“When you eat healthy, you are healthy.” ~ Hattie Meyer, age 7

You are what you eat. Have you ever heard that before? While that can be taken quite literal, today I’d like to think about it in a generic state around health. I asked my daughter what I should talk about today on the show and she said I should talk to people about living a healthy life because that’s what I love so much. 
Man a girl after my own heart. ;-) 

So here we go: 9 ways to Live a Healthier Life!

1. Plan your meals around your life.
2. Plate your meals backwards
3. Put food away after everyone is served.
4. Drink more water
5. Chew more, be mindful of food.
6. Semantics matters “healthy” & less healthy vs good and bad
7. For every hour you sit, you should sweat for 5 min
8. Spend 15 min in personal development each day.
9. Increase your sleep
10. Break these goals into bite size pieces.


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“There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in it’s hands.” ~Richard Bach

When you find yourself facing challenging situation, don’t succumb to endlessly exploring the cause of the problem or seeking to attribute blame. Instead, ask yourself what you can learn from this situation and how this experience will help you grow!

Doing so helps you:
1- Grow your Skills

2- Grow your Value

3- Grow your Relationships

4- Grow your Life Satisfaction

What new challenges could you take on in life? Is there a project, a role, or an opportunity that can help you grow yours skills, value, relationships, and life satisfactions? Maybe an old experience you can go back and reflect on to find the value in it to move forward with a new perspective as well.

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“Don’t let anyone rent space in your head unless they are a good tenant.”

Our energy in life can be impacted in so many ways and today’s podcast is inspired by some recent social media comments and messages that said “You just seem so happy these days, what are you doing?” 
And honestly I’ve learned how to protect my energy so I wanted to share with you how I’m doing it and how you can do it too!

1. Let Go of the things you can’t control.
2. Avoid comparing yourself to others
3. Keep your faith larger than your fears!
4. Don’t do things that doesn’t feel good
5. Be okay with spending time alone
6. Avoid gossip and bashing others
7. Speak kindly to yourself and others
8. Please yourself before pleasing others
9. Stay away from people who drain your energy
10. Ignore any opinions that don’t enhance your life.

Following these principles have drastically raised my vibration in the world, connecting me more with my God, learning more about who I am and what my purpose here in on this earth. I hope that you can take one of these things away and implement it in your life too. What about today spoke to you? 

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“Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” John 13:34

We are called to love one another, despite the struggles, pain, hurt or behaviors they exhibit. As Christians especially I know it’s our calling to LOVE over Condemn. Jesus loved us unconditionally and calls us to do the same. 
Love flows from God to us and through us flows to others. 
Forgiveness follows the same path - from God to Us and then to others.

If we are to be forgiven of our sins or we must forgive others. 
On my final day, I pray that people remember the blessings and positive legacy of my life and not my shortcomings and sins.

Today’s podcast was spurred by an IG message I got yesterday after the passing of Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant and it stayed with me in my heart and mind so I knew it had to be talked about on the show today.

I talk about how we are called to LOVE but also what it means to forgive. Whether it’s a legendary star or someone in your personal life, we are meant to love everyone.

Forgiveness is not: 
- letting people off the hook
- Waiting for an apology or admission 
- forgiving is not the same as forgetting. 


Forgiveness IS: 
- not optional. 
- not an event, but a process 
- not earned, but gifted
- becoming aware is the first step. 

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“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” — John Bunyan

There are very few people who don’t like the idea of generosity. We are indeed a species that loves to help others and confront needs when we see them. Unfortunately, there are also very few people who are content with the level of generosity in their lives. Most people I know wish they were able to give more. And while there are a number of reasons that this may be the case… sometimes the best solution may be the simplest.


1. Consider the benefits of generosity.
2. Embrace gratitude.
3. Start really small.
4. Give first.
5. Divert one specific expense.
6. Fund a cause based on your passions.
7. Spend time with people in need. .
8. Spend time with a generous person.
9. Live a more minimalist life.

I’d love to know what spoke to you about this lesson… share with me by connecting with me on SM, by email or my website.

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“What if success doesn’t equal happiness?”

Oh my goodness you guys, I have the BEST treat for you today! It’s been one of my goals for 2020 to bring more voices to the podcast, people/women that inspire me to live a better life and therefore I know will inspire you too to rise up and live your best life as well. 

Today best selling author Laura Gassner Otting is my guest and shares about her amazing book "Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life". 
There are SO Many nuggets I could share but she shares the heart of the book about how everyone is striving to have more consonance in life. Basically meaning who you are aligns to what you do. 

