​Wellness Blogs 

Keep showing up 💜 KEEP SHOWING UP! For Yourself. For Your Health. For the People You Love. Three simple words. KEEP SHOWING UP. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? We show up for work. We show up for appointments. We show up for meetings, responsibilities, and commitments. We show up when someone needs us. But here's my question. Are you showing up for YOURSELF? And when you show up for the people you love, are you really PRESENT? Or are you just physically there? This month at

One Word 💜 ONE WORD CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Why I've Been Choosing Mine for Over 12 Years Yesterday, October 11, I celebrated something pretty incredible. 18 YEARS AS A NONSMOKER! Eighteen years ago, I made a decision that would change my life. I quit smoking. Was it easy? Absolutely not! Did I have moments when I wondered if I could do it? Of course! But I made a commitment to myself, and I kept showing up for that commitment, one day at a time. And here I am, 18 years later!

Its not what you know It's Not What You Know... It's What You Do The other day I had one of those honest conversations with myself. Not the kind where I make excuses. Not the kind where I tell myself I'm "too busy." A real conversation. I grabbed a notebook and made two columns. What I Know and What I Actually Do. It was eye-opening. I've been coaching health and wellness for more than 25 years. I've maintained a 65-pound weight loss for over two decades. I've written a book.

reflection Celebrating the Journey Instead of Criticizing the Road Every year on my birthday, I give myself a gift. Not a present wrapped in pretty paper. I give myself the gift of reflection. For many people, birthdays become a time to focus on all the things they didn't do. The goals they didn't reach. The weight they didn't lose. The projects they didn't finish. The promises they made to themselves but somehow left behind. I have learned that approach doesn't serve me. At