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 – “The 3 Pronged Triad”

  REDUNDANCY. “3-Pronged”  &   “Triad”. Yes.  I know. And using redundancy in naming this entry is quite intentional. Why? Because, truly, it takes being redundant moment by moment, day after day, week after week, to establish habits and to eventually see results in WHATEVER IT IS I choose and you choose to tackle.    WARNING: …

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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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The Art of — `K I / N T < S U \ G I , ---

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King’s horses and All the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Ever feel like poor ol’ Humpty — sitting there looking at the broken pieces of yourself scattered on the ground? Ever feel like you are shattered — with a…

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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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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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Her Name is Alicia

I don’t know Alicia … personally. Yet, she almost feels like family.  I hear her voice in my head. Alicia is the product specialist at Hardy Nutritionals – the micronutrient company that provides the probiotics and daily essential supplementation that are KEY to bolstering cells and promoting health to the gut microbiome and subsequently increasing…

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A Swift Kick to the O’s

  It was a beautiful scarf … silky, multi-colored.  And she wore it well. Barb entered my training studio on that blustery day in early September when the weather in Colorado begins its schizophrenic frenzy.  The tails of her head scarf swirled in the breeze as she walked in the door – a questioning look…

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