds off things 😝

Thank you to the .cabin.orchard for a wonderful Thanksgiving getaway today ❤️

How are you celebrating this weekend? Lots of fam or keeping it small?

I had a 4 month old + a 4yr old.
I specifically remember saying “I barely have time to feed the cat, let alone add anything else to my plate” 🤣

I literally laughed… did she think I was crazy?

First off, I had ZERO time or energy to add a single extra thing to my plate.
Secondly, selling to my friends and family?! No thanks!

But eventually something clicked: what if I COULD do this?
What if this could force me to not quit on my workout program?
What if I could help another mama like me get out of the postpartum dumps?
What if I could have a positive impact on my family?

Eventually, all of these reasons outweighed my reasons that I “couldn’t” do it.

And three years later, here I am: not teaching this year + pursuing coaching full-time.

I’ve impacted HUNDRED’S of women’s lives.
I’ve built a team of incredibly inspiring + driven coaches who keep me going all the time.
I’m surrounded by the most amazing humans I’ve ever been associated with.
I’m going on trips, earned vacations and attending conferences that level me up to my best self.

Why?

Because I said “yes” to something completely unconventional and scary.

Remember what Robert Frost said about the two paths in the woods… yup, I took the one less travelled, too…and look where it’s brought me.

Curious if this is for you?
We’re hosting a “what is coaching?” Zoom call tonight (Thursday, October 7th) at 8pm EST.

Msg me for the link and come listen in… you never know, 30 mins just might change your entire life 🙌🏼👊🏼❤️

Progress isn’t linear.

Also, when we only focus on the surface, we’re never able to see anything deeper than that.

The pic on the left was taken pre-covid. I was at my lowest weight + truly felt my “best”

But I wasn’t; I wasn’t at my strongest mentally.
I hadn’t yet survived a global pandemic.
I hadn’t ever worn a face mask.
I had never experienced a “lock down”.
I had never had to go through what we went through as a family.

So yes, I was thinner, but no, I wasn’t “better”.

Today: I am better (with a little more meat on my hips).

Today I am more resilient.
I am proud of what we’ve survived through.
I’m stronger with my habits.
I have a better relationship with balance.
I understand moderation.
I’m not stepping on the scale each morning.
I’m working out to be stronger mentally + emotionally, not to prove something.

Over the past 2 years, I have truly discovered the importance of inner peace + acceptance of my body at any size.

And damn, it feels good to truly love the skin that I’m in.

I challenge you to do the same. To look at where you’re at right now and ask yourself: are you better for what you’ve gone through? Or did it break you down?

Regardless of the answer, today is yet another day that we get to put the wheels in motion to move in the direction we want to go 👊🏼

One thing I’ll never stop being: 100% real and relatable AF 👊🏼

I’ll share the price of my $3 dress, the wicked promo code I found, the DIY project I came up with AND my incredibly embarrassing moments… cuz why the hell not, right?!
So here it goes….my most embarrassing moment to date:

In a nutshell, on the last night of the event, two of us went over to introduce ourselves to the CEO of the company and share how much the retreat meant to us. While chatting, I accidentally tipped my open purse over, spilling all of its contents on the ground at his feet…most importantly, an o.b. tampon 🤦‍♀️

He bent down to help me collect my items when I swooped in to grab the incriminating object and hide it from sight (to which he commented something about ci******es). Needless to say, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die 🤦‍♀️😭🤣

What made it worse was that we laughed SO hard, we could barely compose ourselves until we eventually found the words to excuse ourselves.

Everyone has a great laugh about it later and even commented about how it was “memorable”..I guess he won’t forget me now 🤣
Let’s just hope the next time I see him, it goes a little more smoothly 🙄🤦‍♀️🤣😬

What about you? Do you have an embarrassing moment?? Thank God for the gift of time that we can now laugh at these things, right?! 🤣🤣🤣