Category — Love

I’m with you… and you will be successful… watch the video and you’ll see why these challenges work. Learn more about this at my fitness site http://www.WeeklyFitClub.com or get started by either signing up at http://bijacoaching.com/Challenge/ or by sending me a message.

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Take your average American that eats burgers, fats and ice cream, and give them veggies and almost exclusively vegan diet and see what happens. I am excited for this new documentary. Get away from the genetically modified as well and get the local, organic veggies. Fruits, veggies, seeds (allergic to nuts and most seeds so my seeds are hemp, flax, sacha inchi) and grains. I try to keep that as my main meals. Tell me what you think. First, let’s look at the interview:

Now let’s see the trailer:

I challenge you to go vegan for six weeks. Can you try it and just cleanse your body. I believe in you. See how you children feel after eating more fruits, less dairy. My daughter has been off dairy since September and the changes are amazing. We supplement with calcium, of course, because she is growing. But she doesn’t miss it very often. I think she’s missed the organic yogurt squeezers a few times, but that is the only thing she’s really missed. Want to give it a go?

Okay… I have a daughter. So this was the best blog post I have read in a while and I had to share it.

One of the best bits of advice was: Teach your daughter to like and respect herself and demand respect from those around her.  She might end up lonely at times, but at least she won’t be a doormat.

One of the funniest bits of advice was:  Don’t let your 9 year old dancer look like a 25 year Pussycat Doll.

But my favorite of all was: Teach your daughter that her choices in life are limitless.  She really can do anything – except maybe use the Men’s Restroom.  (although I have to admit … she can even do that! In fact my daughter and I used it at the pizza place just the other day with the Okay of the management.)

http://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com/2012/01/rules-for-parents-of-daughters.html

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I’m sitting here in Kirkland, WA… and my body is here, my mind is here. I know that I am MEANT to be here right now. My love of my life is here, the love of my belly is here. The rest of my heart is in Utah. My system is in two different realms of living right now. Here and there. Heart and head.

I’ve been dreaming of finding the core ideas to take my passion to where I always wanted it to be. Had I not come to WA, I would not have found the answers. If I was in Utah, I’d have a million places to use these new tools. But here – it’s all new. Here and there. Heart and head.

In Utah I would be knocking on doors and shaking my bootay tomorrow with Chalene Johnson in Park City. Here I’ll be rushing around, and shaking my head at the traffic. Here and there. Heart and head.

Here I am meeting new people, taking on new challenges, learning to stand on my own. In Utah I would supported by my amazing friends, counting on my community and branching out slowly. Here and there. Heart and head.

It’s okay to be here, and it’s okay to dream about there. It’s okay to want that, while learning to be this. I think that sometimes we have to be in two places at once – I am stretched across the rainbow bridge. In Norse mythology, Bilröst is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (the world) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. According to the Prose Edda, the bridge ends in heaven. And so being so close to two realms, is indeed where we all live on most days anyway. We have one foot firmly on Earth with the moments we are living right now. Connecting with people that we meet and are geographically closest too. Then we have one hand reaching to the Heaven’s trying to attain our dreams and holding onto something of the ones who have gone on before us. Here and there. Heart and head.

Although I have days like this where I’m feeling a little lost being here, it’s okay. It doesn’t matter what people say, And it doesn’t matter how long it takes, Believe in yourself and you’ll fly high, And it only matters how true you are, Be true to yourself and follow your heart.

Life is changing. I am going to have to re-learn how to fly, and I have everything I need … Here and there… Heart and hand. When I’m standing in the dark… I still believe.

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Even as a life coach, I find it hard some days to really center on my priorities. And when I look at the choices I have made that day, it all comes back to one item… what have I done today for my health?

Health is the core, or center, of all of the other choices I make in my life during the day. If I don’t eat healthy, if I don’t follow my meal plan, if I don’t get in my fitness – my attitude, focus and clarity start to slip. I find myself spending too much time in front of social media. I find myself saying one too many times to my family, “Just a minute.” I let my schedule fall to the side and I let me house slowly fall into chaos. That can lead to sleeping in and not getting my exercise in. It leads to not eating well and then craving more bad foods. It leads to feeling emotionally battered by the day and closing off to the world around me. It leads to not having the belief in myself to go after my dreams. I refuse to let that happen. THAT is why I live the life that I’m leading right now.

Recently I was asked to write up my “Top Priority Clarity Statement”. I wanted to share it with you to help guide you in figuring out how to define your own.

My number-one priority is to live an elevated priority aligned lifestyle by choosing the healthy choices that will allow me to actively engage my parenting with a loving, supportive attitude , and to engage my husband in an intimate, connected and supportive role without feeling tired and rundown by my choices. This means that I will provide myself with the tools to have the energy, wellness and continued passion to pursue all of the other areas of my life. Any choice that I make that would endanger my attitude, health or emotions in such a way as to take me away from that pursuit will be going against all that I stand for.

