by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 1, 2018 | Fitness, Fitness 101, Motivation
Does the vicious cycle begin again today? The five pounds you lost before Thanksgiving sneaked back while you were celebrating the holidays. Feeling like for the last several weeks you’ve been off the rails, you promise yourself that today you will get back on track....
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 11, 2017 | General Health, Healthy Holidays, Motivation
The tree is up and sparkling. You’ve got the holiday music station playing as you make a cup of Gingerbread Chai. You pick up your latest library find, thankful you’ve already got a new book to swap at the book club party. You are in no mood to fight the holiday...
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 4, 2017 | Fitness, Healthy Holidays, Motivation, Nutrition, Workouts
Putting up the Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving is sacred in your family. Your red bow earrings will be on your ears pretty much every day between now and the end of the year. Watching Christmas Vacation with mugs of hot cocoa cuddled on the couch...
by Pamela Hernandez | Nov 6, 2017 | General Health, Motivation, Reviews
Nothing in nature blooms all year round. Why do you expect yourself to be so different? Just like a workout, the real growth comes from the time you take to rest. You get stronger from the recovery not pushing yourself to the limit every day. Yet most of us do just...
by Hillary Jones | Oct 30, 2017 | Motivation
Most of the time, we talk about failure like it’s a bad thing. The reality is perfection teaches us nothing. When we fail we learn so much more. – Pamela Hi! My name is Hilary and I blog over at bakesbyranchcookie.com. Today Pamela wanted me to talk to you...
by Ashlee Rowland | Oct 23, 2017 | Fitness, Motivation
At my Refill Your Cup Retreat this month, our morning workshop was devoted to the topic of resilience. My goal was to share specific ways to strengthen our “resilience muscles” and create personal resilience action plans. We talked about the 3Ps of...