Healthy Vibes for Moms

An extremely relatable analogy was shared with me this week, and I think you can relate as well. How do you respond when life gets hard? What spills out of your heart and mouth? I received this in perfect timing, as I was feeling that deep mom exhaustion. I was frustrated with most of what got in my way. I realized after reading the analogy, that I was not filling my cup with the best choices. I was off track, and I needed to get back on immediately.

Challenge: Start filling your cup and taking care of yourself right now.

Resources: Journals

This is not to minimize fitness and exercise, because they will always be such important health choices. But these simple shifts to your life can make all the difference.

Prayer, nature, guilt, grace, sleep and letting go of other people’s opinions are a few to start. Please listen in and bring more peace and calm into your life today.

Challenge: Pick one of the choices above to start this week.

Resources: Journals

After spending nearly 27 years in the pharmaceutical industry learning about traditional medicine, Stacey Millhorn faced her own battle with chronic pain, including migraines and muscle/joint pain. Despite being prescribed various medications and undergoing physical therapy, she struggled with side effects and sought alternatives.

Her search led her to Pilates, but it was discovering infrared sauna and float therapy at Pure Sweat Studios in Nashville that truly transformed her health. Regular sessions helped ease her pain, improve her sleep, and boost her mood. After moving to Utah and unable to find a similar experience, Stacey seized the opportunity to bring the Pure Sweat Studios franchise to Utah. The first location opened in Park City in May 2023, followed by South Jordan in November 2023.

Resources:
Park City Pure Sweat Studios on Instagram
South Jordan Pure Sweat Studios on Instagram
Pure Sweat Studios Website

Let us stop seeing exhaustion, skipping lunch, no breaks, never getting outside, working late hours, working weekends, etc as status symbols.

It is time you stand up and know that you are worth taking care of yourself and your family.

Let’s not let this continue with the next generation.

Make rest, exercise, and time in nature the new status symbol.

Takeaway: You are worth it, so take time to take care of yourself and your health.

Challenge: Make one good change this week.

Resource: Daily Motivation Plan

We spend way too much time in worry, over thinking, drama, and more. Pay attention to what you can control and what you can’t. Stop spending time on what you can’t control.

Takeaway: Stop spending time on things that are out of your control and not productive.

Challenge: Practice letting go, moving on, and just letting some things be.

Resources:
Daily Intentions Journal
Daily Surrender Journal
Daily Motivation Plan

The world will constantly rush you, pressure you, and pull you from God and calm in your life and day. You have to choose to step away from the crazy and create some space in your day. This will help bring you closer to God, bring calm in your heart, and add peace to your day. We will always have challenges and hard days, but when we have God, we can still be calm in our heart and know that we will be ok.

Takeaway: Regardless of what is going on in your life, you can have calm in your heart.

Challenge: Be intentional this week about creating space in your day so that you can have more peace in your heart.

Quote: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. – Isaiah 40:31

Resources:
Daily Intentions Journal
Daily Surrender Journal
Daily Motivation Plan

Truth and authenticity are among the best gifts you can give yourself. Being true to yourself and your values, and living authentically, is your path to freedom.

Takeaway: In what area of your life are you not being true to yourself?

Challenge: Pay attention this week to where you aren’t being true.

Resources: Your Bible and your heart.

Let us take ownership of our mind. When negative self talk tries to derail us, what can we do to redirect it? It truly is up to us.

Takeaway: When you have negative thoughts, it is up to you to begin choosing differently.

Challenge: Make the hard choice this week over and over to choose positive thoughts.

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Such a great conversation with Marni Jameson. We talk about decluttering, cleaning out your parent’s house, and why you should let the extra stuff go.

Marni Jameson is America’s most beloved home and lifestyle columnist. Besides writing a weekly nationally syndicated column on all things home, Marni is the author of seven bestselling books of all things home. That’s the territory Marni Jameson takes you through in her books, columns, and talks. Whether you want to downsize, decorate, declutter or dream, Marni has been there and will take you there, too, by the hand.

“At Home with Marni Jameson“, Marni’s popular syndicated column, appears weekly in more than 20 papers nationwide, reaching three million readers with her trademark humor and advice. A long-time reporter for Tribune Media, including the Los Angeles Times and Orlando Sentinel, she has also written for such top-tier media as Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Sunset and Fit Pregnancy. A frequent speaker, Marni has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including NBC Nightly News, Fox & Friends and Martha Stewart Living.

Marni graduated with distinction from the University of Kansas with her bachelor’s degree in journalism, and received her master’s degree in writing from Vermont College. She taught writing at UCLA for nine years and has provided writing workshops to public relations agencies nationwide.

The mother of a blended family of five grown children, Marni lives in Winter Park, Florida, with her husband, DC, and their two unruly dogs. There she runs a national health-care nonprofit and tries to create a beautiful home.

Takeaway: Letting go of stuff can be hard, but the rewards are huge.

Challenge: Challenge yourself to clean out at least one space this week.

Resources: www.marnijameson.com

You can’t improve your life until you choose to own it. You have to take personal responsibility for your own life. Your next choice is yours.

Takeaway: How can you take ownership of something in your life this week that you have been putting off?

Challenge: Take ownership of one choice in your life this week.

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