Isn't this the truth? Take a look at what someone posts about, at what someone talks about, you will see what they are truly all about. You are like the 5-10 people you are around most. Do they inspire you or drain you? Do they push you to be more or hold you right where you are? Growth, positivity and inspiration are so important. Your friends will want the best for you and that starts with example they lead in their lives. Surround yourself with exceptional doers and thinkers. Except nothing else.

Offer To Help - The Rest is Up To Them

In my business you will help many people. It is a wonderful thing when you do. It is the most rewarding thing to see someone change. To see the changes you made in yourself come true in someone else. I feel honestly it is even better than doing it myself. I am proud of each and every one of my girls. There are some girls though that just aren't ready. You can cheer them on. Give them all the tools in the world. Leave them alone when they need to find their ways then one day offer a hand. Not a hand to do it "your way" but a hand to let them know they are not alone. That is the great thing with Beachbody there are so many ways of doing it. You can do it alone, you can do it in a group, you can add running to it like me - you can make it what YOU want. The thing is though you have to want it. YOU have to want it for YOU more than I want it for you. This is the sad part. Sometimes I put way more into it then I should but I want success for everyone. I want everyone to see the hope at the end of the tunnel. I have had Challengers that have been with me for years simply because I respect their rights to when it is their time. There will always be the few though that are not ready. That like me once had some things going on internally and just are not ready. I get that. I was that girl once. That probably helps me best with this - "Not everyone is going to want, accept. or know how to receive your energy. Make peace with that and keep on." Which I have. One bad experience will not stop me since I have had countless of amazing stories of women who have achieved success. When you find your someone who is looking for an argument. Who just pushes buttons for months. Know it is not you. Stay positive. Focus on the people that need you. That are willing to move forward in their journeys. That are willing to take your help. Because in this business some will, some won't. That is up to them though and has nothing to do with you. Trust me. I have maintained 110lbs for 4 years but I lost and gained for many years and that was on me. Nobody else.

Listen To Your Body

Sometimes I need a reminder to listen to my body. Or in my case my brain. My running buddy was unavailable today so I got a late start. In Texas that is not necessarily a good thing as it heats up by the minute. Right at the end of my run before I started up the last big hill I started to feel.. Wonky. At that moment I remembered the Road ID around my ankle. A reminder that I am seizure patient for the last 8 years. It has my meds and 2 contacts on it. Sometimes I forget even though I am OK most days I need to remember to listen to signs. So I sat on rock and chilled for 10 minutes. I also reflected on how my diagnosis will not and has not defined me as I let it in the beginning. Just because my brain is "broken" or I am on meds that can stop weight loss. I have not allowed it. We define ourselves. Don't let a diagnosis, a pill or your body define you. You do it!! After that diagnosis I cried and was miserable but I got up after and lost 110 lbs, became a runner, love working out and now help other women do the same. All because the last line on that I put on my Road ID under my meds and emergency contacts - "my life is a gift" 

And so is yours.

This Is Life

This is life... It happens. Some people that love you and have apologized to you for things in the past will fall back in to patterns that hurt you. Life changing things will happen. Devastating things will happen. On the flip side it will all make sense someday. You will realize that what you are going through will most likely be a blip on the radar of life 1 year or 5 years from now. You will learn that even though some may disappoint you, you can still find the beauty in today. You will learn that even though some disappoint you, some never will. You will also learn you are strong.. That every trial makes you even stronger and better. No matter what you are worth it. If someone can't see that they weren't worth the space in your life. There are plenty that will see that value and gladly take their place once you release the negative they will appear. Life is too short for worry, regret and anything forced or false. Fill your life with positive people and happiness and more will come your way.