Live this day! I received a wonderful book for my birthday and I just happened to open it up this morning and began reading! It was about the true power of embracing a day, an hour, and a moment. I began to think about the starts, stops, and pauses in my life and new chances. […]

Challenge #3 Balancing the “Self” Welcome to Challenge 3! There are 4 Areas of Self that I believe when lived to the fullest create your BEST SELF- your BEST ME – Your BEST YOU. All areas of self are founded on the common notion that we operate from a place of sincere unconditional love and […]

Challenge #4 Defining your Priorities (Familial Priorities) According to the online dictionary Merrian-Webster.com, the word familial means “of, relating to, or suggestive of a family.” In modern times, a family can take on many different forms. Additionally, a family may include just immediate family or may stretch beyond the boundary to include extended family as […]

Challenge #4 Defining your Priorities (Social Priorities) According to the online dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, the word social means (a) “of, relating to, or designed for sociability” and (b) “of or relating to human society, the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society.” In essence, your social […]

Challenge #4 Defining your Priorities (Financial Priorities) According to the online dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, the word finance means “the money or other liquid resources of an individual.” With this in mind, you can see why your financial priorities are the most tangible of all your priorities: Money purchases both our basic needs and our luxuries. In […]

Alchemiss Journal Page Are you ready for Lesson 2?  Have you been keeping up with your daily journal?  If so – Great!  I would love to hear how it’s going!  If not – no worries- start today!  A healthy happy lifestyle takes planning! I cannot stress that enough. Whatever you are successful at takes some […]

Is the 5th bite just as good? Do you find the 5th bite just as good as the first? Last week I asked a new client whether she thought she was an “abstainer” or a “moderator.” In a nutshell, when facing temptation, abstainers do better if they abstain altogether, while moderators do better if they […]

Creative Visualization Today I am going to introduce one of the last parts of the journal page: creative visualization. The subconscious is very important when developing success from within. Your subconscious has been programmed since birth, and we want to reprogram it to work on our behalf. Take just a minute and think about how […]

Your Exercise Prescription First, It’s been a couple of blogs now without me telling you Thank You!  Thank you for reading, sharing, and thriving.  My continued hope is to create a community of happy, healthy, and inspiring people- So thank you for your part in this.  Ok – now for the lesson-  there are three […]

Exercise Overview One of the most important keys to losing weight is to build muscle. Muscle tissue is metabolically active and burns a lot of calories even while you are resting or asleep. If you lose weight without exercising, you might lose about 2 lbs. of muscle for every 5 lbs. that you lose. That […]