I am thankful this November for having an amazing person, Chalene Johnson, around to Push my goals to an entirely new place and help me refocus when I need to. And when you need it, I’m here for you. My programs will be opening for a new group next month – both for the Living with E.P.A. – Elevated Purpose Alignment and the ELEV8 – 90 Days to Healthy Priority Alignment. The two programs are very different. The Living with E.P.A. is a 12 week program that is meant to define yourself as well as creating a real life that is aligned to your soul’s drive. ELEV8 is a health driven program to get your to that place of being where you can live that life without the regrets of unhealthy foods, temptations or decisions. Make sure you watch the blog, Facebook, Twitter and the website for the opening as I will only be taking a limited number of people through these group programs.

I am so thrilled to be allowed to work with you and your desire for a changed life alignment. Thank you!

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There are so many people that just dive right in to live changes and then decide that they’ve failed, when really they either didn’t prepare, or it wasn’t a fail. Yet they take that set back as a fail and turn it into a failure. This is especially true when it comes to dieting. Looking great in those jeans isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about feeling good about yourself. That’s the hard part of the job.

There are temptations at every corner, and when you stare one down and walk away you are going to be proud of yourself. So think about this. It is more difficult to modify your behavior then to think about the consequence of that doughnut. You may think you can just say no, but when that super delightful Beyond Glazed doughnut is staring you down it’s not as easy as it seems. So what’s the problem. Is it you? No. It’s everything around us. It’s the smells, the ads, the opinions of the friends you are out with. Everyone one of those items makes it harder for you to stick to your guns. The best you can do is to plan ahead and make sure that you will be less tempted. Bring a stick of gum for just that moment. Realize that it’s not you failing. It’s your environment and when you learn to work within it and to give yourself options that work, you’ll make the decisions you want to.

As an added support listen this week to Danna Korn (the Gluten-Free Guru)as she talks about Tacking Giants. It may help you figure out how to tackle your own on this journey. And don’t forget, if you can get there, you are really ready to dive in to your new lifestyle.

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I purchased the May issues of The Oprah Magazine themed ‘Live, Love & Thrive’. I bought it because of the wonderful article “6 Superfoods That Will Change the Way You Eat” that was about the journey they took to Peru with Darin Olien the creator of Shakeology. Between the abundance of ads, of course, I found some incredible people that were really thriving in their lives. I think that it’s so important to remember that there are all sorts of reasons why we want to be healthy – one of which is to live a long life that is full of some sort of happiness and importance.

There was a wonderful group of pictures of either a group of girls, or one little girl, all in front of a house window through changing seasons. I’m guessing it’s the same girl as she ages. Next to it is one of my favorite quotes by Emily Dickinson, “We turn not older with years, but newer every day.” It’s so true and yet we choose to feel aged all on our own. What does that to us? I mean look at 17 year old Kelydra Welcker that created a process she calls “electrosorption” that removes the acid from water. She did this after finding that DuPont was releasing potentially harmful chemicals into the water of her hometown. Of the 21 year old Bethany Hamilton that 8 years after losing her arm to a shark attack is still surfing. Do you think these young ladies will fall into the same trap as so many of us have of letting ourselves get old? I doubt it.

I think part of the problem is that we are all supposed to be beautiful and glamorous at 60 – and that’s not how it’s going to be. First off not all of us want to have botox and $400 creams on our dressers. We have more important things to do like hitting the trail or planting a garden. Second – I think we spend too much time comparing ourselves to others instead of being happy with who we are both inside and out. So – besides taking the time to figure out who you are and who you want to be, just be. Eat fresh and healthy, take a walk or do a little TurboFire HIIT. Just enjoy who you are and live, love and thrive this month.

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Friendship is the basis of all things in our lives. Without the ability to be a friend you’ll never have a good relationship with anyone, not mom, not dad, not sisters or brothers, not a spouse, and not with the people who will be there to support you on good days or bad. So what does it take to have a good working friendship.

1) Listen. When you have a friend you need to learn to listen. This is hard for me – I like to talk. I often don’t know how to stop the words from leaving my mouth in order to continue to listen because I just need to say the words RIGHT NOW. Now that may not be your problem, you may be daydreaming, or just not care at the moment. But in order to be a good friend you need to listen to others.

2) Open up and share. If you cannot open your heart and share who you are; you will never have a true friend because they will never know the real you.

3) Reach out. If the connection is always one way it’s not a true friendship. True friends reach out and connect often. If someone is not reaching out in return think about why not? Are your conversations always one sided and negative. No one wants to be your daily therapist. Or, do they just not really want to be friends and have no good way to tell you. You have to learn when a relationship is not working and learn to walk away with some dignity.

Remember, not all people are good friends, but good friends will make your life full and happy.

And by the way, happy anniversary to my best friend. We’ve survived 19 years and I hope for another 19 and more. xoxo

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…and the shining star that stole my heart.
Disney has done it again. 
Not only were there frogs falling in love, adorable little girls, strong-women, amazing fathers, singing fireflies, and a backdrop of New Orleans….
THERE IS A CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE WITH THE NAME EVANGELINE! 
Not JUST a character, a shining star. 
Did I ever tell [...]