Alright team, what're we winning at this week? For me, I had some really trying days on Monday and Tuesday after I got back home and I am so grateful to say that movement, action, and DOING SOMETHING helped immensely. I did not sleep much last night, but rather than continuing to toss and turn, I went ahead and took care of some chores - dishes, laundry, surprise project, etc. I got 15 minutes of movement in before I met clients today and it really set the tone for me to have a nice day -- movement. is. medicine. 15 minutes a day is 91 hours a year. You can get A LOT done in 15 minutes a day. Then, rather than letting myself get distracted by my phone or social media, I set boundaries with myself and prioritized DOING things, not CONSUMING them. This allowed me to be incredibly productive today that has carried over into me having a better mood and I really turned this week around because of ACTION. You climb a staircase... One. Step. At. A. Time. The small wins add up!

Lunch - nothing Dinner- nothing 2 vodka sodas. - went to the FC Cincy soccer game Feeling- I am pissed off. I’m annoyed. I’m hungry. But whenever I start thinking about eating- it’s like I get mentally and emotionally body slammed. Today just sucked.

I hope everyone had a fantastic day . My day was an eh I made a new beaded phone case took me about 1 hour 30 mintues to make it because I had to individually put every bead on . It came out so cute and amazing. Hope everyone sleeps good tonight.

As many of you know I’ve been traveling for the greater part of 40 days and now that I am “back” the amount of stress, pressure, anxiety, and “oh no” that has flooded my mind is quite jarring. I want to take this as an opportunity to let you all know that no matter where you are on your journey, stuff is going to come up. You can have it all “figured out” and then life is going to toss some curveballs or some old habits or memories pop up out of nowhere and you’re like “wait! I thought this was over?!” Nope. We don’t lose them - We grow WITH them. So, what am I doing? 1. Accepting these thoughts and feelings. I’m not judging them or criticizing them. I’m allowing them in because they are part of me. It doesn’t make them right or wrong, it makes them mine. 2. Not every thought or feeling is fact. We’ve all had our fair share of not so great thoughts that we know are not actually objective facts aka “I suck”, “I’ll never figure it out”, or even the worse things that I’m not going to mention. They are not facts whatsoever. Rather than taking any of this fabricated pressure as fact, I am accepting the thoughts and feelings and looking at them as if they are clouds passing in the sky. Then I let them pass by. 3. I’m going to enjoy my day. I get cut off in traffic? I’m sure they had somewhere to be faster than I do. I spill coffee? Good thing I am in a place where I can make more. I have a disagreement with someone and get my feelings hurt? I take a breath. Pause. And seek clarity rather than responding immediately. I’m sure they meant something positive and not what my knee jerk reaction felt. You need to learn how to set boundaries with yourself. You say you’re going to workout? You keep your promise and workout. You say you’re going to be kinder to yourself? You keep your promise and begin taking steps toward being kinder to yourself. You say you’re going to get off your phone? You keep your promise and get off your phone. Keeping promises to yourself (and having boundaries with yourself and with others) is one of the greatest acts of self love and self care you can build.