She shares about the 4 elements of consonance:
1. Calling
2. Connection
3. Contribution
4. Control 

then she shares a great resource that you can use to figure out where you are right now in life and match it to where you want to be too! 
go to https://limitlesspossibility.outgrow.us/limitless 



You can find more of Laura at @heylgo on IG, FB and other platforms. 

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“My outer experiences are a reflection of my internal condition.”

The tension between the inner self and outer self is common in the modern world. Each of us is tugged in multiple directions every day and our actions and behaviors do not always align with our core values as a result.

However, becoming aware of your inner self and how it balances with your outer self is the foundation for good mental, physical, and spiritual health. This is why it is an important aspect to consider when working on a good balance in your life.


One way to identify if you are experiencing a conflict between your inner and outer selves is to identify gaps between your true values and outer actions.

1. Take a moment and list your core values. These might be things like believing in the value of honesty, integrity, friendship, helpfulness, etc.
2. Now, for each value, make a list of activities that you do each day that is in alignment with that value. Examples might include calling friends to see how they are doing or telling the truth even when it is difficult.
3. Finally, look for values that have little actions each day to support them. This is where you will find your conflict. If you value friendship but spend each day alone, that reflects a conflict between your values (inner self) and actions (outer self).

While thinking about what changes you need to make, it may be helpful to ask yourself the following questions:

1. What do you most want to pursue in life? Does this match what you are doing?
2. Will you feel good about the choices you are making at the end of your life?
3. Does your current life require you to stifle deeply held values?

Go back to the gaps that you identified in the previous section, and start with the largest ones. Ask yourself what changes you will need to make to align your inner and outer selves.


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We are called to serve, to help, to give back to those around us. Everyone feels good when we can do good for others, but sometimes we feel limited on what we can do. Maybe you are struggling yourself in some way and So today I want to share with you 7 ways you can give back for no cost. 

The art of giving back and gifting is known as philanthropy. Generosity has been around since the dawn of humanity and has become a part of our everyday life and society. Philanthropy actively supports efforts such as scientific research down to volunteering your time to help out those in need in your community. Philanthropic efforts also work to eliminate social problems and increase wellness in people, society, as well as the planet. We all can impact our community and world for the better. The beauty of philanthropy is that it does not have to be extravagant. It is as simple as helping out your neighbor with tasks like helping them carry their groceries to their front door.
Here are seven simple and meaningful ways to give back to the community and begin your journey of positive impacts. 

1. Donate Your Time
2. A Random Act of Kindness for A Neighbor
3. Participate in Fundraisers and Charity Events
4. Help a child in need
5. Volunteer at your local senior living community
6. Donate blood at your local blood bank
7. Recycle your Plastic at a local Recycling Center

Whether you decide to help by volunteering or recycling or donating blood, there are so many ways to give back to the community, it’s up to each and every one of us to make a bigger and noticeable impact, so let’s all get started together!

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All the Types of Self Care

“Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you.”
Taking care of yourself is so important, God has only given you 1 body, 1 opportunity to live here on this earth and so why not live it as our best selves? A lot of times people think of self care only as fitness and nutrition, but to be really on point with your self care, you should practice some level of awareness in all 8 of these areas below. 

1. Physical
2. Emotional
3. Social
4. Spiritual
5. Personal
6. Space
7. Financial
8. Work

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Our biggest asset is time. Yet, we waste it on regrets. Here’s to living a life of worth each moment.

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” - Oprah 

Did you ever get that nagging feeling that you should be doing something else with your life? That the work you are doing right now isn’t quite right for you. That something is missing. That you should be somewhere else. That there has to be more to it than this.
You seek and seek and seek, but you just can’t seem to find your destination…
You can’t seem to figure out how to find your passion in life…
Today I have 10 questions or you that will help you narrow down the area of Passion in your life. 
Grab a piece of paper, a journal and give yourself some time to let the pen flow!
1. What’s your favorite thing to do?
2. When you were a kid, what did you like to do?
3. What is your favorite topic to talk about?
4. What do you like to do so much that you lose track of time?
5. Whose life do you want to live like the most?
6. What would you do differently w/ your education if you could?
7. If you had 5 min with the whole world’s attention, what would you say?
8. What would you do with your life is you had no fear?
9. What would you do if your life if you were guaranteed success?
10. What would you do with your life if money were not an issue?




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