Living With the Lights On

Behavior Is An Echo of Our Beliefs Have you ever thought about this? It's true.  If we believe we can't keep our house clean, we don't. If we believe we can get dinner made, we do. If we believe we can't lose weight, we don't. Let me help you understand why this is true, and I'll end with an example that will show how powerful our beliefs are.  Circumstances are the things outside of us, the people, the situations, the facts. No opinions Our thoughts, when we think them over and over, become our beliefs.  Our thoughts are our interpretation of the circumstances in our lives. Our opinions. Our thoughts always create our feelings.  Feelings are simply vibrations in our bodies, but they are the reason we do, or don't do anything.  Our behavior, or our actions are the things we do.  How we act.  Our behaviors always give us our results.   Now lets take a look at how this works.  I wanted...

"Just this..."  will steal your dreams Are you like me?   Have you heard yourself saying... "Just this little bite." Or "Just this one time." Or  "Just this drink won't matter." I have heard myself think that and even say it out loud.  It's seems natural, like pushing the easy button.   What I didn't realize is that each time I heard myself say that, my dreams were stolen.  Actually, I was giving them away.   My primal brain or "toddler brain"  was so quick to make and excuse for me.  It always seemed to start with the phrase..."Just this....." "Just this..." kept me on the yo-yo diet merry -go-round for decades.   My dreams of feeling comfortable in my clothes, of feeling energetic all day, of having less brain fog, seemed to slip away with that one phrase. In reality, the underlying message is that I was not valuing myself enough to follow through.   ...

Is A Plan Really That Important? Has this happened to you? You have a long day. You have no idea what to make for supper. You order take out and super size it since "you've already blown it." I can relate.  This is what I did all the time when I felt at my worst and weighed the most.   I didn't plan WHAT I would actually eat each day.  Day after day I wished I could lose weight and hoped I would do better. That was my problem.  I kept thinking about getting my act together instead of just planning to do it.   I bet you do the same thing.   When I discovered how important and simple a 24 hour plan is, it changed everything.   No wonder people are 42% more likely  to reach a goal if it is written down.   Are you interested in increasing you rate of losing weight by 42%?   I was so excited when I found that God even tells us to write it down: Habakkuk 2;2 - "Writ...

Ten Minutes a Day for Six Days Are you worth it?  I believe you are. And I'm not the only one. If you are stressed out and wish you could manage your life in a way that wasn't so exhausting, I invite you to invest 10 minutes a day for six days. You are a beautifully created Body, Soul and Spirit. You are wonderfully made.   Why don't we feel wonderful?  I think it's because we are neglecting the care for one of these segments of our well being. I would like to suggest that we start with our Spirit.  You are a beloved child of God.  Renew your Spirit by reminding yourself of who HE says you are.  Your Soul is your mind, will and emotions.  When you start paying attention to the way you are thinking, you can create a whole new perspective about you , your life and your purpose.  Your Body, well, it's your body.  Our resilient bodies are amazing!  With just a few minutes of care and by implementi...

Is the "diet" you're on just a band-aide?  You've been told that this "diet" is the one for you. You've invested more money in hopes this one will work. You hope that, even though you will have to eat differently than your family, you will still be able to make this work. You're scared that you won't be able to stick to this one either..... You just want to feel better and to feel better about your body. Is that too much to ask?  You feel like you are broken.  What if I told you that even though you feel "broken" there is healing but the "diet" you are on is like putting a band-aide on a broken arm? How effective do you think it will be?  Because of the input you have had in your life, and because you have started believing your thoughts like, "There is something wrong with me." OR "You are never going to change." OR "You will never be able to stick to this....

Stop Overeating with Fruit Infusion What is the specific result you want? What would you have to do to get it? What would you need to feel to do those things? What would you need to keep believing to feel that way? Your answers to those questions may feel overwhelming.  The distance between where you are now and where you want to be probably feels impossible. This is normal. I certainly can relate. I felt so frustrated because I could never stick with the latest diet fads. I thought something was wrong with me.  I work with women in free mini sessions to assist them in getting clear on their starting point, understand why they find themselves with these struggles and put that into their GPS, but we don't stop there.   The next step is to clarify the results they want.  I wanted to stop thinking about food all the time and to stop feeling like a failure. In the mini session, we put that into the destination on their GPS.   ...

You Can Cook For Your Family and Stop Overeating I remember the years of struggle.  I was trying to juggle all the roles. Mommy - I had three children and the oldest was three and a half. Wife - Married to a rancher/business man who was getting his business off the ground. Cook - Something I did not come by naturally....and all the other roles.   I had these ideas of what kind of nutrition I wanted to provide for my family, but I believed it took too much time and money.  With that mindset I went from over-complicating food prep to throwing my hands in the air and resorting to the quickest and easiest low quality items.   All of this while I was so tired I could hardly function.  I remember waking up feeling as if I had not even slept. My brain fog was like a Linus (from Charlie Brown) cloud following me around. To top it off,  I was cleaning up my kid's plates... all of it, closet eating my favorite sweets and...