Money can be awesome. Friends can be great. Family can be dependable. Life can definitely be crazy. And each day typically brings a new surprise where you're wondering what is going to happen next. You may plan, and plan, but the best thing you can do is worry less about the plans, and think more ...
Buttoning Up the Year with Gratitude
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. I can’t honestly say I have been grateful for everything this year. While I have had some wonderful moments happen and I have met some new people who have shown me kindness I hadn’t seen in a long time, I found gratitude to be lacking in my life. I have instead ...
Don’t Let Someone Make you Doubt Your Worth…
Have you ever been in a situation where someone puts you down or ridicules you for something? I'm not talking about the middle or high school days. I'm talking about a friend or boyfriend or coworker... Imagine a significant other plays hot and cold with you, brushes you off when they feel like it, and then ...
What is self love?
People define self love in a few different ways. For some it's about the bath and glass of wine at the end of a rough day. For others it's about grinding at the gym or popping on a great movie to unwind and forget the world for a minute. But is that enough? I definitely appreciate ...
Avoid the quicksand
...the pitfalls that keep pulling you in, despite the voice in your head to step away. You don't want to keep repeating the same mistakes. Isn't there a saying from Albert Einstein stating, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. But why do we do ...
Be Humble
Some of the most loved folks - celebrities, professors, C suite folks, etc have one thing in common. And it's not intelligence and ambition. It's not just great leadership. It's the ability to be humble. I've found that the bosses and friends I've enjoyed the company of most are humble the majority of the time. I ...
Patience with Fitness
Ever think, damn I'm doing so good today. I ate so well. I didn't have pizza, and I had smaller portions than usual. I went to the gym and kicked my own butt. I feel awesome. Then you look at the scale the next day and see absolutely no change and have a large desire ...
Change can be pretty badass
Written by contributing blogger, Sonia Sahota. Change. Everyone has experienced this feeling whether it may have been a positive or negative experience. It tests your beliefs expanding your mind in ways that you have yet to explore. Once you overcome change, it allows you to thrive in situations that once made you uncomfortable. As I near one year ...
Finding Forgiveness and Letting Go
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. The title of this post is exactly what I am struggling with right now. I was terribly hurt by a friend of mine recently and finding a way to forgive this person and letting it all go is a one day at a time process. I have focused lately on all ...
What I Know to Be True… Right Now
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. I have learned a lot of harsh lessons recently. I'm not sure whether these lessons are meant to harden me or transition me into a new phase of life. But these lessons are what I know to be true right now. People Are Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Not everyone who is ...