Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Mindset”
As someone who didn’t grow up with a scale in her home (thanks, Mom!)I had to learn other ways to celebrate my achievements in fitness and with my physique. As a youngster, that meant comparing my body to someone else’s – a very flawed system that left me more frustrated with my body and spinning my wheels in the gym. …
The sun was sweltering hot. I could feel a sunburn coming on despite applying sunscreen hours earlier. As I breathed in and out, my feet, hands and elbows dug deeper into the sand, spreading, moving, and making me feel I was falling out of line. It’s just a plank, Trish. You can hold it longer. The woman next to me …
What happens when we outgrow ourselves? Our dreams? Our stories? Our fitness? Our friends? Our job? In fitness, this can look like over exercising to hide our discomfort with ourselves. It appears healthy on the outside, but inside there’s turmoil, shame, and self-loathing. At work, this might look like a colleague who is always in bad mood. In relationship, it’s …
Does looking at another woman’s body or achievements in the gym make you feel insecure? It’s human nature to feel triggered by someone else’s success. Comparison is normal but it doesn’t have to be your normal. I rarely feel insecure about my body anymore or compare myself to others in the fitness scheme of things. I used to a lot. …
There is far too much hype given to “the struggle.” The mental and emotional struggle of starting a business and making it successful. The physical struggle of overcoming an illness or serious injury. The political, cultural, and economic struggles of our present time. Sometimes, “the struggle” is a necessary part of achieving something great, developing greater self-awareness, or overcoming a …
“Where focus goes, energy flows.” When positive psychology began making a name for itself as a new field of research in the early 2000s, people flocked to book shelves to purchase its promise of happiness. At the core, we want to flourish and feel elated at all times, but without its contrast, can we really appreciate or understand what happiness …
It’s incredibly frustrating to watch ourselves rise to the occasion for something we truly want only to backslide into our old habits a few weeks later and fail, again. False starts repeated over and over again are not character flaws, but a combination of poor habits, poor systems, and lack of knowledge. I was and sometimes still am a person …
I used to work in an office where good work was rarely rewarded, but mistakes big or small were magnified and publicly shamed for everyone to see. Sometimes the shaming was subtle, and other times it was plain as day. The office’s infamous “Bun Fund” was one example of the deeply rooted culture of shame and fear. The Bun Fund’s …
Our society is hellbent on setting and achieving goals, no matter what the cost. Companies set aggressive quarterly and annual goals, every January millions of people commit to getting fit as their goal, and we as individuals set performance goals to get a raise or promotion at work every year. Yes, goal setting is very powerful, even necessary to getting …
I can sit there and babble on about all the life hacks to help you stay more consistent with your training, especially around the holidays, but I’ll spare you. You’ve heard them all. Heck, you’ve probably tried them before and still found yourself fluffier and softer come the New Year. All those tips and tricks we desperately yearn for do work….until …
