Slumps. Buzz kill, right? I was stuck in a slump with my fitness routine and really lacked motivation to continue exercising. You know how at the beginning of the year when you buy a new pair of shoes to motivate you to join the gym? That’s how this transformation project was for me, and because I am motivated by aesthetically pleasing spaces, completing this project has seriously ignited my fire again. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always had a space to workout, but now I actually have a cute and functional home gym I am proud of.
I won’t carry on any longer because I know you clicked on this post to get helpful tips, not read me ramble about...
Dear Sha'Carri:
Don’t let the “noise” dull your shine. You have earned and deserve our compassion. You see, I am what some would call the ultimate encourager. It is who I am at my core. I truly believe that encouraging folks is second nature for me. Each and every single one of us deserve compassion and have needed compassion at one time or the other. Over the years, I have come to realize that many people desire compassion but lack the will and desire to extend compassion to others.
Showing any form of mercy or compassion has been deemed a “weakness.” However, if being compassionate is a weakness then just call me weak. When our champions miss the mark of perfection,...
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The journey of becoming a mother.
Motherhood is a lost art. Don't get me wrong, motherhood has not been forgotten. Little girls grow up playing with dolls, being the "mommy". There is still a social expectation that if you are a woman you will become a mother. There is still that biological pull, the ticking clock, that hits us all at some point. But the "art" of being a mother...
I love the movement of body positivity, of embracing the ways our bodies change as we have children or age, of giving up the idea of “perfection” and coming as we are.
I also know that there are times when we need to grieve our bodies. Grieve what once was and isn’t anymore. To say, “I wish I still looked like that” or “I wish this wasn’t this way.”
My body has transformed over the years.
The varicose veins that creep over my calves, the loose stomach skin, and I’m convinced that pregnancy made my nose grow.
But even more recently, chemotherapy, in working to heal my body of cancer, has taken from it my long blonde hair, my dark eyelashes and...
Coaching and motherhood are a lot alike. There are so many things that go on behind the scenes that people don’t know about. The long hours, the stress, the time management, the worry, I could go on and on. There is such a lack of appreciation. In both, there is so much judgment, from people that have no idea what they are talking about. You deal with Facebook / couch coaches that judge you for every decision you make. They’ve never been a coach, some (and by some, I mean most) of them have not even played the game before. Same goes with motherhood, everyone has their opinions (most of which are unsolicited). They sit and watch (judge) from...
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