My Top 5 Reasons Why Quick Fix Weight Loss is Making you FAT!

    We almost can’t help it, can we? I mean … don’t we live in a “have it now” World?? So it kinda, sorta makes sense that we buy into the “Quick Fix” mentality for nearly every aspect of our lives. And quite frankly — society makes it easy because there’s a quickie for…

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What’s in Michele’s Water Bottle?

  Aren’t you the least bit curious?  I bet you’re hoping it’s something sneaky like Tequila.   Or maybe since I absolutely love COFFEE, I’ve filled my water bottle with the best part of waking up …   Perhaps it’s pre-workout — you know — because caffeine from my coffee just isn’t enough “get up…

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Coffee Talk: My Journey – “Is it REALLY necessary?”

“I thought you were a professional personal trainer … “ I am. “But I thought you had been doing this for over 25 years … “ I have. “Wait, don’t you own a successful business that you started by yourself from the ground up … ?” Yes.  Yes I do. “Soooo — connect the dots…

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Coffee Talk: My Journey – “The Decision”

I’VE HESITATED, hemmed, hawed, backpedaled and have had inner debates with Joe, (my cuppa), as to whether or not to discuss this with you. Joe says, “Go for it, girrrlll — I GOTCHU!”  And though most days I trust Joe with all my inner musings, his hopped-up-on-caffeine, eager beaver mentality has me doubting. Why do…

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I Use to Fall …

I use to fall …  down FACE-FIRST And I stayed there–feeling sorry for myself, contemplating quitting, wondering if I was fooling myself to think I have what it takes, coming up with every excuse to stay there – face-down -, convincing myself I was in over my head and had no business attempting this doomed-from-the-start…

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The shadow PROVES the sunshine!

Have you ever …stopped to consider your own shadow? Always dark, like a black ink spill that takes on a distorted shape — sometimes stretched tall and unnaturally thin in structure or exceptionally wide and oblong —  often giving the impression that the object of the shadow is much grander than it really is or…

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You’ve Schooled Me!

Who ME?  You ask. Yes.  Yes – YOU! Over the last 25 years I have sat at my proverbial desk, holding my mental notebook in hand and jotting down notes in my mind. And you, my friend, have totally SCHOOLED ME! ———- REWIND First let me back up a bit.  I am an educator by…

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“Chameleon-ing”

It was the 1970’s.  Everyone was doing it. All my friends had that Dorothy Hammill look — even the guys.  It was a bowl haircut and it was COOL!  Of course, it was only cool and it only looked good on certain people with a certain kind of hair.  The kind of hair that was…

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Which “I” do I ?

Overwhelmed.  Yep.  That’s me right now.  So many changes – happening all at once.  Some good, some not so good, some neutral. Let’s see, perhaps I should list them.  Oh, not for your benefit, but for mine so that I can see a little snapshot of what I am attempting to navigate: I am now…

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